Achieving Well-being Together
Student Counselling, Health & Well being (SCHW)
UNHack Challenge 3
Proposed by Student Counselling, Health & Well-being (Michael Sa’d)
How to use web-based tools to help students identify and address mental health issues?
Challenge Summary:
Student Counseling, Health, and Well-being (SCHW) provides health education, mental health counseling, and well-being services to York University students, as well as acting as a resource for staff and faculty partners. With the challenges and changes of accessing student services in a pandemic and post-pandemic world, SCHW is looking to develop an online/virtual space that will allow York University students to access on-demand mental health and well-being content and services through a virtual portal. We are looking to understand the student’s journey through virtual spaces, better understand how students engage virtually, as well as understand how to keep students engaged. SCHW’s goal is to develop a portal that will make mental health and well-being services accessible, engaging, and responsive to York’s diverse student population in Ontario and abroad.
List of Helpful Resources:
keepme.SAFE provides international students and students residing outside of Ontario with access to free, real-time, and appointment-based support from anywhere in the world in any language. Visit the MySSP online portal, download the mobile MySSP app or call:
Good2Talk provides free, confidential support services for post-secondary students in Ontario and Nova Scotia
mindyourmind exists in the space where mental health, wellness, engagement and technology meet.
ConnexOntario provides free and confidential health services information for people.