Make Some Noise

for Mental Health

January 13-26, 2023

Building Healthy Life Strategies is a 2.5 hour workshop geared to developing and building your own stress management plan. We'll focus on skills to improve your personal and professional coping strategies by exploring how you currently respond to stress, consider other options, and help you choose strategies that can make it easier to bounce back from whatever life throws at you. Click here for more info and to register!

safeTALK is a 3.5 hour suicide prevention workshop focused on recognizing warning signs and connecting others with trained caregivers. We are thrilled to be offering this workshop to help members of the CUE community develop the skills to connect a person with thoughts of suicide to someone who can help.

This workshop is FREE and open to the CUE community (students & employees). This course is not appropriate if you have lost a loved one to suicide within the past 6 months. Click here for more info and to register!

Cannabis Café is a 90 minute education-based workshop targeted for post-secondary students, developed by the University of Calgary. It consists of three major activities: Trivia, a World Café and Goal Setting. Cannabis Café facilitates meaningful and evidence informed conversations on the topic of cannabis and aims to provide students with opportunities to discuss (1) science-based information versus misinformation, (2) personal experiences and beliefs, and (3) cannabis-related stereotypes. Click here for more info and to register!

Jack.org is Canada's only charity training and empowering young leaders to revolutionize mental health.

Learn to support someone struggling with their mental health through this online course created by Jack.org in partnership with Born This Way Foundation.

Also, download the "Be There" poster below to discover several tips for helping someone experiencing mental health challenges.

Kids Help Phone is Canada’s only 24/7 e-mental health service offering free, confidential support to young people in English and French.


How can I connect with Kids Help Phone for support at any time?

  • Text 686868 to connect with a trained, volunteer crisis responder.

  • Call 1-800-668-6868 to speak with a professional counsellor.

  • Engage with other young people about what’s on your mind at by clicking here.

  • Try our interactive tools and games, read stories from young people and explore our articles for tips, info and inspiration.


Issues most commonly discussed by youth age 18-24:


Anxiety / stress


Relationships


Depression


Suicide