About Us 

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​The Mental Health Committee is a student led initiative created to de-stigmatize mental health and offer peer support to fellow rehab students. The goals of the committee are to ensure students are supported and referred to appropriate resources as needed, to develop a community while fostering relationships between PT and OT students, and to provide opportunities to increase mental health related knowledge. The committee is comprised of 10 members and is co-chaired by Sabrina Leonard and Caitlin De Smit. The committee is involved in organizing events throughout the year to continue the conversation about mental illness. You might spot us on campus wearing “Let’s talk about Mental Health” badges- please approach us and let’s start a conversation!

Upcoming Events​

We have also been working hard on developing exciting events for the rehab community! Some of our upcoming events include:
  • Creating a resilience tree and yoga in the park - Sept 2, 2019
  • Mental Health week - Oct 6-12, 2019
  • Chill week - Fall 2019 exam period
  • Chill week - Winter 2020 exam period
  • Bi weekly mental health related activities - TBD
 

Recruitment 

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We are looking for 2 OT and 2 PT students to join the committee this upcoming September 2019! Committee members will be recruiting the week of September 16-20, 2019. If you are passionate about mental health and creating a community, you will be a great addition to our team! More information will be provided to incoming students through classroom visits by committee members during that week.
 
If you have any questions or want to learn more, feel free to email mhcommittee@rts.queensu.ca. We look forward to hearing from you!
 
Committee members:

Sabrina Belanger
Lori Canes
Yuho Choi
Christina Della Croce
Caitlin De Smit
Sabrina Leonard
Natasha Lotoski
Emily Lowry
Hayley Merryman
Emma Scholefield