Happy International Thank You Day! Welcoming in a new year of connection
Dear U of G Faculty and Staff,
News
Support the U of G Free Store: Donate and Attend Winter Pop-Up Events
The UofG Free Store is a student-led, office-supported waste prevention initiative that has successfully rehomed over 1500 items this year alone! This waste prevention program allows members of our campus community to give a second life to their unwanted items, which can then be picked up for free by others. Not only does this prevent usable items from ending up in a landfill, but it also provides a unique shopping experience for staff and students alike.
Winter 2024 Yoga Programming Schedule
This Winter practice yoga weekly with the U of G Yoga and Meditation Collective.
Everyone is welcome! No Experience is Required. Note: Try not to eat at least an hour before your yoga practice.
Winter 2024 Weekly Yoga Classes
In-Person Class: Tuesday 12-1 PM (PCH, UC, Level 0, RM 001B (Wing B))
Online Classes
Kindness Bingo Challenge: Enter to win a hot beverage for yourself and a colleague!
This November, Wellness@Work and the GREAT at U of G Initiative challenge you to focus on being kind to yourself and others by completing our November Kindness Challenge. Kindness, the quality of being friendly, generous, and considerate can help make our community stronger, more connected, and more resilient.
Compassion Resilience Project: Support for the animal care and use community!
When supporting animals used in research, it is common for staff to experience emotional distress, fatigue and burn-out due to compassionate caring. Compassion resilience is therefore extremely important to develop and foster by ensuring animal care and use staff feel valued and emotionally supported.
The Compassion Resilience Project is facilitated by the Compassion Resilience Committee (CRC), U of G members of the animal care & use community.
Order Gryph Post Candy Grams for Halloween!
GREAT at U of G is an initiative designed to foster gratitude, recognition and appreciation for all faculty and staff at the University. On September 21, World Gratitude Day, GREAT at U of G relaunched its customized internal system to support faculty and staff success through education, facilitation, and connection. With this relaunch Gryph Posts have been introduced.
Wellness@Work Strategic Planning: We want to hear from you!
Consistent with commitments in the University of Guelph Strategic Plan Priority #5: Supporting Faculty & Staff Success, the Okanagan Charter, and building on previous important work, Wellness@Work is in the process of updating its strategic plan for a 5-year period from 2024-2029. We are seeking feedback from all University of Guelph faculty and staff on how we support a healthy workplace. Throughout the process, we will seek our community's input on priorities and directions they would like to see from Wellness@Work.