2022

Dr. Claire Crooks, director of Western's Centre for School Mental Health and co-founder of The Fourth R healthy relationships program, has received the prestigious WORLDiscoveries Vanguard Innovator of the Year award for 2022.

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A collaborative team including Dr. Claire Crooks, the director of the Centre for School Mental Health, recently travelled to the Czech Republic to train a group of social workers and psychologists on the mental health program STRONG (Supporting Transition Resilience of Newcomer Groups).

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Summer is usually a time for students to relax and recoup from the busy school year. But for two of CSMH's graduate students, this summer meant successfully defending their master's theses and capping off their research work with the Centre. 

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Graduate students are a vital element of the Centre for School Mental Health (CSMH). Recently, four of our students successfully defended their theses, ranging in topics from compassion-focused therapy interventions to healthy development for newcomer youth. Read about their research and experiences working with CSMH supervisors.

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Two exemplary leaders in education have been presented with this year’s Ray Hughes Fourth R Champion awards. Conferred annually, these awards recognize individuals and/or groups who steward implementation of a Fourth R program in their school or community to foster healthy youth relationships and reduce risk behaviours.

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For the first time, CSMH will host summer studentships that offer opportunities to collaborate with Western University faculty on projects that span student wellbeing topics, from the impact of COVID-19 on mental health to physical activity in classrooms.

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Speaking on the importance of relationships to promote post-pandemic well-being, Dr. Claire Crooks took part in Western Education's semi-annual Let's Talk About Education event.

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On February 23rd, the RISE-R project team hosted their bi-annual Partner Day, with member organizations across Canada. As part of the event, the team unveiled their new app for the healthy relationships program.

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Centre for School Mental Health team members Dr. Claire Crooks and Sue Kim presented at the February 2022 Physical Health Education Canada virtual conference on the importance and benefits of mindfulness-based social-emotional learning programs.

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Fourth R Project Lead Mike Cywink finds inspiration for his art in the feeling of home and community. With his ability to capture these ideas, United Way has featured his work on the organization's letterhead and marketing materials like the Local Love campaign.

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