Trainings

Students, staff and faculty can register for any of the mental health training sessions below.

If you are interested in organizing private group training, please complete our training request form. We require a minimum of 14 days’ notice to schedule a training.

This interactive training in suicide first aid teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety.

At the end of this 2-day training, participants will:

Be able to recognize when someone is having thoughts of suicide
Be able to work with someone who is having thoughts of suicide to create a plan to support their immediate safety
Develop important skills to keep someone with thoughts of suicide safe for now through audio-visual learning aids, discussion, and practice
Recognize other important aspects of suicide prevention including life promotion and self-care

All participants must attend both full days. Participants will receive program materials including a workbook and a certificate of completion.

Queen’s University subsidizes cost for LivingWorks Trainings to increase accessibility for staff, faculty, and students. The standardized pricing for non-students, staff, or faculty is $250+tax.

2025-25 costs: $70+tax for students, $105+tax for staff/faculty

In-person (location sent upon registration)

S2025 dates/times: August 20-21, 2025 from 8:30am-4:30pm both days

F2025 dates/times: October 15-16, 2025 from 8:30am-4:30pm both days

Participants will get a chance to reflect on what they are currently doing to manage stress and learn evidence-based strategies to proactively take care of themselves. During the session, participants will get a chance to create an action plan that they can implement easily into their current habits.

Cost: free

F2025 dates/times

October 2 from 11am-12pm (in-person; location sent upon registration)

December 2 from 2-3pm (virtual; zoom link sent upon registration)

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This training gives an overview of what contributes to stigma and the various types that exist. Participants will learn how prevalent mental illness is among students on campus and discuss the impact stigma can have on people living with a mental illness.

At the end of this training, participants will:

Increase knowledge and awareness of mental illness
Gain insight into the various components of stigma and its' impact
Learn how to spot subtle and over stigma
Learn approaches that help you stand up and speak out against stigma

Cost: free

This training is only available to groups upon request using the form above.

The purpose of this session is to help people recognize when someone is struggling with their mental health and what to do to support them. Participants will learn about the dual continuum model for mental health and be given strategies to help someone who is in immediate distress and/or in crisis. Practical tips on what to say and do will be discussed so participants leave the session knowing how to connect someone with the appropriate resources.

At the end of this training, participants will:
Gain mental health literacy skills
Be able to recognize when someone is in distress
Know steps to take to help someone with a mental health problem
Discover what mental health resources exist on campus and in the community

Cost: free

F2025 dates/times

September 18 from 11am-12pm (in-person; location sent upon registration)

November 12 from 1-2pm (in-person; location sent upon registration)

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We do not offer MHFA on campus however you can through the .

As an alternative to MHFA, your group/department may benefit from bundling some of our existing trainings into a 1-day professional development session. By taking Identifying and Responding to Students in Distress (1 hour), How to Spot, Speak Out and Stand Up to Stigma (1.5 hours) and safeTALK suicide alertness (3 hours), participants would gain mental health knowledge, learn effective helping skills, and better understand campus and community resources. By also taking Caring for Present and Future You (1 hour), participants would be better equipped to take care of their own mental well-being.

This 2-hour self-directed evidence-based online training module introduces learners to a four-step model for helping keep someone safe from suicide. It uses simulations and interactive videos to build and practice helping skills.

By the end of this training, participants will:

Learn the importance of suicide alertness
Learn how to recognize people who are having thoughts of suicide
Be able to connect people who are having thoughts of suicide with resources.

2025-26 Costs: $40 for students, $50 for staff/faculty

Available to groups upon request using the form above. Because this is a standardized training, we recommend that groups pair this with a 30-minute live debrief to review campus and community resources with one of our safeTALK trainers.

This training prepares participants to recognize when people are having thoughts of suicide and connect them to intervention resources. Powerful videos illustrate the importance of suicide alertness, while discussion and practice stimulate learning.

At the end of this training, participants will be better able to:

Move beyond common tendencies to miss, dismiss, or avoid suicide,
Recognize people who are having thoughts of suicide, and
Apply the TALK steps to connect a person with thoughts of suicide to a suicide first-aid intervention caregiver

Queen’s University subsidizes cost for LivingWorks Trainings to increase accessibility for staff, faculty, and students. The standardized pricing for non-students, staff, or faculty is $60+tax

Offered in-person

2025-26 costs: $20+tax for students and $30+tax for staff/faculty

F2025 dates/times: September 25 from 1:30-4:30pm

This workshop will help support a successful EL experience, by offering an opportunity to proactively reflect on what might be stressful and how to manage those challenges. The session will include a mixture of lectures, small group discussion and independent reflection to create a personalized self-care plan.

At the end of this training, participants will be better able to: