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View the February 2023 Wellness Calendar!

The Wellness@Work Programming Committee is challenging you to a new Heart Healthy BINGO game for February. 

Download the bingo card to participate in the Wellness@Work  BINGO challenge throughout the month of February.  Everyone who participates will be entered into a draw for a prize!   

All you need to do is print the bingo card and mark off squares as you complete them:

In 2022, U of G set a goal of 515 donations to Canadian Blood Services through the Partners for Life program. With the support of all U of G community members, we were able to contribute 603 blood donations! 

If you didn’t know, it can often take more than one donor to save a life and there is a large shortage of blood donations across Canada! 

Wellness@Work wishes you a restful holiday season and invites you to make room for wellness this winter. This January, whether you are looking to care for yourself through art, support your Smoke-Free Campus, or improve your physical well-being, we hope you find something that meets your needs. Stay safe and don't forget to walk like a penguin! Happy Holidays! 

This Winter, join in a weekly yoga practice with the U of G Yoga and Meditation Collective. 

U of G Yoga and Meditation Collective's new WINTER semester Yoga Practice continues with some changes in programming. Let’s clear our minds with the breath, strengthen our bodies with movement, and ease into some beautiful Winter semester yoga poses.   

Everyone is welcome! No Experience is Required. Note: Try not to eat at least an hour before your yoga practice.

Jump into November with some Wellness@Work programming. In honour of World Kindness Day on November 13th, we invite you to take some time to support your wellness. Whether you are looking for ways to take breaks in your workday or are searching for new resources to support your colleagues and community, we hope you find something that meets your needs.

View highlights from Employee Orientation Month 2022! 

Congratulations to the Employee O-Month Passport challenge winners! 

• Grand Prize winner: Bohan Jiang from Research Financial Services 
• Prize Package #2 winner: Satinder Gidda from Molecular and Cellular Biology 
• Prize Package #3 winner: Cheau Yuan Foo from Sociology & Anthropology

The Wellness@Work Programming Committee is making some small changes to the Wellness@Work Programming Calendars that are released monthly.

Kindness, the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate can help make our community stronger, more connected, and more resilient. 

In honour of World Kindness Day on November 13, 2022, the Gratitude, Recognition, and Employee Appreciation Together (GREAT) Initiative challenges you to focus on being kind to others and yourself by completing our Kindness Challenge for each day of the month of November.

If you didn’t know, it can often take more than one donor to save a life and there is a large shortage of blood donations across Canada! 

Join the University of Guelph's Partners for Life (PFL) team as we work towards saving lives together and make an appointment to donate blood or plasma now!