A Student Success Program designed for students who have been ‘Required to Withdraw’ from their program of study. It is designed to help students make better and more informed decisions about their studies, and get back on track.

Over the last fifteen years, The Jed Foundation has emerged as the leader in protecting the emotional health of America’s 21 million college students. Our proven model and award-winning programs are changing the way campuses, communities and families promote mental health and prevent suicide.

Get Clear helps students achieve a clear academic standing. By offering connection to available workshops and resources for students on probation, Get Clear will supplement Faculty-based activities and assist students in finding their way to academic success.

Student Wellness Centre in partnership with Athletics and Recreation and the Department of Kinesiology are conducting a pilot randomized controlled trial (Worry Warriors) to evaluate the effect of an exercise intervention for female sedentary McMaster students with a diagnosis of Generalized Anxiety Disorder (GAD). The aim of the research is to create an evidence-based exercise program for students suffering from anxiety.

Indigenous Studies provides a wide range of student services to support students, enhance social connections and wellness, including a Student Counsellor (to provide ongoing assistance and support on a professional and experiential basis. This includes academic, practical and culturally appropriate advising to incoming and current students) and the Elder-in-Residence Program (attends weekly to share cultural knowledge, provide advice, lend a supportive ear and do crafts with students).

The Student Code of Conduct has been recognized as a promising practice in the ‘Policy Approaches to Post Secondary Student Mental Health (2014) report as our revised policy provides a flexible and supportive response to students whose mental health difficulties have led to a breach of the student code of conduct.

The SWC has developed over 15 different groups to meet the many and differing needs of students. These groups are designed to build student resilience and enhance self-care abilities.

In January 2014, a new counselling triage system was implemented, enabling all new students to counselling to be seen by a counsellor Monday thru Friday, without an appointment, for a Drop-In Consultation Time (15 minute appointment with a counsellor)

NCDP is a college health consortium benchmarking healthcare quality via ongoing measurement of treatment outcomes with well validated depression severity measures emphasizing collaborative learning. Effective collaborative depression care relieves suffering, improves readiness to learn, and promotes student retention and success. In 2013, with funding provided from Dr. Phil Wood, Dean of Students, McMaster became the first Canadian university to join the partnership.

SWC has adopted a shared or collaborative care model for the provision of mental health care for students, building on the model originally developed in Hamilton. This means that SWC counsellors, family doctors, and psychiatrists work together (not in silos) to serve the mental health needs of students, through the use of shared medical records, team meetings, and consultations. This approach improves access for all students to comprehensive mental health care.