The Dean's Advisory Committee on Health and Well-being was established in 2017 with a mandate to gather information about challenges, barriers, facilitators, and resources for supporting health and well-being.
The committee works toward the development of tangible recommendations and resources for supporting health and well-being among students, staff, and faculty from across the Faculty of Health.
What we do
- Review strategies for mental and physical health promotion within formal and informal Faculty activities.
- Review opportunities for creating a supportive and safe community.
- Support and promote services that help members of the Faculty of Health community prosper, such as student peer counselling in the Faculty (), Health and well-being, or theÌýEmployee and Family Assistance Program.
- Fund and publicize graduateÌýstudent-led initiativesÌýthat might directly or indirectly affect health and well-being, on topics such as physical activity,Ìý health education or workshops, community building or social relationships, leisure and nutrition.Ìý
- Gather information about the status of health and well-being in the Faculty.
- Support events such as Wellness Week, Snack Pack, Wellness Bingo and other initiatives focused on supporting health, well-beingÌýand engagement within the Faculty of Health community.
- Lead the Faculty’s initiatives to promote health and well-being, including coordination of activities with the University and external bodies (for example, Canadian Blood Services to give back to the community).
See Health and Well-being for more information on initiatives and resources in the Faculty of Health.
If you have questions, comments, or suggestions, pleaseÌýemail the committee.Ìý
2024-2025 MembersÌý
- Mark FerroÌýAdvisory Chair
- Hanako HellingaÌý´¡»å³¾¾±²Ô¾±²õ³Ù°ù²¹³Ù´Ç°ù
Faculty
- Luke R. Potwarka (RLS) Associate Professor
- Brian Laird (Dean’s Office) Associate Dean Graduate Studies
- Michelle OgrodnikÌý(KHS) Lecturer
- Phil Bigelow (SPHS) AssociateÌýProfessor
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- Rochelle DeSouzaÌý(Dean's Office) Student Relations OfficerÌý
- Sara HoustonÌý(RLS)ÌýUndergraduate Program Manager
- Breana Oenputera (SPHS) Undergraduate Advisor and Programs Coordinator
- Leanne Varey (KHS) Undergraduate Advisor and Program Coordinator
Graduate students
- Simran Mughal (KHS)
- To be announced (RLS)
- Patil Mksyartinian (SPHS)
Undergraduate studentsÌý
- Paige Sharpe (SPHS)
- Christine Nicole Yang (RLS)
- Jyothi KakaniÌý(KHS)
- Hanna KangÌý (AHSUM)
Guests
- Miriam Fabros (Dean's Office) Health and Well-being Project Assistant Co-op
- Emma Courlander (Campus Wellness) Executive Assistant
- Krystle Younker (Master of Social Work) Graduate Student
