Upcoming Events

Join us for Food, Energy & Focus, a practical and science-based seminar designed to help staff and faculty better understand how food choices, meal timing, and stress patterns shape energy, mood, and focus throughout the workday. This session explores the physiology behind brain fog, mid-afternoon crashes, cravings, and emotional eating. We’ll break down how blood sugar regulation, stress hormones, sleep, and nutrient timing interact to influence cognitive performance, productivity, and mental clarity. Participants will also gain insight into the role of...

Do you sometimes worry you wouldn’t know what to say or do if a colleague, student, friend, or family member were in mental distress or crisis? Developed by the Mental Health Commission Canada, the two-day Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Certification course is designed to give you the knowledge, skills, and confidence to respond supportively.  MHFA has been updated to follow a similar certification model as physical first aid, making it the first of its kind: a practical, recognized program to equip participants to respond to...

Join us to explore why low back pain is rarely just an “I lifted wrong” injury, but often a reflection of how we sit, move, load, and manage stress throughout the workday. In this practical, myth-busting session, Physiotherapist Aly Hodgins will break down the science behind common back injuries, how prolonged desk work and repetitive demands contribute to strain, and what current evidence actually says about posture and spinal health. We’ll examine the factors that build resilience in the spine and the simple, sustainable habits that help reduce risk in everyday work environments...

Bold Women, Sustainable Futures - Supriya Verma Book Launch Bold Women, Sustainable Futures: Leadership Lessons for STEM, Business & Sustainability in an Age of Resistance In an era marked by escalating climate risk, political and economic uncertainty, and growing resistance to equity, sustainability, and inclusion, leadership is being quietly reshaped—often away from courage, long-term thinking, and responsibility. The new book Bold Women, Sustainable Futures: Leadership Lessons in an Age of Resistance emerges from this...

If going to the fridge is your number one stress management strategy, it may be time to learn more about how stress drives emotional eating and ways to start addressing it. This evening workshop provides tips from the latest research on decreasing stress eating, along with practice of emotional calming strategies. Topics include: hunger, stress, emotion, or habit, and tools for differentiating them the most effective strategies, including the use of biofeedback, for decreasing craving-related eating and emotional eating breaking out of the...

Do you sometimes worry you wouldn’t know what to say or do if a colleague, student, friend, or family member were in mental distress or crisis? Developed by the Mental Health Commission Canada, the two-day Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) Certification course is designed to give you the knowledge, skills, and confidence to respond supportively.  MHFA has been updated to follow a similar certification model as physical first aid, making it the first of its kind: a practical, recognized program to equip participants to respond to...

Worrying is a component of anxiety, and you can do something about it. Learn to curb the worry habit and how to avoid the five key pitfalls that perpetuate and escalate worrying. Topics include: the two approaches proven to decrease worrying shifting from destructive or unproductive worry to gain access to the evolutionary advantage of worrying five pitfalls that perpetuate worry and make it difficult to break out of worry spirals tips for bedtime worriers a variety of techniques and brain training exercises to curb...

Come take a mid-day break and stroll on the indoor track in the Guelph Gryphons Athletics Centre! All staff and faculty are invited to walk at your own pace, enjoy the facility, and connect with colleagues. Facility Reminders & Policies: The indoor track is for walking and jogging only — it’s a recreational space and not for sprinting or organized practice during drop-in times.  The track here is a 200 m, 3-lane surface — please follow any posted directional and lane signage. Wear clean, indoor athletic...

With sugar becoming increasingly common in today's food environment, it can be challenging to understand how what we eat impacts our energy, focus, and overall well-being. Join us for an engaging, evidence-based workshop that breaks down sugar and the glycemic index in a practical, approachable way. This session will help you understand how different foods affect blood sugar levels and provide realistic strategies to support steady energy throughout the day. During this workshop, we will: Explore how blood sugar fluctuations influence energy levels,...

Receiving a diagnosis of PCOS can feel overwhelming and confusing. Often, treatment recommendations for PCOS include advice to lose weight, with little or no guidance around how to manage the symptoms of PCOS. Join Lindzie O’Reilly, Student Wellness Services Registered Dietitian, to learn about: What PCOS is and how it affects the body Strategies to implement a habit-based approach to managing the symptoms of and health concerns related to PCOS Supplements and medical monitoring that may be important to consider...