ARHE Conference

Columbus, OH / June 2023

On June 23rd, the ROC Team headed to Columbus, Ohio, to attend and present at the Association of Recovery in Higher Education (ARHE) conference at the Ohio State University. It proved to be a profound and inspiring experience. Our team presented on Creating Collegiate Recovery in a Canadian Context where members of our team and students who have been a part of the UCalgary Recovery community shared their stories of recovery and why the UCalgary Recovery Community is so important.

Dr. Victoria Burns also presented her Paper exploring the Politics of Disclosure, sharing the importance of providing a safe space for Faculty and Staff to be able to disclose without fear of repercussion, and discrimination so that they may be able to support students in a robust way. Both presentations were well attended. Throughout the rest of the week, we attended sessions that explored peer support, how to engage students and stakeholders, as well as fundraising and marketing strategies, and many shared stories of success about their collegiate programs. The ROC team had the opportunity to meet many of the amazing people we’ve had the privilege of connecting with over Zoom and to create new connections.

One amazing takeaway from the event was how connected and supportive the collegiate recovery community is with each other how grateful we are to be a part of that wonderful family.

The ROC Team returns to you here in Alberta, inspired, energized, and ready to continue to push for collegiate recovery programming with new ideas, new tools, and excitement that will carry us through and hopefully spread to the rest of our post-secondary institutions.

ARHE Conference

San Diego, California / June 2024

the ROC Team headed to San Diego, California, to attend and present at the Association of Recovery in Higher Education (ARHE) conference. It was a fun and engaging conference and we met up with some old friends from the previous conference! Our team presented on scaling collegiate recovery in a Canadian context where members of our team and students who have been a part of the UCalgary Recovery community shared their stories of recovery and why the UCalgary Recovery Community is so important especially to the scaling of the programming province-wide!

Throughout the rest of the week, we attended sessions that explored the health and wellbeing of staff and student alike, tips for providing inclusive and diverse care for our members, and many shared stories of success about their collegiate programs. The ROC team had the opportunity to meet many of the amazing people we’ve had the privilege of connecting with over Zoom and to create new connections!

One amazing takeaway from the event was how connected and supportive the collegiate recovery community is with each other how grateful we are to be a part of that wonderful family. It was wonderful to be able to connect and spend time with the ARHE International community, our growing group just shows what a powerful movement the recovery initiative is as it expands internationally!

The ROC Team returns to you here in Alberta equipped and ready to continue this amazing work! We look forward to seeing our American friends next year in New Orleans!

ARHE Conference

New Orleans, Louisiana / June 2025

the ROC Team headed to New Orleans, Louisiana to attend and present at the Association of Recovery in Higher Education (ARHE) conference. It was a entertaining and rhythmic conference! We met up with some old friends from the previous conference and met some new ones! Our team presented on the Peer Recovery Navigator Program where out team went through the steps of implementing the program, the trials and errors we experienced, and then our students shared their experiences and their own tips and tricks for CRPs starting their own PRN programs!

Throughout the rest of the week, we explored the beautiful city of New Orleans, attended sessions that explored the ebb and flow about our day to day in CRPs, continued emphasis on wellness, as well as some innovative things happening in the CRP world. There was an undercurrent of support and comradery in the face of current global events.

One amazing takeaway from the conference is that we have such a robust and supportive community with such a vast array of knowledge that will continue to help us shape our own initiatives here in Canada. It was amazing to meet more of our international crew, and get to meet the new members of the international group from Japan!

The ROC Team returns to you here in Alberta, "jazzed" to continue our work and to continue to bring innovative, supportive, and exciting programming to the forefront.