The Foundation for ROC
1 in 5 Canadians will experience a substance use disorder at one point in their lives.
Campus members in, or seeking recovery are a marginalized population on campuses.
University tends to be a recovery-hostile environment.
In response, with the support of Alberta Health, the University of Calgary, under the direction of Victoria Burns, Ph.D. RSW, have launched Recovery on Campus Alberta.
Alberta Health recognized post-secondary campuses as a critical gap in Alberta's recovery-oriented system of care. The province engaged with the University of Calgary’s Campus Mental Health Strategy and the UCRC to create Recovery on a province-wide campus community movement called Recovery On Campus (ROC) Alberta where multiple identities, pathways, and stages of recovery are supported and celebrated across the 26 publicly funded post-secondary institutions (PSIs) in Alberta.
ROC is grounded in the tradition of collegiate recovery programs, first established in the USA in the 1970s and Recovery-Friendly Workplace model.
ROC is the central point of contact for services and supports, research and collaborations, and education and training to support recovery communities on campuses throughout Alberta.
Recovery on Campus
2500 University Drive NW
Everyone deserves the opportunity to pursue recovery
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LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We acknowledge the traditional territories of the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Blackfoot Confederacy (the Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai First Nations), the Tsuut’ina First Nation, the Stoney Nakoda (the Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Wesley First Nations), and Métis Nation of Alberta, Region III.