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: Photo Contest Project

Positions available: 1-2 students (estimated 160 hour project).Wellness and Psychological Services is seeking 1 student to support the development of a photo contest which is being developed in conjunction with the Office of Communications and Marketing (OCM) and the United Way. This project involves creating and filming content for various social media platforms for the purpose of advertising a photo contest supporting a United Way campaign on the topic of mental health.The project entails, but is not limited to:Assisting in the creation of social media content for various platforms (e.g., Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, TikTok)Learning and using online marketing tools and softwareFilming social media contentCreating videos for website and social media purposesCoordinating and managing campaign timelines, schedules and social media postsCreativity with a keen eye for visual communicationGraphic design or advertising experience (preferred, but not required)

Level UP: Research Assistant

Positions available: 1 student (estimated 80 hour project). Wellness and Psychological Services is seeking 1 student for a research assistant position. The research project focuses on the experiences of Canadian Post-Secondary Counsellors and is being conducted in conjunction with the Canadian Counselling and Psychotherapy Association (CCPA). The research assistant will support research initiatives under the guidance of research faculty. The expected outcome would be to complete data collection for this mixed-methods project.The project entails, but is not limited to:Conducting administrative tasks related to the research project (e.g., emailing and collecting information from stakeholders)Transcription of focus group and individual interviewsEvaluating accuracy of transcripts from audio-recorded interviewsIn addition, the student would be expected to support in the development of the following projects:1) Recorded WebinarsSynthesizing content on mental health into powerpoint presentationsAudio-recording webinars using screen-cast-o-maticCreating engaging content to stimulate interest from university student audience2) Social Media LiteracyCompleting research on how to critically evaluate social mediaCreate deliverables such as: handouts, list of tips, social media posts on how to critically evaluate social media3) Graphic Design· Designing and updating existing mental health resources (e.g., community referral list, WPS handouts, and resources for students)· Creating aesthetically pleasing graphics that are engaging and stimulate interest from university students using Canva

Level UP WPS Research Assistant: Literature Reviews & Resources

Positions available: 2 or 3 students (estimated 80 hour project per student). Wellness and Psychological Services is seeking 2 or 3 students for research assistant positions.Research assistants would be responsible for drafting literature reviews and creating evidence-based mental health resources on topics relevant to student mental health.