ERIC Number: ED607162
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Feb
Pages: 16
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In It Together, 2020: Foundations for Promoting Mental Wellness in Campus Communities
Colleges Ontario
The onset of most mental illness and substance dependency typically occurs during adolescence and early adulthood, which coincides with the very age when the majority of students are first encountering the pressures associated with postsecondary education. An effective and easy-to-navigate mental health-care system for postsecondary students helps foster student success throughout university and college. It ensures access to the life-long tools needed to build resiliency, and to navigate a continuously changing future and rapidly evolving labour market. Significant challenges regarding supporting student mental health spurred the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA), the College Student Alliance (CSA), the Council of Ontario Universities (COU), and Colleges Ontario (CO) to collaborate once again, jointly putting forward key recommendations and principles to foster a proactive approach in addressing and responding to postsecondary mental health. This report, which is an updated version of a report first submitted to politicians in 2017, continues to call for a 'whole-of-community' approach to strengthening mental health services that includes students, post-secondary institutions, health-care providers, community agencies, government, and others. [This report was co-produced by the Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance (OUSA) and the College Student Alliance (CSA). For the 2017 report, "In It Together: Taking Action on Student Mental Health," see ED603074.]
Descriptors: Mental Health, Wellness, College Students, Postsecondary Education, Foreign Countries, Student College Relationship, Access to Health Care, Well Being, Prevention, Holistic Approach, Financial Support, State Aid, Mental Health Programs, Students with Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Transitional Programs
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Publication Type: Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education; Elementary Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Authoring Institution: Colleges Ontario (Canada); Council of Ontario Universities (COU) (Canada)
Identifiers - Location: Canada
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