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Dr. Melanie-Anne Atkins
Associate Director, Student Experience, University of Guelph
Melanie-Anne Atkins is the Associate Director, TA Programs at the University of Western Ontario’s Centre for Teaching and Learning and a proud Branksome alumna. She has partnered with every faculty and university college at Western to develop a diverse set of educational resources and assessment tools in the areas of mental health and wellness, financial literacy,
anti-oppressive practices in education, academic literacy and research skill development, intercultural communications, and eLearning.
Dr. Atkins is a certified CliftonStrengths® coach with a special interest in engaging students with traditionally marginalized identities in the academy, peer mentorship and education, holistic student development, anti-oppressive practices in. education, and students as partners in teaching and learning. In 2016, she led the creation of a student-driven wellness education innovation hub teaching evidence-based mental health and wellness strategies to university students, staff, and faculty. Drawing on her PhD research in anti-stigma education, Dr. Atkins has become a key contact for leaders seeking mutually beneficial, enriching, and sustainable strategies to support students with mental illness in the classroom and to promote mentally healthy learning environments for all.
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anti-oppressive practices in education, academic literacy and research skill development, intercultural communications, and eLearning.
Dr. Atkins is a certified CliftonStrengths® coach with a special interest in engaging students with traditionally marginalized identities in the academy, peer mentorship and education, holistic student development, anti-oppressive practices in. education, and students as partners in teaching and learning. In 2016, she led the creation of a student-driven wellness education innovation hub teaching evidence-based mental health and wellness strategies to university students, staff, and faculty. Drawing on her PhD research in anti-stigma education, Dr. Atkins has become a key contact for leaders seeking mutually beneficial, enriching, and sustainable strategies to support students with mental illness in the classroom and to promote mentally healthy learning environments for all.
LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We wish to acknowledge this land on which Branksome operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Wendat, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work and go to school on this land.*
*The Land Acknowledgement may evolve as we honour our commitment to Truth and Reconciliation in partnership with Indigenous communities.
*The Land Acknowledgement may evolve as we honour our commitment to Truth and Reconciliation in partnership with Indigenous communities.
Setting the new standard for girls' education everywhere takes collective action. From all of us.
