Alcohol & Other Drugs

Thursday, November 17

1-4:30pm

BC Post-Secondary Counsellors’ Association Planning Meeting

1:30-4pm

CMHA's Mental Health Works: "Issues and Solutions"

Facilitator: Margaret Tebbutt

Cost to participants: $95.00 + HST
Cost to JIBC participants: (reduced rate of $65.00 + HST)

Friday, November 18

8:30-9am

Registration – Atrium Outside Main Theatre at JIBC New Westminster

9-9:30am

Welcoming Comments – Setting the Intention for Summit 2011

9:30-10:30am

Summit Keynote Address

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It takes a whole campus . . . Promoting mental health for students, faculty and staff

{C}{C}{C}Twenty five years ago, the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion launched the 'settings approach' to health promotion. The promotion of physical and mental health takes place in the settings where we live, learn, work and play—and we do all four at universities and colleges. In this presentation, I will discuss the principles of health promotion in general, and the evidence-base for mental health promotion and the prevention of mental disorders. From this basis, I will suggest what it will take to make our campuses mentally healthy settings for students, staff and faculty."

Trevor Hancock, Professor and Senior Scholar in Public Health, UVic School of Public Health and Social Policy

10:30-10:45am

Nutrition break

10:45-11:30am

Catalyst Presentation

Will You, Won’t You Join the Dance? Campus Alcohol Policy

A multi-component session that entertains the use of a socio-ecological model to reduce the harms related to alcohol on post-secondary campuses. The model can easily be applied to a variety of mental health and substance use issues.

• Denise De Pape, Director of Alcohol Harm Reduction, BC Ministry of Health

• Manik Saini, Policy Analyst--Alcohol Harm Reduction, BC Ministry of Health

• Dan Reist, Assistant Director (Knowledge Exchange), Centre for Addictions Research of BC

• Tim Dyck, Research Associate, Centre for Addictions Research of BC

11:30am-12:15pm

Catalyst Presentation: Student Dialogue

12:15-1:15pm

Lunch

1:15-1:30pm

Transition

1:30-2:30pm

Summit Keynote Address

Healthy Minds/Healthy Campus: The Camosun College Experience

Nicole will speak to the implementation of a mental health framework on the Camosun College campus, the benefits of doing so, the ways in which opportunities have been found to further this good word and exciting possibilities for the future.

Nicole Greengoe, Director of Student Services and Registrar, Camosun College

2:30-3pm

Special Announcement: Strengthening Institutional Mental Health Action Capacities at BC Post-Secondary Institutions

• Jonny Morris, Acting Director of Mental Health Promotion, Canadian Mental Health Association's BC Division

• Dan Reist, Assistant Director (Knowledge Exchange), Centre for Addictions Research of BC

• Tim Dyck, Research Associate, Centre for Addictions Research of BC

3-3:15pm

Nutrition Break

3:15-4:45

Dialogue Sessions

Theme #1: The Lobster Quadrille: Mobilizing Your Campus Around Alcohol

A pragmatic discussion in which participants examine post-secondary institution case studies and explore consistent utilization of the socio-ecological approach--particularly at an institutional level.  This kind of health promotion attempts to address alcohol-related concerns in a more comprehensive and collaborative way with sustained impact in changing the campus culture.

• Denise de Pape, Director of Alcohol Harm Reduction, BC Ministry of Health

• Manik Saini, Policy Analyst--Alcohol Harm Reduction, BC Ministry of Health Services

• Dan Reist, Assistant Director (Knowledge Exchange), Centre for Addictions Research of BC

• Tim Dyck, Research Associate, Centre for Addictions Research of BC

Theme #2: Developing Campus Mental Health Strategies: An interview

• Cheryl Washburn, Director of Counselling Services, UBC

• Chris Balmer, Counsellor, Camosun College

• Carolyn Stewart, Associate Director (Acting) of Health Promotion, SFU

• Alisa Stanton, Health Promotion Specialist, SFU

• Interviewed by Jonny Morris, Acting Director of Mental Health Promotion, Canadian Mental Health Association's BC Division

Theme #3:{C}{C}{C}EQUALITY, DIGNITY and INCLUSION: Human Rights and Mental Health

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This interactive workshop will provide you with a basic understanding of the Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities and its implications for people living with mental illness or mental health issues.  You will have the opportunity to bring a human rights lens to what you do--whether that is studying, living your life with a mental health diagnosis, counselling, providing student services, offering peer support or advocating for mental health.  We will work together to identify new ways to bring a rights analysis and corresponding actions to what you do on a daily basis.

• Cindy Player, Director of Equity and Human Rights, UVic

• Michael Gunn, student, UVic

4:45-5pm

Transition

5-5:30pm

Plenary Speaker – Michael Schratter: Building Capacity through Action & Telling: The Ride Don’t Hide Story

5:30-6:30pm

Dinner

Saturday, November 19

9-9:15am

Opening Remarks

9:15-9:45am

Plenary Session: Student Reflections

9:45-10am

Nutrition Break

10-10:30am

Strengthening Institutional Mental Health Action Capacities at BC Post-Secondary Institutions

Opening Space

10:30am-12pm

Dialogue Stream #1

12-1pm

Lunch

1-2:30pm

Dialogue Stream #2

2:30-3:30pm

Closing Process: Harvest, Report Back, and Looking Ahead