Minding our Minds Conference
Event Location: Alumni Hall, Victoria College Building (91 Charles Street West)
Event Date & Time: Friday, Oct. 21, 2022, from 9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
The mental health of students in university has been recognized as a pressing topic in higher education for over a decade. Many students arrive at university with mental health challenges and many students experience hurdles to mental wellness while they are here. More specifically during the pandemic, the role of technology in student mental health has become central. Technology paradoxically became both a solution and a problem. The explosive reliance on technology allowed schools, universities and businesses to remain in operation and kept us connected when we are alone. But it also insulated us from the world and isolated us from in-person interactions. All of this has left a lasting impression that has forever changed higher education.
Our 10th anniversary Minding Our Minds conference will focus on these incongruities of our developing relationship with technology.
Program
9:00 – 9:30 A.M. – Registration and light breakfast
Foyer, Victoria College Building
9:30 – 9:45 A.M. – Welcome and Opening Remarks
Kelley Castle, Dean of Students, Victoria University
Alumni Hall, Victoria College Building
9:45 – 10:45 A.M. – Contemporary Research on Technology and Mental Health
Dr. Rhonda McEwen, President and Vice-Chancellor, Victoria University
Alumni Hall, Victoria College Building
10:45 – 11:00 A.M. – Refreshment Break
Foyer, Victoria College Building
11:00 A.M. – 12:00 P.M. – Care After COVID: Reflections on Mental Health Care in a Post-Pandemic World
Dr. David Gratzer, Psychiatrist and Physician, Adult Psychiatry and Health Systems, Centre for Addiction & Mental Health, University of Toronto.
Alumni Hall, Victoria College Building
12:00 – 1:00 P.M. – Lunch Break
Foyer, Victoria College Building
1:00 – 2:15 P.M. – Panel Discussion: Students & Technology, Connection & Disconnection
Jocelyn Mattka
Onbee Kim
Shane Joy
Alumni Hall, Victoria College Building
2:15 – 2:30 P.M. – Refreshment Break
Foyer, Victoria College Building
2:30 – 3:30 P.M. – Self-Connection in a Disconnected World: Sometimes We Forget We Have a Body
Jacqueline H. Chan, Emmanuel College
Alumni Hall, Victoria College Building
3:30 – 3:45 P.M. – Closing Remarks
Kelley Castle, Dean of Students, Victoria University
Alumni Hall, Victoria College Building