Strengthening Personal Skills Relationships Resilience Corrie Mekar www

Strengthening Personal Skills, Relationships & Resilience Corrie Mekar www. healthycampusalberta. ca

Welcome! Introduce yourself in the chat: • Name • Position • Institution • Why did you choose this session? www. healthycampusalberta. ca 2

Housekeeping • • • Audio and video are enabled for everyone Please “mute” your microphone unless you are speaking Use the “raise hand” feature to indicate to the facilitators that you wish to speak Use the chat box to voice your responses This session will not be recorded www. healthycampusalberta. ca 3

Let’s try it out! Microphone Mute Speaker Webcam Raise hand to speak www. healthycampusalberta. ca 4

Conversation Guidelines Respect … for others and for our time together Invitation to share … when and what feels best Understanding and humility … towards opinions and positions (and technology!!) Adapted from Arao and Clemens (2013), “From safe spaces to brave www. healthycampusalberta. ca spaces”. 5

Focus on Upstream • • Though the condition of being a student comes “preset” with challenges/barriers Humanize mental health and wellness “De-clinicalize” our emotions Concept of “medicine” and “vitamins” www. healthycampusalberta. ca 6

Resilience • • • Not something we either have/don’t have Develop it/nurture it Concept of “Vicarious Resilience” www. healthycampusalberta. ca 7

Grassroots • • No formal program Student-led Faculty-led Natural points of contact www. healthycampusalberta. ca 8

Identify Natural Leaders/Helpers • • Every campus has them People who are committed to/interested in creating wellness in their campus community At NQ: social work students, nursing students, rec therapy students… At NQ: faculty members who prioritize mental health and wellness www. healthycampusalberta. ca 9

This Symbol… Balance as universal human wisdom • Perfect balance likely unattainable • But most of us can recognize when something is out of balance • Teaching, self-assessment, guide • www. healthycampusalberta. ca 10

Faculty-led Actions • • • Share stories, encourage inclusive, diverse examples Laugh together Deep breaths (start/end class) Insist on building self-care plans into practica, preceptorships, etc. , allow for time to practice Culture sharing (e. g. numbers in math class) Reach out to students who don’t normally engage www. healthycampusalberta. ca 11

Student-led Actions • • • Laughter-comedy night, laughter yoga Therapy dogs Beading Board games Potluck lunches www. healthycampusalberta. ca 12

COVID-19 Adaptations Buddy-system online • Observed more personal sharing • Recommendations Lists (movies, podcasts, TV series, books, games, food, study-from-home ideas, activities…) • “No Student Left Behind” initiative mobilized after quarantine announced • www. healthycampusalberta. ca 13

Facilitated Conversation www. healthycampusalberta. ca

Celebrating and Learning from Successes What are some practical examples of strengthening resilience on your campus or workplace? • What have you seen to be successful? • What have you learned along the way? • www. healthycampusalberta. ca 15

Acknowledging Challenges & Opportunities What are some challenges you have seen or anticipate with strengthening resilience, personal skills, and relationships? • What are you struggling with? • www. healthycampusalberta. ca 16

Looking to the Future • How can we collaborate, whether that’s within our campus, between campuses, or as a Community of Practice, to increase our capacity in this subtheme? www. healthycampusalberta. ca 17