Brandon Joseph, PhD

he/him, Director of Health Promotion and Resilience

About

Dr. Brandon Joseph's work focuses on mental health promotion and holistic well-being for Western students. In collaboration with campus and community partners, he leads campus wellness events, initiatives, and programs, such as the Men & Mental Health program.

In August 2019, Brandon established the Black & Brown Male Success Collective (BBMSC), a research-based program that provides male-identifying students from historically marginalized racial and/or ethnic communities with an affinity space for their holistic wellbeing. The group has represented WWU at regional and national conferences and in June 2020 collaborated to host, Not Just Social Media—Social Justice, the first anti-racist workshop at WWU using Zoom, bringing together 300+ participants and illuminating the voices of WWUs Black Student Organizations during a crucial time in our history.

Brandon also serves on President Randhawa’s Structural Equity and Bias Response Team and the Social Justice and Equity Committee, where he co-led the Underrepresented Student Needs Assessment Project during the summer of 2020. He also chairs the Okanagan Charter work group, which is tasked with developing a cross-campus, integrated plan with actionable goals and metrics to help us advance the work of wellbeing through the Okanagan Charter.