SANQC is hosting three free workshops this term. If you are a NorQuest student, you can apply to attend as an individual, with a friend or as a group of three. These workshops are a great opportunity for extra learning and to enhance your leadership skills.
You can find the application here.
The deadline for submitting your workshop application is Thu, Jan 31 at 4 pm.
Workshop Information
The Inquiring Mind
3 – 5 pm on Mon, Feb 11 & Tue, Feb 12
Spend a few hours learning more about college student mental health, stigma and discrimination on campus. Participants will learn about resources and information to help themselves and to help others who may be trying to manage these issues. You’ll walk away with tools you can use for the rest of your life.
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA)
Sat, Mar 16 & Sun, Mar 17
MHFA is intended for an adult audience whose primary focus is working with individuals 14+. This course focuses on the most common mental health disorders including substance related disorder, mood related disorders, anxiety and trauma related disorders and psychotic disorders. You will be especially equipped with information about suicide intervention and strategies around supporting a person who is suicidal. There are two additional sections on eating disorders and deliberate self injury. Participants who take this course are well prepared to interact confidently about mental health with the people in their lives, including at schools, extra-curricular activities, social services, family, friends, and communities. The two day certification program is designed by the Mental Health Commission of Canada and recognized nationwide.
Questions, Persuade, Refer Suicide Prevention (QPR)
Sat, Mar 23
The NorQuest College Centre for Growth and Harmony is presenting a four hour training session on suicide prevention. Question, Persuade, Refer (QPR) provides innovative, practical and proven certified suicide prevention training. Through this QPR course you will learn the warning signs of suicide, know how to offer hope, and how to get help to an individual in need. Through this training, our campus community will become stronger and more able to help provide support to one another.
