Past Events

Leaders play a critical role in setting the tone for how employees experience the workplace. The way you respond when team members are stressed, struggling, or open about mental health challenges is fundamental to building trust and supporting employee success.

Drop in with a colleague and spend some time connecting with one another while recharging from the long weekend and taking your break. The Take Your Break event is not just about recognizing our staff and faculty for all the amazing things they do by providing them with drinks. It is also about making the space to engage in healthy work habits, step away from our workspaces to take a walk, and do it with our colleagues to support our mental and social well-being.

Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) is a form of psychotherapy that focuses on the links between thoughts (“cognitions”), feelings and behaviour. Your thoughts lead to feelings; your feelings lead to behaviours; and your behaviours can, in turn, positively or negatively influence your feelings. This session will help you recognize how your thoughts, feelings and behaviours mutually impact each other, and give you tools for dealing with them in your day to day life.

In today’s fast-paced world, stress is unavoidable—but how we respond to it can make all the difference. Cultivating Calm and Clarity is a half-day evidence-based workshop designed to help participants better understand their stress responses and learn practical strategies for navigating stress with greater awareness. Grounded in psychology and neuroscience, this interactive series explores the “why” behind stress and introduces tools to help regulate it through thoughts, emotions, and actions. By the end of the series, participants will:

Join AGG’s Curator of Contemporary Art, Erin Szikora, for a tour of four new and exciting exhibitions. Explore Unsettling Conservation Collective: Reworldings, featuring collaborative multimedia installations that support Indigenous-led conservation across Canada, Soft Internet Theory, that considers digital art in the age of AI, and Glass Stone, and Concrete, and Earth Dreams in Colour, both exploring landscapes from the AGG’s permanent collection.

Take this unique opportunity to discuss your personal health questions with Heidi Smith, Registered Dietitian and mindfulness facilitator. Heidi has been consulting with individuals and organizations for over 25 years. Tap into her expertise on mindful eating, sport nutrition, emotional eating, menopause nutrition, anti-inflammatory eating or any question relating to your personal nutrition needs. Heidi can help you get the exploration started and point you in the direction of reputable sources of nutrition information. 

Staff and faculty are invited to celebrate the launch of Healthy Workplace Month with the annual U of G Campus Mile! This year, we will be hosting the event in-person on Johnston Green and Parking Services has generously donated an Annual Red Parking Pass that one lucky participant of the Campus Mile will win!

Developed by the Mental Health Commission Canada, this 1-day certification course focuses on the four most common mental health disorders including substance-related, mood-related, anxiety and trauma-related, and psychotic disorders. Course Objectives Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is the support provided to a person who may be experiencing a decline in their mental well-being or a mental health crisis. Course participants will learn how to:

Join us for an hour-long interpretive nature walk through the beautiful arboretum led by Christa Wise, The Arb's Interpretive Naturalist. Please remember to dress for the weather, wear comfortable shoes, and bring your water bottle as needed. Registration Register through Qualtrics! Max 20 people.

Looking to learn more about your U of G Guelph campus? Take your break and join our tour guide, Hilary Holmes, Admission Counsellor, for a stroll. Hilary was employed as a U of G campus tour guide from 2012-2015 and has toured hundreds of staff, students and their families. All are welcome, so bring a friend or colleague. The tour will last approximately 60 minutes. Most of the tour will be outside, so please remember to dress for the weather, wear comfortable shoes, and bring your water bottle as needed.