New Campus Mental Health Action Tracker Enhances Support for Student Well-Being
January 30, 2025
By SRDC-SRSA
[Ottawa, January 30, 2025] – The Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC), in partnership with the Mental Health Commission of Canada (MHCC) and post-secondary institutions nationwide, has launched the Campus Mental Health Action Tracker, a free, bilingual, online tool designed to support the mental health of students. The tool enables institutions to align their mental health initiatives through a practical framework for self-assessment, documentation, and continuous improvement.
The Tracker enables institutions to evaluate their efforts across five critical dimensions: Institutional Factors, Planning, Socio-Ecological Framework, Evaluation and Reporting, and Continuous Improvement. Guided by principles such as student-centeredness, equity, diversity, inclusion, health promotion, and continuous improvement, the Tracker simplifies ongoing assessments, helping institutions create thriving, inclusive campus communities that prioritize student well-being.
Designed to complement the National Standard of Canada for Mental Health and Well-Being for Post-Secondary Students, the Tracker is aligned with this groundbreaking framework developed by MHCC and CSA Group. Launched in 2020, the National Standard provides flexible, voluntary guidelines to help campuses foster mental health and well-being, and it has been widely adopted across Canada.
The Campus Mental Health Action Tracker was made possible through funding from The Rossy Foundation and Bell Let’s Talk.
“The Tracker was seen as especially helpful because it provided a nice visual report for leadership, which helped build buy-in and has made the ongoing assessment and reporting process user-friendly by giving an alternative simplified process with manageable sections.” – Lambton College
For more information about the Campus Mental Health Action Tracker and to access implementation resources, visit https://mentalhealthtracker.ca/.
About the Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC)
The Social Research and Demonstration Corporation (SRDC) is a non-profit research organization created specifically to develop, field test, and rigorously evaluate new programs. Our two-part mission is to help policymakers and practitioners identify policies and programs that improve the well-being of all Canadians, with a special concern for the effects on the disadvantaged, and to raise the standards of evidence that are used in assessing these policies.
Since our establishment in December 1991, our SRDC team has conducted over 450 projects and studies for various federal and provincial departments, municipalities, as well as other public and non-profit organizations. We have offices located in Ottawa and Vancouver and satellite offices in Calgary, Hamilton, Montreal, Regina, St. John’s, Toronto, and Winnipeg.
For more information, visit srdc.org.
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Dianna Chepita, SRDC – [email protected]
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