Committee on Student Mental Health

The Committee on Student Mental Health (CoSMH) has been established to develop and implement a plan to translate the PAC-SMH report’s recommendations into specific actions consistent with the intent and purpose of each recommendation. It will also have an on-going role to ensure the long-term continuity of the changes arising from that report in the life of the University. The committee will include stakeholders from across campus, as well as external partners, to support mobilization of the report’s recommendations into all aspects of the University of Waterloo’s culture, functions and activities. 

The Committee on Student Mental Health will:

• develop an implementation plan for enacting the report’s recommendations by:
  • prioritizing the recommendations to identify those that should be implemented in the short, medium and long term;
  • identifying key stakeholders to be engaged and resources required to support working groups to implement each recommendation;
  • providing advice to working groups and monitor the implementation process for each recommendation with regard to the agreed timelines for achieving milestones;
  • monitoring risks to implementation and providing recommendations to reduce, manage or mitigate those risks;
• develop a long-term strategy for integration of the work of the Committee into the on-going culture, functions and activities of the University.

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