Community Helpers Training

In this training, you'll:

• Gain a better understanding of mental health 
• Explore factors that can affect student wellbeing
• Learn how to recognize when someone may need support
• Practice tools and strategies for having supportive conversations
• Develop skills for supporting others sustainably by setting healthy boundaries
• Discover campus and community resources and when to access them
• Build a personalized toolkit for supporting your own wellbeing

About the training

Community Helpers is a 3-hour, certified program that focuses on mental health promotion and suicide prevention. It equips participants with practical skills to recognize and respond to someone who may need support. It explores a variety of topics related to helping and has an interactive format, offering opportunities for connection through discussion, activities, and shared learning. Participants will receive a certificate of completion from Primary Care Alberta. 

Community Helpers is open to all UCalgary students.

Training can also be delivered in-person or virtually to student groups by request. Click here to request a training.