Past Events

Taking regular breaks during the workday can help you destress and recharge. Stop by the UC Courtyard or the OVC Cafeteria between 9:30 and 10:30 a.m. for a free hot beverage. Bring along your colleagues. This opportunity is available for all U of G employees.

Developed by Living Works, ASIST is a two-day interactive workshop that teaches participants to recognize when someone may have thoughts of suicide and work with them to create a plan that will support their immediate safety.

Join us to learn how dietary fibre is a foundational nutrient for long-term disease prevention, daily energy, and cognitive function. This seminar explores the science behind fibre’s role in blood sugar regulation, cholesterol metabolism, inflammation, and gut health—key pathways linked to the prevention of type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, colon cancer, and metabolic dysfunction.

A 5-session program begins Wednesday, February 4, 2026 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM Learn proven, drug-free strategies to fall asleep (or back to sleep) more easily, and get more energy from sleep. This skills program provides information and instruction in the cognitive / behavioural techniques most effective for decreasing insomnia and promoting more restful sleep. Topics include

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. 

Learn powerful, drug free strategies that deeply restore mind/body, calm anxiety, and enhance performance… This skills training program coaches you in a variety of research-based mind/body techniques for unwinding and generating ‘non-sleep deep rest’ (20 minutes), along with effective, brief self-regulation techniques (6 to 30 seconds) for coping well through the midst of challenging situations.

This 3-session skills program meets online for an hour on 3 consecutive Monday evenings beginning Monday, January 26, 2026 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM. If you often procrastinate when you’re anxious (or when the task increases anxiety), and if in turn the procrastination makes you feel more pressured and anxious, you may be caught in the anxiety-procrastination cycle.  Although many people think that procrastination is a time management issue, most often it is an emotional response. 

Join Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health and Student Wellness Services for a supportive, judgment-free workshop focused on reducing substance-use stigma and building confidence in responding to opioid poisonings. Many people—including students, colleagues, friends, family members, and even youth—may be at risk without others realizing it. Being prepared with knowledge and a naloxone kit helps keep our entire community safer.

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.