Staff and Faculty
Training
Online training
Helping Students Succeed: Navigating Through Problematic Substance Use
This guide provides online training and resources to help staff and faculty become more familiar with harm reduction and how they can support students and contribute to a healthier, safer campus. Harm reduction is an umbrella term for policies and practices focused on reducing the problematic effects of alcohol and other drug use. Each module takes approximately 15 minutes.
Class Presentation & Consultations
Case Consultations
If you have concerns about a student, employee, or anyone in your life, please contact umbrellaproject@algonquincollege.com, and our team will be happy to consult with you about a student who may or may not be struggling with substance abuse.
Toolkit & Resources
Umbrella Project Toolkit
The Umbrella Project: A Harm Reduction Toolkit
Using a harm reduction approach, a socioecological framework and evidence based practices, The Umbrella Project was created to address mental health and substance use issues of emerging adults within a postsecondary institution. This toolkit includes the background and approach used at Algonquin College, an overview of the framework and examples of how each strategic area was incorporated on campus.
The Umbrella Project: A Harm Reduction Toolkit has been created with the purpose to assist and support other colleges and universities in building a harm reduction framework for their campus.
Printable Pamphlets
National College Health Assessment
2016 NCHA Results
The National College Health Assessment (NCHA) provides statistics on student health issues such as:
- Alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use
- Sexual health
- Weight, nutrition, and exercise
- Mental health
- Personal safety and violence
More than 25,000 students from 20 Ontario institutions participated in the 2016 NCHA.
Online Resources
Online Resources
- National Overdose Response Service
- Canadian Centre for Substance Abuse
- Canadian Students for Sensible Drug Policy
- Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
- Healthy Minds/Healthy Campus
- FRANK
- Here to Help
- Gabor Mate, author of In The Realm of Hungry Ghosts
- Reducing Alcohol Harms Among University Students
- LiveAnotherDay
Videos
Questions?
If you have questions, concerns, or would just like more information about substance use, addictions, or the AC Umbrella Project, please contact umbrellaproject@algonquincollege.com