8 - 8:20 am | Registration and light breakfast 8:20 - 8:30 am | Introductions and overview 8:30 - 8:45 am | Opening prayer and smudge with Elder Betty Crazyboy, Piikani Nation
Tuesday May 13, 2025 8:00am - 8:45pm MDT East Aldred Event Centre1301 16 Avenue NW, Calgary, Alberta
Michaela is a 60s Scoop Thriver, public speaker, and advocate who shares her lived experience to highlight the power of resilience. Through storytelling, she explores how community and connection are essential to overcoming adversity and fostering healing. Michaela’s work inspires meaningful conversations on truth, reconciliation, and the strength found in reclaiming identity.
Did you know that what you eat can directly impact how you feel? Research shows that certain foods—rich in omega-3s, antioxidants, and gut-friendly probiotics—can help reduce stress, boost serotonin, and improve overall mental well-being.
In alignment with this connection, the menu at our Mental Health Symposium has been thoughtfully curated to include mood-enhancing ingredients. From grains and seeds to leafy greens and berries, each dish is designed to nourish both body and mind. Join us in savouring flavours that fuel happiness and resilience!
Tuesday May 13, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm MDT East Aldred Event Centre1301 16 Avenue NW, Calgary, Alberta
Check out the SAIT Supports Showcase, highlighting how different SAIT supports come together to foster a caring campus community to promote student resilience and wellbeing.
Tuesday May 13, 2025 11:30am - 1:00pm MDT East Aldred Event Centre1301 16 Avenue NW, Calgary, Alberta
Join a nature walk and connect to the trees and shrubs on campus. Discover how you can build resilience by simply befriending what grows and thrives all around us.
Part 1: Supporting Men and Boys An exploration of male loneliness, millennial and Gen Z challenges, the challenges of traditional masculinity, domestic violence and men, and barriers to men accessing mental health resources.
Part 2: Supporting the Male Experience of Domestic Violence An exploration of the facts and figures related to male victims of domestic violence, information about different types of abuse, the effects on males when they are victims, how to assess potential male victims, and skills to offer support.
This session explores the potential of AI-powered Virtual Gaming Simulations (VGS) to foster student resilience in postsecondary education. Attendees will learn how immersive, scenario-based simulations can support learners in developing tools to manage the freeze response, maintain focus and overcome negative self-talk.
This 3.5-hour workshop alerts community members to the warning signs of suicide risk and provides a framework to help connect individuals with appropriate resources.
Deep breathing is known to support relaxation and overall well-being. Laugh your way out of stress and experience its many benefits in this wellness session guided by a certified laughter coach.
This session covers Buddy Up, a men's suicide prevention campaign that promotes authentic conversations among men and their buddies, with a focus on promoting help-offering behaviour.
Join us to learn what it means to be a buddy, how to make an impact, and become a Buddy Up champion.
A day in the life of a SAIT student involves managing a myriad of school and life demands. Academic success and progression can be positively impacted by students being supported in developing positive coping tools to use to overcome and bounce back from challenges, known as resilience.
Resilience skill building in the classroom can support positive performance in class, practicums and internships and reinforce its value as a necessary workplace competency.
Join this session to learn practical tools you can apply to your learning or teaching in the classroom.
Join us for an insightful breakout session on Indigenous wellness, where participants will explore the concept of wellness from an Indigenous perspective.
This session highlights the importance of balance between spirit, emotion, mind, and body, emphasizing the connection to language, land, ancestry, and a supportive community.
Every day, there are thousands of moments happening around the world; some heartbreaking, some beautiful. We tend to focus on the negative, yet research shows that focusing on the positive can improve mood and foster a greater sense of connection and purpose.
Joy is a form of resilience. Joy is respite. Joy is resistance against apathy and despair. Finding wonder and joy in the moment can counter the effects of stress, build meaning, and help you be more mindfully present in the here and now.
This expressive arts workshop is an invitation to engage in joyful artistic play, building resilience one beautiful moment at a time. This activity focuses on creating a card that represents your joy in the moment.
A discussion on how support can be provided by qualified mental health professionals and non-mental health professionals to athletes to enhance their resilience and how these mental performance skills can be transferred to classroom and professional settings,
As a community committed to student success, SAIT offers a range of services to help students reach their goals, both inside and outside the classroom.
Of students who completed the 2024 Canadian Campus Wellbeing Survey (CCWS), three out of four expressed feeling SAIT has a good support system for students going through difficult times, and 92% felt SAIT offers a supportive learning environment to explore their full potential.
In being the first point of contact, instructors play a vital role in ensuring that students feel part of a supportive community. However, it is not always easy to know which support to call on given the range of needs that present within the classroom.
This presentation will highlight the myriad of student supports offered by Student Services to create a caring community where students thrive.
Tuesday May 13, 2025 2:30pm - 3:30pm MDT MD201, Stan Grad Centre1301 16 Avenue NW, Calgary, AB
Supporting people who are grieving can seem tricky. Participants will learn about what grief is, how it can affect us, and ways to support ourselves, our students, and colleagues during times of grief.
