Past Events

Staff, faculty, and students are invited to celebrate the launch of Healthy Workplace Month with a Campus Mile!  Join us at The Portico on Johnston Green at 12 noon on Monday October 1st.   Participants will walk, run, or roll a mile through our beautiful campus.  This event marks the official launch of Healthy Workplace Month.    This is a chance for you to engage in physical activity as well as connect with colleagues, take in the sights and sounds of our beautiful campus, thereby enhancing your mental mood. 

Mental Illness Awareness Week is an annual national public education campaign designed to help open the eyes of Canadians to the reality of mental illness. Visit the Homewood website and search for articles on a variety of mental health topics: https://homewoodhealth.com/corporate 

What’s your favourite space on campus? Take a photo of the place that you love best on Guelph campus, at Ridgetown, the University of Guelph-Humber or at a research station – anywhere U of G is! – and tell us why you like it so much. A panel of judges will select the top three photos and award prizes. Submit your photo and rationale to wellnessatwork@uoguelph.ca by October 22nd.  Winning photos will be awarded prizes and shared with the campus community.

A blood donor clinic will be held near the Muck Crop Research Station. Visit to sign-up for a time to donate: https://blood.ca/en.  Give the gift of life to another person by donating blood.

U of G is transitioning to be a smoke-free campus in Spring 2019.  We recognize that this new policy will have an impact on those who smoke on the main campus and we want to hear from you.  Please join the 1.5h smoke-free consultation session to share your questions, comments and concerns.

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U of G is transitioning to be a smoke-free campus in Spring 2019.  We recognize that this new policy will have an impact on those who smoke on the main campus and we want to hear from you.  Conversation boards will be available in different locations around campus. Watch for the boards on the following dates and stop by to share your thoughts.

Managing Me is a workload/time management program that helps individuals do more with less, execute on strategic priorities, and stay engaged by raising the bar in how they plan, focus, organize and manage expectations.

The newly launched Canadian Chapter of the Association of Nature and Forest Therapy Guides is proud to hold one of its first high-profile walks in Canada at The Arboretum, University of Guelph. Forest Therapy originated from Japan's Shinrin-Yoku, which literally translates into“forest bathing” (taking in the air of a forest).