👉 Healthy Environments in Academic Research Teams Project Lead @UBC ✍️ Co-author #UniMentalHealthCharter 📣 HE Policy. Student Voice. Mental Health.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Joined September 2012
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Leigh Spanner retweeted
Welcome to Day Two of the Student Mental Health #SummerResearchInstitute! We started off our morning with a yoga session. Thank you to our friends at @UTM RAWC who have led some awesome wellness activities for our attendees!
ALT attendees sit and talk on yoga mats ahead of the start of a yoga session
Leigh Spanner retweeted
Always love seeing @StudentMindsOrg @Spaned talk about the UK’s #unimentalhealthcharter 🌟 even across the Atlantic @UofTInLight #summerresearchinstitute
It was a delight to join @UofTInLight for the Student Mental Health Global Research Institute to share ideas with people doing incredible work across the world 🌎
SMH is complex & messy with diverse language, measures and approaches - discussions always challenge and inspire 🌟
Leigh Spanner (@Spaned) joins us this morning with an awesome presentation introducing #SummerResearchInstitute attendees to @StudentMindsOrg & the #UniMentalHealthCharter! Highlighting key themes of co-creation, collaboration, & a whole-university approach to student wellbeing
ALT Leigh Spanner stands at the podium presenting to the audience
ALT A slide introduces Student Minds, the UK's student mental health charity
ALT A slide defines the whole-university approach to student wellbeing, "A whole-university approach must include both adequately resourced, effective and accessible mental health services and proactive interventions. It must provide an environment and culture that reduces poor mental health, as well as supporting good mental health, and facilitating staff and students to develop insight, understanding and skills to manage and maintain their own wellbeing."
It has been a pleasure to work with so many faculty, staff and trainees to co-create a program to promote healthy and inclusive research environments 💙
Over 100 people have shared their ideas - now to make this thing a reality!
Thank you to all the faculty, staff and trainees that came together for the final Healthy Environments in Academic Research Teams (HEART) Working Group yesterday and to all those that have been involved so far!
Read more about the project tinyurl.com/ubcheart
ALT Groups of faculty, staff and trainees sat around tables having a discussion
Was fantastic to join colleagues across Canada to share about the @StudentMindsOrg #UniMentalHealthCharter and hear how others are creating a holistic approaches to mh on their campuses. Thanks to @HealthyCampuses for a really thought provoking few days #HMHC2023
An engaging and interactive workshop by Leigh Spanner from #UBC Mental Health Charter on "Activating a whole university approach to mental health & wellbeing: lessons from the UK’s Mental Health Charter". #HMHC2023 #MentalHealthMatters
Another article published from the #UniMentalHealthCharter consultation all about the role of well-governed peer support for promoting student wellbeing👇🌟emerald.com/insight/content/…
Fantastic work by Dr Joanne Smith (@BoltonUni) @Garethstudentwb
I just find it bizarre that there are still so many unwritten rules about these things that penalise equity deserving groups. If you’re looking for particular pieces of information, in a particular way, just say so?
Changing working patterns in line with the seasons is something that has been understood for centuries by Indigenous peoples and the drive to be consistently productive can be seen as a colonial paradigm. refinery29.com/en-us/2021/07…
Why not provide a template or form rather than ask people to guess what information you want when they are clearly not missing these things out on purpose? Perhaps this might be more accessible to less experienced or those who have different CV approaches culturally?
It’s been over 4 years in the making and we’ve built a huge community of people truly committed to creating real cultural change. There’s a long way to go but what a HUGE milestone in the journey 🥳
Congrats, too, to the Student Minds team and the amazing staff and student peer assessors who have been an inspiration to work alongside 🧡
Incredibly excited to see the first #UniMentalHealthCharter Awards!
A credit to staff & students that listened to their communities, taken action to improve and honestly acknowledged challenges to be addressed. Well done!
Today we are celebrating the first universities to receive the #UniMentalHealthCharter Award. We’re excited to announce that the following unis have received the award 👇 ow.ly/qmXM50M2XTM (1/5)
Love this interactive dashboard from a systematic review of the impact of Covid-19 on students in Canada from @bccat_org @ChasiHub
public.tableau.com/app/profi…
Had a social media break recently but wanted to share this amazing news!
So proud of the @StudentMindsOrg team. INCREDIBLE that so many universities have committed to creating real cultural change for the mental health of their communities 👏
We are excited to announce the 60 universities to join the #UniMentalHealthCharter Programme's second year! 🌟 Is your uni on this list? 👀
Read the commitment these unis have made to cultural change: ow.ly/aBkE50KXThT
Leigh Spanner retweeted
🌟The #UniMentalHealthCharter programme is now open for applications for 2022/23! 🌟
Want to join other universities committed to creating cultural change and be recognised for excellent practice? Explore how to apply today: ow.ly/Ze0H50IZpsS
New article published based on the #UniMentalHealthCharter research all about belonging and wellbeing 🌟
🤔How can universities support students to build relationships with peers, staff + residents that improve wellbeing?
👉Student proposals 4 @StudentMindsOrg MH Charter
☑️Open access
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
Thank you @Sue_Wilbraham @Spaned @Garethstudentwb Virendra + Angela🤩
Just under a week to apply for some really exciting roles 🌟
Want to lead two pioneering, sector improving programmes? We’re looking for someone to be our Sector Improvement Lead as sabbatical cover to continue to run #StudentMindsSUs and the #UniMentalHealthCharter Programmes! Find out more: ow.ly/AFee50Iy4RY
It's an amazing role with boundless learning opportunities, surrounded by incredibly inspiring and supportive people 🌟 if you want a casual chat to find out more about the role, DM me 😊
Would you like to lead 2 UK-wide programmes creating waves in univeristy mental health? Come do my job!
I'm off on sabbatical in June and excited to have someone with a fresh perspective to come and lead #UniMentalHealthCharter and #StudentMindsSUs
Want to join the Student Minds family? We’re currently recruiting for a number of positions so head over to our website to find out more! ow.ly/53p150Ir3O5
