International Student’s Recommendations To Improve Mental Health Support Services in Post Secondary Educational Institutions in Canada

The research study conducted was to find out: What are international students' recommendations to improve mental health support services in post-secondary educational institutions in Canada? This was a quantitative study that also had open ended questions so that participants may be able to add additional information if they had wished. The findings revealed were that there is a stigma that international students deal with when it comes to mental health, there is also a need of having counselors that speak different language as there are language barriers. Students from other countries don’t seem to think that mental health is that important, as well as must deal with cultural barriers and don’t actively seek out services when they are having mental health issues. A lot of international students in this study did not know about mental health services or were not interested. This study has been found to align with other studies on international students’ experience navigating mental health stigma and the need for more accessible support services.