获得在各种环境中工作的技能，以支持受药物滥用和精神健康问题影响的客户，家庭，团体和社区。具有批判性地分析物质使用和精神健康问题的多个且相交的原因和影响的能力。这种多维方法将抗压迫性练习（AOP）和土著方法集成在心理健康和成瘾领域。了解如何运用基于证据的知识和技能进行筛查，评估，治疗计划和干预措施，以促进公平获得支持和服务。了解减少伤害策略，创伤知情干预，病例管理，健康促进和预防的应用。有机会在跨学科团队中获得直接的现场实践，为整个物质使用和精神卫生系统提供支持。
The Mental Health and Addiction program has been designed to ensure graduates are skilled in both mental health and addictions according to the latest industry standards. During the first semester of your educational journey, you will be introduced to the field with courses in Human Service, Power Privilege and Oppression, Counselling Interventions I, and Mental Health and Recovery. You will also learn about Indigenous Studies.<br><br>In your second semester you will build on the knowledge gained in first semester to learn much more about substance use and mental health. Courses focus on the Understanding Substance Use, Screening and Assessment, Case Management and Service Coordination, Prevention and Health Promotion, Counselling Interventions II and Ethics and Professional Practice. Third semester helps you explore Trauma Specific Treatment Interventions, Family and Social Support, Understanding Concurrent Disorders, Building Capacity in Communities, Counselling Interventions III and Professional Practice.<br><br>The fourth and final semester integrates what you have learned in the classroom over the previous three semesters during a professional field placement experience. Field placement learning can take place anywhere in the province, or across Canada. Students will also complete and online Psychopharmacology course while on field placement.