Roots of Resiliency

Roots of Resiliency Program Guide

Roots of Resiliency is a seven-week program designed to foster resilience, support academic success and help students navigate through change and challenging times. 

What is resilience?

Resilience and mental health provide an essential foundation for effective learning and academic success.

Facilitator guide

Each Roots of Resiliency program timeline is prepared and administered by dedicated program coordinators and facilitators. The facilitator guide presents the seven sessions in the recommended order, however, the guide is laid out session by session, allowing facilitators to customize the program schedule if required. 

The slide deck contains all PowerPoint slides for the Roots of Resiliency program. Facilitators are encouraged to customize the Schedule and Next Week slides to correspond with the order of the program they prefer.

Session resources

Each session has accompanying workbooks and presentations. Download and print session materials below.

Introductions

Help break the ice with participants using these helpful questionnaires.

Questionnaire

Building social resilience

Discover tools to develop deeper connections with others.

Building social resilience

Let's move!

Explore the benefits that moving our bodies has on our well-being.

Let's move!

Spiritual connectedness

Engage and explore some possible ways to nurture spiritual wellness. Additional session resources can be found in the appendices of the Facilitator guide.

Spiritual connectedness

SMART student nutrition

Discover the benefits of healthy eating along with tips and tricks to stay healthy while navigating life as a student.

SMART student nutrition

Resilient thinking

Learn how a shift in perspective can have a significant impact on our mental health and resilience. 

Resilient thinking

Stress management

Explore the connection between stress and mindset and learn ideas to adopt a healthier perspective about stress. 

Stress management

Facilitator resources

Additional tools to help format, guide and schedule the program can be found in the appendices of the Facilitator guide.

Facilitator resources