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Designed by Living Works, SafeTALK is a 3.5 hours 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 training is recommended for individuals who are not mental health experts but who might have on-going relationships with people who have mental...

This three-session skills program meets online for an hour on three consecutive Monday evenings starting Monday, March 2, 2026 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM Learn techniques and tips to decrease the uncomfortable sensations of anxiety. This program shares research-based tips and strategies, emphasizing skill acquisition. A variety of long and short self-calming techniques are introduced, along with cognitive and lifestyle behaviours that help prevent escalation of anxiety. These techniques are especially helpful in the self-regulation of uncomfortable sensations like...

This 5-session skills program meets online for an hour on 5 consecutive Wednesday evenings starting Wednesday, March 4, 2026 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM. The two greatest triggers of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) symptoms and altered gastrointestinal function are stress and diet. There is a strong relationship between our brain, our emotions, and how our gastrointestinal tract is functioning. This program teaches the most effective relaxation, diet, and lifestyle strategies to improve this relationship and positively impact IBS symptoms. These approaches are helpful for...

This four-session skills program meets online for 90 minutes on four consecutive Wednesday evenings starting Wednesday, March 4, 2026, from 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM. More than one or two headaches a month are too many. Learn effective, practical, drug-free strategies to decrease stress-related tension and migraine headaches, and to decrease headache pain. Topics include: headache trigger combinations, and the ones to really watch for practical strategies to try as a headache is coming on the four stages in the migraine neurovascular...

Celebrating the People Who Shape Our University Community GREAT at U of G invites you to join colleagues from across our university to celebrate our staff and faculty, who each day make a meaningful difference for each other, the students, and the communities we serve. Employee Appreciation Day shines a spotlight on the unique strengths, skills, and gifts our employees bring to the university, from support and services to teaching and research. It’s a moment to pause and connect, while inviting each of us to continue to foster a culture where every member...

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...