Upcoming Events

Virtual Kick-off Event: Friday, September 17 Activity Challenge: Monday, September 20 - Friday, October 8 The JUMP into FALL Activity Challenge is a way for Guelph and surrounding area residents to improve their mental and physical health, especially during these difficult times. To adapt to the current situation around COVID-19, the kick-off will be a virtual event and the daily/ weekly activity challenges have been updated to ensure individuals can still participate from home and maintain physical distancing. What is the FHT to...

Help yourself establish a routine and deepen your practice by joining our virtual Yoga Class every Tuesday and Thursday from 12 - 1 PM. Bring calm, clarity, and peace to the mind.  Everyone – faculty, staff, students, alumni, retirees, visiting scholars – Welcome!  No experience required. Try not to eat 2 hours before the practice.  "A yoga collective that cares about cultivating health and wellbeing on the diverse U of G campus and beyond. Our goal is to offer valuable tools for achieving a balanced state of mind and body."...

Everyone welcome: faculty, staff, students, alumni, and retirees – No experience required.  How can we find calm amid chaos? Where do we turn to access the voice of our deepest wisdom? What can we do to unplug and heal from within?  Program: 11:45 AM - 12:00 PM - Yoga warmups and live music...

Help yourself establish a routine and deepen your practice by joining our virtual Yoga Class every Tuesday and Thursday from 12 - 1 PM. Bring calm, clarity, and peace to the mind.  Everyone – faculty, staff, students, alumni, retirees, visiting scholars – Welcome!  No experience required. Try not to eat 2 hours before the practice.  "A yoga collective that cares about cultivating health and wellbeing on the diverse U of G campus and beyond. Our goal is to offer valuable tools for achieving a balanced state of mind and body."...

The Wellness@Work team is happy to introduce our new programming - the W@W Virtual Connect Program.  The W@W virtual connect program runs from October to December 2021. By joining this program, we will send you an email each month and randomly pair you with another staff / faculty member who also signed up the program. This is a great opportunity for you to meet staff /faculty members outside of your department and get to know the cool things that they are working on!    If you are interested in joining the W@W Virtual Connect Program, please sign up by...

Over the past two decades, the field of positive psychology has expanded rapidly, and one of the most discussed areas has been gratitude. We know that people who practice gratitude lead healthier lives both physically and emotionally. Expressing and receiving gratitude at work directly and indirectly contributes to a culture of cooperative, motivated, and effective employees who give back and feel supported, appreciated, and recognized. By attending, participants will gain awareness on research-based strategies to improve the well-being of employees and the culture or organizations....

The Student Wellness Education and Promotion Centre will be offering a virtual lunchtime walking group on a drop-in basis through the summer.  Running on Fridays at noon, the group will meet online through the...

Help yourself establish a routine and deepen your practice by joining our virtual Yoga Class every Tuesday and Thursday from 12 - 1 PM. Bring calm, clarity, and peace to the mind.  Everyone – faculty, staff, students, alumni, retirees, visiting scholars – Welcome!  No experience required. Try not to eat 2 hours before the practice.  "A yoga collective that cares about cultivating health and wellbeing on the diverse U of G campus and beyond. Our goal is to offer valuable tools for achieving a balanced state of mind and body."...

For Faculty and Staff Change, especially when it is imposed on us, can be disorienting and lead to confusion, anxiety, and possibly even a crisis of confidence. The change, uncertainty, and ambiguity that has been brought upon all of us by the pandemic is unprecedented. Now more than ever, we must learn to adapt. To get clear on what is within our influence, when so much is out of our control. To connect and reach out to others, to ask for help, and to provide support, in a time of physical distancing that has impacted our social connections. In this interactive session, you will...

Help yourself establish a routine and deepen your practice by joining our virtual Yoga Class every Tuesday and Thursday from 12 - 1 PM. Bring calm, clarity, and peace to the mind.  Everyone – faculty, staff, students, alumni, retirees, visiting scholars – Welcome!  No experience required. Try not to eat 2 hours before the practice.  "A yoga collective that cares about cultivating health and wellbeing on the diverse U of G campus and beyond. Our goal is to offer valuable tools for achieving a balanced state of mind and body."...