The Campus Peer Support Program, a pilot project funded by Health Canada, is open again this semester to serve students. Operating out of the Mawi'omi Indigenous Student Centre on the fifth floor of Dalton Hall, the service employs six students with lived experience in mental health and/or addictions who have been trained in peer support to talk to and support students who have their own concerns with these issues.

Peer support is the process of disclosing one's personal experience with mental health problems and/or addictions. It is an emerging area in the development of tools and resources to help people who are struggling with their mental health. In Prince Edward Island, the Canadian Mental Health Association – PEI division holds a contract with the provincial government to offer clinical peer support services as a part of the province’s mental health strategy. UPEI, in partnership with CMHA-PEI and with generous funding from Health Canada, is one of five pilot sites across the country to establish a campus peer support program.

Peer support is open at the following times:

Sundays, 1:00-4:00 pm

Mondays, 6:00-9:00 pm

Tuesdays, 1:00-4:00 pm

Wednesdays, 6:00-9:00 pm

Thursdays, 1:00-4:00 pm

Fridays, 1:00-4:00 pm

Please direct inquiries to Kate Jeffery, Campus Peer Support lead, at k.jeffery@cmha.pe.ca or James Reddin, acting director of UPEI Student Affairs, at jareddin@upei.ca.