GSA Graduate Student Assistance Program (GSAP)

Established in 2008 by a referendum and administered by Homewood Health, GSAP provides confidential counselling services on a broad range of issues including, but not limited to: anxiety, stress, depression, conflict, managing multiple life roles, etc. The GSAP also offers a wealth of health promotion programs and services including nutritional and fitness consultations, legal and financial consultations, and a health and wellness library of articles and e-courses.

Homewood Health's health professionals are registered psychologists or master's-level registered counsellors, chosen for their extensive experience dealing with a variety of psychological and health issues. The counselling provided is solution focused cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) and the counsellor and client determine the number of sessions needed to address the issue.

All GSA members are enrolled in GSAP, and their partners and dependents can also access the program.

Homewood Health's services are accessible 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. Contact Homewood Health by calling 780-428-7587 or visit their website: http://www.homewoodhealth.com/health.

You must have an appointment with Homewood Health to access in-person services. In order to maintain confidentiality, walk-in/drop-in traffic is not encouraged.

Register for Homewood Health e-Services

All graduate students, their partners, and their dependents are required to register and create a member profile with Homewood Health to access e-Services.

  1. Visit Homeweb.
  2. Click "Sign Up".
  3. You will be prompted to enter personal information. Enter the required information and then click on Next.
    You will then be asked to enter your Company Name/Organization. Enter Graduate Student. Select Graduate Student Assistance Program from the list of options.
    You now may be prompted to enter more information to complete the profile section (NOTE: in some cases this may not be required).
  4. You now have a member profile for access to the e-services available to you. You will have the option of logging out or continuing on to the Member Services area using your username and password.

Note: A confirmation email with access instructions will be forwarded to the email address that you provided during the registration process. On your next visit, you will login with your username and password.

GSAP provides GSA members and their partners and dependents with a wide range of services, including: