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Campus Health and Wellness Centre Mental Health Services
Residence Outreach Coordinators
With one trained professional located in each residence building, the Residence Outreach program focuses on overall health and well-being to give students the opportunity to make community connections, seek supportive conversations, and prioritize their overall wellness. Aside from daily 1-on-1 appointments available to students, the Residence Outreach program holds weekly events in the lobbies of South and Simcoe Village to bring creativity and excitement to educational and promotional mental health and wellness topics. A calendar of upcoming events can be viewed both in the residence lobbies digital media platform and the residence social media page.
Residence Outreach Services Support with:
- Crisis intervention
- Mental Health Needs Assessments
- Connections to the Campus Health and Wellness Team (physicians, clinic nurses, psychotherapy for DC students, and mental health nurses)
- Community agency connections
- Campus service connections
- Roommate conflicts
- Ongoing mental health concerns
- Onset of mental health concerns
- Isolation
- Responsibility balancing
- Burnout
To connect with Residence Outreach Coordinators:
- Email residenceoutreach@dc-ot.ca
- Contact the Campus Health and Wellness Centre
- Visit the front desk of either residence building
- Attend an outreach event, Tuesdays from 1-3pm in South Village Lobby and Thursdays from 1-3pm in Simcoe Village Lobby
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