Past Events

Stress is one of the biggest problems individuals face in the workplace today and leads to reduced productivity and increased absenteeism. This three-hour workshop will provide managers with an understanding of how stress affects productivity, and how to identify and help stressed employees. This workshop will also provide participants with tools to manage their own stress. Facilitator Facilitators from Homewood Health Registration Register through Qualtrics!

In the course of the work day, leaders may encounter people or situations that result in feelings of being anxious, frustrated, or angry. This workshop will review strategies for helping leaders manage difficult situations with people, in an effective and constructive manner. Instructors Trainers from Homewood Health Event Registration This session has been cancelled. Contact Phone: 56800 Email: landd@uoguelph.ca

For Senior Leaders, Chairs, Directors, and People Managers

Beyond the Books is a training that will provide participants with general information on the prevalence of mental challenges and illness, help participants to identify signs of troubling behaviour, and give them skills to engage in a preliminary discussion to determine if referral to a professional is necessary, all within the U of G context.

Designed by Living Works, safeTALK is a 3.5-hour alertness training and certification that prepares anyone, regardless of prior experience or training, to become a suicide-alert helper. This training includes understanding of the importance of suicide alertness, learning to identify ways people invite help, and how to connect those who need help with resources when they are at risk.

This session will go through how to create accessible documents using Word and PowerPoint and saving them as accessible PDF files. Please bring a laptop with MS 365 applications installed as the workshop will go through remediating Word and PowerPoint documents to meet accessibility compliance.  Facilitators Facilitators from the Digital Accessibility Resource Centre (DARC) Registration Register through DARC

This session has been cancelled. Creating a respectful workplace is everyone’s responsibility. This workshop will raise awareness around what respectful behaviour looks like, promote the adoption of a professional attitude, assist with the development of effective communication skills, and suggest common standards for respectful behaviour. Instructors Trainers from Homewood Health

NEW Days is the kick-off to the NEW @ the U program at the University of Guelph. One day at the beginning of each month of the year (excluding January, April, July, August, and December) (Temporarily in a ½ day virtual format) has been dedicated to welcoming and connecting new employees to the University environment and giving them a positive start.

This two-part, experiential workshop catalyzes a new conversation about the art and skill of collaborative leadership. Participants will explore the challenges and strengths of campus collaboration and discover the possibility of collaborating with greater ease, effectiveness, and meaningful connection. Note that this workshop is based on Elizabeth’s book entitled. “Authentic Collaboration: A Bridge to Meaningful Connection”.

This interactive workshop encourages participants to move beyond the text of Ontario’s human rights legislation to understand how legal requirements affect our day-to-day work. How do we identify when behaviour is harassment or discrimination? How do we know when behaviour rises to the level of a human rights violation? What is a reasonable response to a complaint in the circumstances? How do we prevent human rights violations from occurring in the first place? This workshop provides tools and strategies to respond to each of these questions.