Hope you have been enjoying the summer and are looking forward to an exciting Fall! Attached below is the full September Wellness@Work calendar and the Take a Hike! Challenge poster.
Wellness@Work is challenging you to try at least one new hike each week during the month of September for your chance to win a prize!
Here are a few upcoming opportunities to help you find balance during a busy start to the school year :
September 10 each year is recognized as Suicide Awareness and Prevention Day.
"Explosive - that’s the impact the suicide of a colleague will have within his or her personal network of family, friends, colleagues and co-workers. With 70% of suicides being completed by working-aged men and women between 30 and 64 years old, the collateral damage of such tragic deaths does indeed reach the workplace."
The University of Guelph has many unique features and activities for employees to enjoy. We have compiled many of these features into a Top 20 Bucket List.
Work your way through with a colleague or on your own, and have fun appreciating our campus.
Throughout the month of August, Wellness@Work invited employees to explore unique places on campus to learn more about how we are working together to create a more sustainable U of G.
Staff and faculty were invited to tour the UC Basement Kitchen, the Honey Bee Research Centre, and the Guelph Centre for Urban Organic Farming. A talk was also hosted by the Sustainability Office, highlighting the different programs U of G runs to create a more sustainable campus.
During Nutrition Month, we asked employees to submit their favourite healthy recipe for a chance to win a prize. View the top 3 recipes our panel selected, as well as all of the yummy recipes we received for the contest in the attached recipe booklet.
Try out a new breakfast, entree or dessert recipe and let us know what you think! Use the hashtag #WellnessatUofG.
Happy tasting!
Throughout the month of June, Wellness@Work encouraged employees to snap a photo of a beautiful flower, garden or a unique tree at U of G and enter their photo for a chance to win a prize. Thank you to everyone who submitted their beautiful Spring photos for the Spring Snaps photo challenge.
45 photos were submitted and reviewed by the Grounds team in Physical Resources to determine the top 3 photos.
The prize winners were each awarded a beautiful flower pot arrangement provided by the Department of Plant Agriculture (see the above photo).
The Department of Population Medicine in OVC received a Wellness@Work grant in 2018 to provide a space with activities that encourage Population Medicine team members to see the department holistically. The program included a variety of activities to support physical, mental and social health and wellbeing.
University of Guelph Hospitality Services has long been recognized as a Canadian leader for sustainability initiatives within the food service and retail operations. For 10 years in a row, Maclean’s Magazine has voted U of G the #1 Food Service University in Canada.
Wellness@Work wanted to give employees a chance to go behind-the-scenes of the extensive food operation in the University Centre, to learn more about how the food we eat gets stored, prepared and delivered on campus.
Wellness@Work is challenging you to increase your daily water consumption. Track your daily water intake throughout July! Put an “X” in each water drop on your tracking sheet (attached) after you’ve had 8 oz of water.
The United Nations has declared June 21 as the International Day of Yoga. View an article and photos in Guelph Today from our June 21 event on the Guelph Campus.
What is yoga?
Yoga is an ancient physical, mental and spiritual practice. The word 'yoga' translates to "unite" or "join," connecting the body and consciousness (United Nations).