2017 HMHC Summit Deep Dive Dialogue Session

Monday, April 3, 2017

Healthy Relationships with

Food and Substances

Introductions

Tim Dyck

Research Associate

Centre for Addictions

Research of BC

Dan Reist

Assistant Director

(Knowledge Exchange)

Centre for Addictions

Research of BC

Leslie Comrie

Healthy Campus Advisor, Instructor

Health & Human Services

Selkirk College

Rosie Dhaliwal

Health Promotion Specialist

Health & Counselling Services

Simon Fraser University

2014 – 2015

Focus groups with campus stakeholders

Framework for Moving Forward

College Life – Food, Drugs and Health Webinar

2016 – 2017

Supporting campuses around policies related to food and substance use

Engaging with 3 interested campuses to identify priorities and potential ways we can support them

Food and Substances Project

What Could Be – Big Ideas

Gaining a better understanding of what a healthy relationship with food and substances looks like

What Could Be – Big Ideas

Making the healthy choice the easychoice

What Could Be – Big Ideas

Promoting social support and social responsibility

Influences on Eating and

Substance Use

Performance demands

Access

Built environment

Financial status

Policies

Knowledge and skills

Transitions

Socialization/Isolation

Support and connection

Mental health

How can we support students through the transition

of living on their own and making their own

choices?

How can we help them acquire the skills they need

to navigate eating and substance use in new

surroundings?

Transitions (Knowledge & Skills)

How can we shape a climate conducive to students

building relationships with confidence and

becoming actively engaged?

How can we situate alcohol as secondary for social

enjoyment and capitalize on food as a prime

means for connectedness?

Socialization/Isolation

How can our policies help campus members make

healthy choices?

How can our policies shape a culture that supports

them in healthy behaviours?

Policies

How can we regulate access to substances in ways

that minimize harm and are acceptable to the

community?

How can we ensure that nutritious food options are

accessible to campus members?

Access

Common threads?

Suggestions?

Want to get involved?

healthycampuses.ca

Closing Discussion

We hope conversations will continue and wish to invite

campus members to please feel free to contact:

Tim Dyck at tdyck@uvic.ca

Thank You!