Living in residence is a unique experience for everyone. The majority of students have never had the opportunity to live away from home for a prolonged period of time, or have never had to share a living area with someone other than their own family members.
Regardless of where you are living, health and wellness are important. Eating properly, getting enough rest, cleaning up your dishes, taking care of your personal hygiene, and washing your clothes, bedding, and towels regularly are important to support your physical and mental wellbeing, not to mention preventing infectious diseases and unwanted odours. While living in residence, students should be conscious of their personal wellness to maintain a healthy style of living, as well as to ensure they are not negatively affecting the people living with or around them.
Residence life staff can help tenants who may have questions about healthy living or personal wellness.
Sharing a room can be a very positive, fun experience, but also requires work. To have a successful relationship, it is important that you invest the time and energy to resolve issues that arise.
KEYS TO SUCCESS
COMMUNICATION
Talk to each other. Listening is the road to understanding. Suspending judgment to hear the other person is difficult but will pay off in the long run. Discuss these topics with your roommate to avoid missing something important that might come back and affect you later:
CONFLICT HAPPENS
If you are experiencing difficulties in your relationship with your roommate, there are certain steps that are important for you to take toward resolving your differences:
During the first week in September, Holland College, the student union and the residence life staff organize fun and exciting activities for new students. Activities are designed to help students learn more about their residence, their college, and one another. Throughout the week, various presentations on campus life are offered to introduce students to Holland College. It is a great way to meet other students and have fun! Information about these events will be emailed to you, provided at registration, and available here.
Holland College does not allow pets in residences, but service or support animals are welcome. If you have a service or support animal, you must make a formal request for permission to bring the animal into the residence. Submit a completed QF051 (Presence of a Service or Support Animal on College Property Accommodation Request Form) to Student Support Services. If your request is approved, you will need to complete QF052 (Presence of a service or support animal on college property agreement). Please see Administrative Regulation AR-30-01-2 in SAM for further information.
Free, confidential counselling is available to all Holland College students. These services support students who are dealing with mental health concerns, suicidal thoughts, personal or relational struggles, depression, anxiety, past trauma, sexual assault, sexuality, gender identity, addictions, adjusting to college life, or other things that may be affecting them.
To set up an appointment or for more information, please email counselling@hollandcollege.com or call 902-566-9306. Appointments are available during regular college hours, Monday to Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
If you are experiencing active thoughts of suicide or another mental health crisis, please call 911 or visit your nearest emergency department.
STUDENT WELLNESS PROGRAM
24/7 free and confidential counselling line.
Tel: 1-833-549-3281 / www.studentbenefits.ca
PEI MENTAL HEALTH AND ADDICTIONS
Free and confidential 24/7 emotional support and crisis intervention.
Tel: 1-833-553-6983
We are here to support students in their educational and professional pursuits by offering access to strategic academic support, academic advising and career preparation.
A career assessment can help you identify which careers are most suited to you. We help you identify your career interests, aptitudes, personality, achievement level, and work values so that you can choose a program that will prepare you for the right career. A career assessment consists of one to three meetings with an examiner. The meetings last one to three hours. We prepare a report and discuss the results with you.
If you have a learning disability, or suspect that you may have one, contact our Academic Support team. They will help you identify supports such as learning plans and adaptive technologies that will ensure that you can reach your fullest academic potential. We are dedicated to providing appropriate and reasonable accommodations for your disability.
If you are an enrolled student, be sure to apply for enrolled awards before November 1. Award applications will open in September. Find out more here.
The Prince of Wales Campus Health Clinic is open for students from any Holland College location, and a Nurse Practitioner is available on the Summerside Waterfront Campus on Thursdays from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The nurse practitioners are available to see students by appointment for non-emergency medical services such as sexual health counselling and screening, pregnancy testing and support, mental health management, referrals, prescriptions, and assessment of injuries. Students from any Holland College location are welcome to book an appointment. You must bring your Holland College health/ medical card with you when you go to these clinics.
For information on Health Clinic hours and to book an appointment, please visit this page.
Information about off-campus walk-in clinics can be found here on the Provincial government website.
