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The CARE Plan: Student Mental Health and Well-being at NIC

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North Island College recognizes that mental health and well-being are core components of success for both individuals and communities.

Launched in May 2022, the Care2 Plan: Student Mental Health and Well-Being at NIC is a snapshot of who and where we are at this moment and our aspirations for the next five years.

The Care2 plan takes a strength-based approach to supporting student mental health and well-being, focused on enhancing personal resilience and agency. This means that in addition to providing supports for students in distress or crisis, NIC recognizes the importance of resilience, capacity-building and self-advocacy as vital tools for developing and sustaining mental health and well-being.

A key component of the plan is accountability. View the first dashboard report.

You can also learn more about Care initiatives at NIC at www.nic.bc.ca/care2-plan.

North Island College recognizes that mental health and well-being are core components of success for both individuals and communities.

Launched in May 2022, the Care2 Plan: Student Mental Health and Well-Being at NIC is a snapshot of who and where we are at this moment and our aspirations for the next five years.

The Care2 plan takes a strength-based approach to supporting student mental health and well-being, focused on enhancing personal resilience and agency. This means that in addition to providing supports for students in distress or crisis, NIC recognizes the importance of resilience, capacity-building and self-advocacy as vital tools for developing and sustaining mental health and well-being.

A key component of the plan is accountability. View the first dashboard report.

You can also learn more about Care initiatives at NIC at www.nic.bc.ca/care2-plan.

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Do the CARE² Plan: Student Mental Health and Well-Being at NIC goals and recommendations meet the needs of the campus community? Do you see any gaps?

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  • Share Hi there, I asked a couple questions during the college conversation I was hoping to hear back on: I was just curious regarding CARE2, if consultation with the Indigenous community at and around NIC was being taken into consideration. Very mindful of our Elder's and communities passions for Mental Health, Well-being, etc- when it comes to Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. Also, I was wondering if moving forward this plan would utilize more than surveys from our student population- in my experience working at NIC surveys are not always the most effective tool to hear from some of those students who would have great impact in some of the results of surveys. on Facebook Share Hi there, I asked a couple questions during the college conversation I was hoping to hear back on: I was just curious regarding CARE2, if consultation with the Indigenous community at and around NIC was being taken into consideration. Very mindful of our Elder's and communities passions for Mental Health, Well-being, etc- when it comes to Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. Also, I was wondering if moving forward this plan would utilize more than surveys from our student population- in my experience working at NIC surveys are not always the most effective tool to hear from some of those students who would have great impact in some of the results of surveys. on Twitter Share Hi there, I asked a couple questions during the college conversation I was hoping to hear back on: I was just curious regarding CARE2, if consultation with the Indigenous community at and around NIC was being taken into consideration. Very mindful of our Elder's and communities passions for Mental Health, Well-being, etc- when it comes to Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. Also, I was wondering if moving forward this plan would utilize more than surveys from our student population- in my experience working at NIC surveys are not always the most effective tool to hear from some of those students who would have great impact in some of the results of surveys. on Linkedin Email Hi there, I asked a couple questions during the college conversation I was hoping to hear back on: I was just curious regarding CARE2, if consultation with the Indigenous community at and around NIC was being taken into consideration. Very mindful of our Elder's and communities passions for Mental Health, Well-being, etc- when it comes to Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. Also, I was wondering if moving forward this plan would utilize more than surveys from our student population- in my experience working at NIC surveys are not always the most effective tool to hear from some of those students who would have great impact in some of the results of surveys. link

    Hi there, I asked a couple questions during the college conversation I was hoping to hear back on: I was just curious regarding CARE2, if consultation with the Indigenous community at and around NIC was being taken into consideration. Very mindful of our Elder's and communities passions for Mental Health, Well-being, etc- when it comes to Indigenous and non-Indigenous students. Also, I was wondering if moving forward this plan would utilize more than surveys from our student population- in my experience working at NIC surveys are not always the most effective tool to hear from some of those students who would have great impact in some of the results of surveys.

    Rylee asked about 3 years ago

    Great questions, Rylee. An Indigenous perspective was integral to the development of this draft Plan.  When the Mental Health and Well-being was initially formed, we put out a call for participation from across the NIC College community. The response was phenomenal with over 50 attendees at our first meeting including representatives from our Indigenous Education department. As often happens with committees (particularly those of that size), other commitments meant that we did not always have full representation at every meeting, but we endeavoured to apply an Indigenous lens at each stage, and you will see that a recognition of the distinct needs of our Indigenous students is explicit in the guiding principles. In addition, after a conversation with Kelly Shopland, we identified several documents that formed part of our research and background to the CARE Plan including the First Nations’ policy on Mental Health and Wellness. I hope we get more even more feedback from this consultation process. I like the idea of community feedback  - specifically from our Nations.

    In the second part of your question, you mention the limits to student surveys. It is true that there is always information that we cannot gather thought surveys (although we did get good participation in the CCWS, so it will be interesting when we take part in future cycles to note any themes or changes). My hope is that, once we have consulted with our employees, we will open up Engage for student feedback; this will hopefully encourage sharing of feedback that may not be captured through a survey.

     Felicity Blaiklock (she/her)
    Director, Student Affairs and Campus Administrator Port Alberni

Page last updated: 30 May 2024, 03:32 PM