Centre for School Mental Health

07/02/2024

We are profoundly heartbroken by the loss of our extraordinary leader Dr. Claire Crooks, OOnt, PhD.

Our deepest condolences go out to her family - George, Finn, Sydney, Grady and Tilly - and to all her extended family, friends, and loved ones.

"Claire will remain an inspiration for all of us on how to live fully and well, and how to die with courage, grace, and dignity."

💔

https://gutfeels.substack.com/p/claire-crooks-oont-phd

06/18/2024

Congratulations ⭐Cheryl Shinkaruk⭐ and ⭐Julia Forgrave⭐
on receiving The Ray Hughes Fourth R Champion Award.

The Ray Hughes Fourth R Champion Award recognizes individuals and/or groups who steward implementation of The Fourth R program in their school or community to foster healthy youth relationships and reduce risk behaviours.

Read all about these Exemplary Champions!
⬇️⬇️
https://tinyurl.com/2d9fkxcc

https://youthrelationships.org/


Edmonton Catholic School Division

06/13/2024

🎉Congratulations Maria Ibanez, recipient of the 2024 David Wolfe Scholarship on Research on Violence Prevention. Maria is a high-achieving, clinically skilled doctoral student in the School and Applied Child Psychology program at the Faculty of Education. https://tinyurl.com/ywux7jhd

04/29/2024

🌟EXCITING NEWS!🌟 Education Minister Stephen Lecce and MPP Jess Dixon announced The Fourth R Grade 7, 8 and 9 Health & Physical Education curriculum is now being rolled out to 5,000 teachers in Ontario.

https://news.westernu.ca/2024/04/fourth-r-ontario-schools/

04/19/2024

Congratulations to Nikita Kalwani for her successful oral defense and passing her Masters thesis this week! The examiners were generous in their praise for Nikita's excellent writing and presentation. We are excited to see what comes next for Nikita as she works towards her PhD.

04/15/2024

NOW LIVE! We are happy to share PREVNet's Celebrating Projects webpage is now LIVE for the Health Relationships Programming.

Visit https://youthdatingviolence.prevnet.ca/community-of-practice/list-of-projects/the-story-of-healthy-relationships-program/ for more information.

04/09/2024

The Centre for School Mental Health Research Faculty Member Dr. Kaitlynn Mendes along with Dr. Nadine Wathen will be presenting "Gender-Based Violence & The Sustainability Development Goals: Research & Knowledge Mobilization to Drive Change". Be sure to register to attend!

When: Thursday, Apr. 18, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Where: Western Interdisciplinary Research Building (WIRB), Room 3000
Sign Up: WRSA Registration Page
(https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=TaaTrQ2tzU6y_eU84Vllvvf-jfjk47NMhxrbUoFgxYNURDhGTUVEM1AzM1E5QkpGWFU3Q0tSVE5EUS4u)

04/04/2024

💥NEW PUBLICATION ALERT! 💥

Sharing our most recent journal article Disseminating Evidence-Based Preventive Interventions to Promote Wellness and Mental Health in Children and Youth: Opportunities, Gaps, and Challenges.

Check it out on our CSMH website -https://www.csmh.uwo.ca/research/leadbeater_et_al_disseminating_evidence_based.pdf

02/14/2024

02/07/2024

Our own Andrea Delaney and Sherry Letendre presented "Everything begins with a story. Mapping a partnership and program development of a culturally relevant mental health promotion program for Indigenous youth." at the First Nations Education Conference. Sherry and Andrea shared the HRP journey in Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation, including the community groundwork before the partnership, the cultural adaptation framework and the lessons learned. Standing room only in the audience with over 65 First Nations educators, administrators and other school staff. The First Nations Education Conference is hosted by Indigenous Knowledge & Wisdom Centre - IKWC and Enoch Cree Nation at the River Cree in Edmonton.

https://www.csmh.uwo.ca/news/2024/everything_begins_with_a_story.html

01/18/2024

🌟 Exciting News! Are you a parent? Join the ConnectED Parents Project for FREE! 🌟

Shift: The Project to End Domestic Violence is thrilled to launch the ConnectED Parents project and they’re looking for parents with children 6 to 20 years old to join! ConnectED Parents brings innovation to primary prevention by empowering parents and caregivers to foster healthy youth relationships and prevent adolescent dating violence.

ConnectED Parents supports parents through:
📱 Interactive text-messages on how to build healthy relationships skills in their children
🤝🏽 Parent-to-parent support so parents learn from each other
👍🏽 A helpful Facebook group that reinforces healthy relationships skills

❔ Who is ConnectED Parents for?
• Are you a busy parent looking for an easy and quick way to learn about promoting healthy youth relationships?
• Do you have a child 6 to 20 years old?
• Do you want to boost your skills to foster your child’s healthy relationships?
• Do you turn to other parents for advice and support?
• Do other parents turn to you for advice and support?
If you answered yes to any of these, ConnectED Parents is for you!

🔗 Registration is OPEN until January 26!

Check out our poster, and sign-up using the QR code or the registration link here: https://survey.ucalgary.ca/jfe/form/SV_aVkM29fYEEzBJ6C

Please share & re-post to help us reach parents far and wide!

01/10/2024

💜

The groundbreaking clinical psychological is being honoured for her lifelong commitment to reducing violence among youth.