Mental Health Awareness Week: Resiliency Skills for Students with Dr. Farrell
Jan 27, 2021 |11:00am-12:00pm
At this Mental Health Awareness Week event, Dr. Susan Farrell from The Royal Ottawa will be sharing resiliency skills that students can use at school and work and in their daily lives.
This topic is one of the areas of focus under the National Standard of Canada for Mental Health and Well-Being for Post-Secondary Students. The Standard, which is the first of its kind in the world, is a set of flexible, voluntary guidelines to help post-secondary institutions support the mental-health and well-being of their students.
Open to all Algonquin College students and employees. Advance registration is required. You will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting after you register.
Presented by Health Services and The Royal Ottawa.
About Dr. Susan Farrell, PhD, C.Psych, CHE
Dr. Farrell is the Vice President of Patient Care Services and Community Mental Health at The Royal Ottawa Health Care Group. She is delighted to oversee The Royal’s Telemedicine program that enjoys its innovative partnership with Algonquin College and now provides virtual mental health education to colleges across Ontario.
For the previous decade, Dr Farrell was the inaugural Clinical Director of the Community Mental Health Program at the Royal, supporting the provision of care in the community. Dr. Farrell is a licensed Clinical Psychologist in Ontario and Nunavut. For almost two decades, her clinical work, research, teaching and advocacy have been focused on improving care for persons with mental illness and dual diagnosis within community-based models. She is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Medicine and a Clinical Professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Ottawa. Dr. Farrell completed her graduate studies at Acadia University and the University of Ottawa and did her residency at the University of Manitoba, specifically selected for rotations in rural and northern communities (including delivering care through telemedicine).
Dr. Farrell is a Certified Health Executive with the Canadian College of Health Leaders. In 2018, she was awarded the Excellence in Training award from the Canadian Council of Professional Psychology Programs and was made a Fellow of the Canadian Psychological Association for her national contributions to Psychology and society.
Susan is an active community volunteer across many social justice, education, mental health and youth initiatives. In her spare time she is an avid traveller (pre-COVID), an experimental cook, and a proud mom who is learning to embrace downhill skiing and camping in order to keep up with her adventurous adolescents!
Event Location
- Remote (Online Event)
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