This UEQ report presents recommendations to student associations, university administrations and governments to implement various practices and measures aimed at improving the psychological health of Quebec’s student community in relation to several themes.
- Feeling of loneliness, satisfaction with social life and support from colleagues
- Improving communication skills
- Mentoring, student matching and social support programs
- Developing inclusive social activities
- Financial insecurity and affordable student accommodation
- Enhancement of the student financial assistance program, creation of a permanent emergency fund
- Research funding
- Healthy eating habits and the fight against food insecurity
- Competition in a study program
- Consumption of hard drugs and psychostimulants, sleep, etc.
The recommendations and measures proposed are based, among other things, on the results of the Sous ta façadesurvey rcarried out by UEQ in 2018, as well as the findings of the scientific literature. The aim of this survey, carried out in 14 Quebec higher education establishments, was to paint a picture of the psychological health of the university student community.
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