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.
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.
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.
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Registration for the in-person celebration is now closed. View this page for more ways to participate virtually!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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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:
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:
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
Join AGG’s Curator of Contemporary Art, Erin Szikora, for a tour of AGG's winter exhibitions, highlighting core artistic practices—painting and printmaking—with strong ties to our community and region. On the first floor, In Conversation: Ron Shuebrook & Frances Thomas explores the history of abstraction in painting and how both the Guelph-based Shuebrook and Barrie-based Thomas bring highly personal approaches to this long-standing artistic language.
