National surveys on student mental health: some examples

Several Quebec initiatives have been implemented to document the state of mental health in the student population on a large scale. 

• Sous ta façade: In 2018, the Union étudiante du Québec (UEQ) conducted a survey on student mental health entitled «Sous ta façade». Nearly 24 000 members of the university student community took part across Quebec, covering 14 universities and 20 student associations.
• Derrière ton écran: The survey took place in the fall of 2020, at the height of the pandemic, and was conducted by the Fédération étudiante collégiale du Québec. A 70-question questionnaire collected information on the experiences of 6 215 students on a number of themes: financial insecurity, psychological health, measures to help students succeed, distance learning arrangements, internship conditions and the realities experienced by members of the international student population.
• Enquête «tu t’en sors-tu?»: Carried out in June 2021, this survey by the Association Interculturelle Étudiante de l’Université de Sherbrooke focuses on the well-being of the Université de Sherbrooke’s international student community. An online survey explored three themes with 425 respondents: adaptation to Quebec, perception of discrimination and impacts of the pandemic.
• Adaptation psychologique et adaptation aux études à distance des étudiant.es collégiaux face à la crise de la COVID-19: This research was carried out by Écobes to the college population in the context of the global pandemic. The student community was asked about the state of their mental health during confinement and their adaptation to distance learning. 
• Rapport du sondage bien-être 2022: La Fédération médicale étudiante du Québec (FMEQ) représente les étudiant.es en médecine des quatre associations médicales du Québec (Université Laval, McGill, Montréal et Sherbrooke). Au printemps 2022, elle a entrepris de dresser un portrait de l’état du bien-être de ses membres afin de répondre à leurs différents enjeux par des pistes d’amélioration concrètes. Au total, 764 étudiant.es ont répondu à ce sondage de 45 questions.