Wellness Navigation

To make an appointment please call (905)-828-5255 or visit DV 1151.

Balancing student and personal responsibilities and stressors can be challenging, you don’t have to manage it alone!

HCC has a full-time Wellness Navigation Advisor that can assist you with better understanding, navigating and accessing the various care options available. A Wellness Navigation Advisor is a mental health clinician by trade who can assist students in finding resources on campus & off campus. The advisor makes sure you have flexible access to care that meets your own unique needs and preferences.

Wellness Navigation Advisor appointments can help you:

Identify your wellness goals.
Explore evidence-based, reliable resources that work with what you need and want now.
Access care at different levels of intensity.
Learn how to monitor and adapt your Personalized Wellness Plans as your needs change.

How do I know if this is right for me?

You don’t need to have all the answers to come to us! If you know you need support, book an appointment and we will help you figure it out. Other reasons that students book with us include:

Wanting to learn about and connect with wellness resources on and/or off campus
Exploring ongoing private therapy
Preparing to graduate
Needing to navigate factors that contribute to your well-being like housing, food etc.

Who is UTM’s Wellness Navigation Advisor?
A little about Sumit…

Asking for assistance is a strength, we are meant to be social and collaborative by design.

Sumit Rai

I am a registered social worker with over 13 years of experience, who works from an anti-oppressive, client centered, and strengths perspective approach. I have had the honour and the pleasure of working with many different populations and backgrounds. Some of my experience includes working in mental health and addictions, early psychosis intervention, newcomer settlement, crisis intervention, and one on one counselling.

I have obtained by Master of Social Work, am certified in CBT one and CBT two, am certified in Grief Informed Care, am certified in Crisis Intervention, and have partaken in a certificate course called Reconciliation through Indigenous Education.