Towards a Well-being Framework for University (Part 2)
Last week, I attended the Canadian Association of Graduate Studies (CAGS) conference in Halifax. It was an opportunity to meet with colleagues from other universities and discuss important topics related to graduate studies. It was also good to visit Halifax again and check out my favourite places like Humani-T Café and Your Father’s Moustache restaurant (with its collections of facial hair photos that put my Movember efforts to shame). Many of the topics that were presented and discussed were quite interesting, such as the future of universities, the role of international students, and indigenous graduate studies, but I found the notion of holistic learning and student mental health one of the most important subjects that was clearly featured in many talks. This was in line with my recent efforts to investigate and discuss the role of emotions in learning. As such, the talks attracted my particular attention. They mainly fell into two categories: Students discussing s...