Level Up: Peer Health Education Mental Health Coping Cards

Level Up Positions Available: 2The Peer Health Education Mental Health Coping Cards project requires the student(s) to create pocket-sized resources highlighting common emotions and mental health symptoms and effective coping strategies for each. These Coping Cards will be available at New Student Orientations and educational table displays for students to have. By the end of this project, the student(s) should deliver a minimum of 10 coping cards to share with the community.

Level Up: Student Dimensions of Wellness Project

Level Up Position Available: 1The Student Dimensions of Wellness project aims to create a video series explaining health, wellness and the 7 dimensions of student wellness in a friendly, engaging and creative way. The videos will be used to promote holistic wellness throughout campus, shared on MacEwan University's YouTube channel and in the myHealth at MacEwan meskanas course. The videos should be 1-3 minutes in length and provide a brief introduction to each concept.

Faculty Perspectives of Student Mental Health

Wellness and Psychological Services provides confidential support to MacEwan students. We also offer training opportunities for faculty and staff members to enhance their ability to identify and assist students who are in distress.To assist with our program development and better understand the campus community, we are interested in exploring MacEwan faculty members’ experiences with supporting student mental health. Potential research questions include:What barriers do you experience to supporting student mental health?What is one of the toughest situations you've faced connected to student mental health?What type of information or learning opportunities would be most helpful for you to enhance your ability to support students who are struggling with their mental health?How do you balance your own wellness with teaching?We would like assistance with exploring the topics identified above. This would help to inform our future workshop and training development for MacEwan faculty members. It could also benefit the larger academic community.This exploration could occur via focus groups or a qualitative survey disseminated through Qualtrics, Microsoft Surveys, or Google Forms.

Level Up: Student Resilience Stories

Level Up: Student Resilience Stories: Wellness and Psychological ServicesWellness and Psychological Services (WPS) promotes exceptional student experiences by providing accessible, professional services that optimize wellness and respect for the dignity and value of all people. Our multidisciplinary team champions inclusion, innovation, accountability, and collaboration.WPS provides counselling and case management services for students, and consultation and information for faculty and staff. Our goal is to help students enhance their learning experiences and gain the skills and confidence to reach their personal, academic, and career potentials.WPS is seeking one student to engage in a project that involves compiling stories of students' experiences. The expected outcome is the creation of a webpage that includes stories of students overcoming challenges within the university environmentThis project includes:Interviewing 3-5 students from diverse academic backgrounds regarding a student related challenge (failing a class; work-life balance; finding motivation; experiencing test anxiety; meeting peers) and how they overcame this challengeCompiling and summarizing the stories (each story should be approximately 250-500 words)Researching coping strategies that may be used by others in similar situationsQualifications:Experience and familiarity with website maintenance (i.e., Google suite)Experience and familiarity with various social media platformsHas skills in creative writing and ability to engage an online audience