CACUSS Conference 2017: Our Past Our Future

Using Short Film to Enhance Student Learning and Campus Mental Health

This interactive session will engage participants in a lively discussion about the role of art and non-linear learning tools to encourage early intervention and reduce stigma related to mental illness on postsecondary campuses. Featuring short films about mental health from Art With Impact Canada’s ground-breaking OLIVE Film Collection, the session will leverage insights from AWIC’s data-driven and innovative Movies for Mental Health workshops to explore ways that the connective power of artistic expression can illuminate complicated, personal issues related to mental health among college and university students and serve as a powerful method of connecting students to on and off campus services.