Stay in the loop with events, initiatives and updates across Campus Wellness and Support Services.

Counselling and Psychological Services booking

CPS has updated their booking procedure. Students who are new to the service or who have not seen a counsellor within the past year can connect with counselling through their Student Hub (hub.concordia.ca).

• More information can be found at concordia.ca/counselling

HPV vaccination clinic

Health Services will host a pop-up Gardasil HPV pop-up vaccination clinic on October 6th, in the EV-atrium.

Creative Connections: October 4 - 8

The Zen Dens wellness team will be hosting their Creative Connections fair, featuring workshops and activities centred around the theme of relationships. Key events include:

• Oct. 5: Thomas Khullar will discuss interpersonal relationships, and the practical steps to connect
• Oct. 6: Self-Compassion 101, with Dr. Jade-Isis Lefebvre
• Oct. 6: Sew your own menstrual pad, with the Peer Wellness Ambassadors
• Oct 7: Beading workshop with Cory Hunlin
• Oct. 7: Keynote conversation with Dr. Miriam Kirmayer about friendships

The Expressions of Being Alone

Dr. Jade-Isis Lefebvre introduced the Expressions of Being Alone workbook, developed by CPS psychologists Jade-Isis and Debora Rabinovich. This comprehensive resource includes research, theory and exercises about the experiences of solitude and loneliness. 

Transparent procedural masks

The ACSD has transparent procedural masks available for professors, instructors and course lecturers that can be used while teaching. The masks are Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) approved and are in line with return-to-campus guidelines.

• If you would like to use these masks when meeting with students, please stop by the ACSD main office at GM-300

InConfidence 

International students on the ISO BlueCross health insurance plan now have access to InConfidence. 

• Chat: User ID: Concordiaiso (case sensitive) Password: inconfidence
• Phone: 1-877-418-2181 / TTY: 1-877-371-9978
• App: Lifeworks

EmpowerMe remains available to undergraduates insured with the CSU.

Accessibility events

• On October 7th, Stephanie Peccia from the ACSD will give a talk at a virtual event held by Hearing Entendre Quebec about the services the ACSD offers to the hard of hearing community.
• Charles Altman has kicked off his workshops for ACSD-registered students.

Health & Wellness hub website update

Changes to the navigation of the Health and Wellness website (concordia.ca/health) are now live! These changes were made to make the navigation more user-friendly, with the language students and patients are familiar with. 

New staff welcome

We're excited to introduce two new team members to CWSS:

• Counselling and Psychological Services welcomes psychologist Jessica Tutino
• The ACSD welcomes Alison Rollins, Accessibility Services Specialist

October 21: Thriving! by cultivating optimism - Interactive disucssion with Dr. Jewel Perlin, Gaby Szabo and Charles Altman. Part of the Thriving! series of interactive discussions.