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!
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.
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.
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:
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.
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.
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.
Take a break in your day and join us for some movement in nature. This outdoor class, taught by a Personal Trainer from Athletics, will focus on body weight strength and mobility exercises. Exercise options will be given to ensure anyone can participate. All are welcome and no experience is required. Please bring your own mat if you desire, and your water bottle as needed.
Registration
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Looking to start a new fitness or wellness journey? Did you know that all staff/faculty on campus have access to a subsidized rate to use the on-campus facilities? Join us on a tour of what programming/services and equipment are available to our staff/faculty members and why the Athletic facilities might just be the best fit for you!
Attendees of this tour will receive a free day pass for recreation in the Guelph Gryphons Athletics Centre, including access to the Fitness Centre and / or a fitness class, to use at their convenience!
80% of women between the ages of 35 to 60+ navigating the menopause journey have moderate to severe symptoms due to fluctuating hormone levels. During the perimenopause to menopause years, 40% of women are at risk or will leave the workforce due to these symptoms. This program is designed to provide foundational strategies to support women during this phase of life.
Learn how chocolate is made and explore a variety of different textures with U of G's own Fernanda Peyronel (Svaikauskas), a Senior Technical Associate in the Food Science Department. We encourage you to eat lunch beforehand. The session will start promptly at 12 pm, so please account for travel time.
Facilitator
Fernanda Peyronel (Svaikauskas), Senior Technical Associate, Department of Food Science
Stress is one of the biggest problems individuals face in the workplace today and leads to reduced productivity and increased absenteeism. This three-hour workshop will provide managers with an understanding of how stress affects productivity, and how to identify and help stressed employees. This workshop will also provide participants with tools to manage their own stress.
Facilitator
Facilitators from Homewood Health
Registration
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This 3 week program will be held on October 29, November 5 and November 12 from 12 pm - 1 pm.
This program will focus on the core elements of stress and stress reactivity during stressful times and events. The session will explore how to shift from stress reactivity to stress response at work and life. This session will provide strategies and practical tools to support in stress reduction and improve overall well-being and resilience.
Facilitator
Meghan Kirwin
As the fall semester nears its end and the growing season slows, this hands-on wellness workshop invites participants to connect with the rhythms of nature through the simple, grounding act of bulb planting. Facilitated by Guinevere Kern, Registered Horticultural Therapist, the session offers participants the choice to plant either garlic (for harvest next summer) or spring-flowering bulbs (for a future bloom), serving as a metaphor for tending to our own cycles of work, rest, and renewal.
