{"id":771,"date":"2025-02-03T14:07:31","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T19:07:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/blogdev\/?page_id=771"},"modified":"2026-04-28T14:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-28T18:32:21","slug":"supervisor-wellness","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.yorku.ca\/gradstudies\/supervisiontoolkit\/supervisor-hub\/supervisor-wellness\/","title":{"rendered":"Supervisor Wellness"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Supervisor wellbeing<\/strong> is important for the effectiveness of the supervision, student success, supervisor health and for job\/role satisfaction. As a supervisor, you matter.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being a graduate supervisor is a responsible, time consuming job with memorable highs grounded in pride of your students' accomplishments. While supervising graduate students can bring much enjoyment and scholarly enrichment, many supervisors report high stress associated with this role. Given the time and productivity pressures experienced by many faculty, strategies to help build resilience and foster wellbeing in supervisors are important. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Graduate students bring many strengths and capacities to their degree journey, with many additionally facing numerous challenges. While your student's well-being matters, your well-being is equally important. Taking steps to consider your own wellbeing can result in improved role satisfaction, both intellectually and personally.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Contributors to Supervisory Stress<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Research into supervisory experiences demonstrates common sources of stress that may impact supervisor wellbeing. While intentional strategies may mitigate these stressors, it's important to understand that you are not alone in finding supervision both enriching and challenging. For example, Dr. Gina Wisker's research <\/a>found that, for many supervisors student progress and supervisor wellbeing have a connection. Common sources of supervisory stress include, but are not limited to the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n