Student Mental Health: Path to Change | Peter Hedley & Nancy Turner | TEDxUniversityofSaskatchewan

Описание: On university campuses today, we see record rates of distress in the student population. Canadian students report that the top four factors affecting academic performance are: stress, anxiety, sleep difficulties and depression. These struggles on campus worldwide are also reflected in the dramatically increasing need for mental health services. How did this happen? And what can we do about it? Peter Hedley and Nancy Turner shares. Peter Hedley has been working in education in Europe and North America for nearly 20 years.

Originally from the UK, he moved to Canada with his wife and three sons 5 years’ ago and joined the University of Saskatchewan in 2016.

In his current role as USask Director of Student Affairs and Services, he oversees central campus supports including student wellness, mental health, and access and equity services. He leads the University’s Wellness Strategy with the goal of fostering healthy and supportive learning experiences and environments.

He also leads campus sexual violence prevention and response initiatives, as well as chairing the University’s Faith Leaders’ Council and Violence Threat Risk-Assessment team.

Peter has a passion for building community connections and is involved in Saskatoon community work with Saskatoon Police, the local Immigration partnership, and Break the Barrier - a Mental Health and Addiction stigma-reduction community partnership in the city.

Dr. Nancy Turner is Director, Teaching and Learning Enhancement at the University of Saskatchewan.

Her role involves working in partnership institutionally to support the ongoing enhancement of learning and teaching, the development of positive student learning experiences and the provision of quality academic and professional development that enables both of these.

Nancy’s work for the past 16 years has focused on strategic leadership of learning and teaching enhancement including professional development of faculty and graduate students, technology enhanced learning, reward and recognition for teaching, wellness, student engagement in educational change, and open education.

Nancy has taught for over two decades in Canadian and UK Higher Education in classroom, laboratory and online learning environments and has lead curriculum design and delivery in both National contexts. Her research interests include development of teaching and learning practices at the department level, informal and professional learning, and developing core skills in higher education. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx