Mandate
The President’s Advisory Committee on Mental Health and Wellness (the Advisory Committee) will:
- Undertake a thorough and comprehensive listening exercise to hear the views of students, professors, and personnel, to gain a deeper understanding of the mental health challenges faced by the University of Ottawa community, and a sense of the opportunities and barriers within the present suite of available services and resources;
- Conduct an environmental scan of best practices among Canadian postsecondary institutions;
- Produce a report based on the two exercises above, identifying gaps in our services and recommending other measures. This report will align with the findings and recommendations of the Campus Action Group on Mental Health.
Reporting
The Advisory Committee will produce an interim report on its activities to the President in May 2020.
A final report will communicate findings at the completion of the work of the Advisory Committee.
Membership
The Advisory Committee shall consist of members who are subject matter experts and/or persons with an interest in mental health and wellness.
The Advisory Committee will be composed of the following members:
- Chair;
- Two full-time professors;
- One part-time professor;
- Two students (one undergraduate student, one graduate student);
- Two members of the support staff.
And the following resource persons:
- Rachelle Clark, Director, Wellness and Recreation Sector, University of Ottawa;
- Lise Griffith, Director, Health and Wellness, Human Resources
- Erika Hansen, Manager, Planning, Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic Affairs
Members
Chair
Kevin Kee
Dean
Faculty of Arts
Members
J. Craig Phillips
Vice-Dean, Governance
Faculty of Health Sciences
Sharon Whiting
Vice-Dean, Faculty Affairs
Faculty of Medicine
Éliane Boucher
Part-time professor
Faculty of Law
Civil Law Section
Joëlle Perron-Thibodeau
Undergraduate student
Faculty of Law
Civil Law Section
Maxime Lê
Graduate student
Faculty of Arts
Department of Communication
Nathalie Saumure
Student Experience Lead
Faculty of Social Sciences
Jessica Simon
Equity and Wellness Counsellor
Faculty of Law
Common Law Section
Resource persons
Rachelle Clark
Director, Wellness and Recreation Sector
Student Life
Lise Griffith
Director, Health and Wellness
Human Resources
Erika Hansen
Manager, Planning
Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic Affairs
Meetings
The Advisory Committee will begin its work in March 2020 and will continue until its final report has been submitted to the President. Because of the short timelines, it is understood that not all members will be able to attend all meetings. Scheduling will be based on the largest number of available members.
Meetings will be held in both official languages.