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.

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.

View 2016 NCHA Results

Online Resources

Online Resources

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.