Join speaker Jayla Rousseau-Thomas, author of Thinking Differently: Using the Seven Generations Principle, for a workshop about how to make decisions like a good ancestor. 
The Seven Generations Principle is common within many Indigenous communities across North America. Simply put, the Seven Generations Principle puts the onus on decision-makers to consider the options and their impacts outside of just the current context when making decisions at the individual, family, and community levels. Each person is to consider the decision they are seeking to make, in addition to considering what would the seven generations before them have done, and how will this decision impact seven generations into the future. It encourages us to think of the connections between and among us and our environment, and to tread lightly and in solidarity. It encourages us to look both forwards and backwards to better integrate intergenerational equity into policies and administration. 

Open to students, staff and faculty.

To see the entire Thrive schedule, visit lakeheadu.ca/Thrive

Artwork in image: Seven Generations Moons‘ by First Nations Metis artist Leah Marie Dorion – Original painting presented by DaVic Gallery of Native Canadian Arts

As staff and faculty, you are often the first to recognize that a student is in distress so it is important that you feel equipped to identify these behaviours and also understand how you can help.

The Supporting Students in Distress Guide and accompanying workshop outline the various levels of distress and the resources you can provide for a student in each level of distress.

We will also cover available supports in various areas, both on and off-campus including Counselling and Wellness, Academic Services, Disability Services, Legal and Conduct, and Community Supports.

Open to staff, faculty and graduate students.

Student Health and Wellness invites instructors and faculty to visit our centre and have a discussion about mental health at Lakehead, how Student Health and Wellness supports students and strategies that faculty can adopt into their own practice to support their own well-being along with that of their students.

Refreshments will be provided.

Open to instructors and faculty only.

safeTALK is a 4-hour, in-person workshop to build skills in suicide prevention. Participants will learn how to recognize and engage with someone thinking about suicide, overcome attitudes that act as barriers to help, talk openly about suicide and connect with intervention resources for further support.

Through presentations, audiovisuals, small group discussion and scenario practice, you will learn a 4-step TALK model and practical steps to help activate a suicide alert that connects people having thoughts of suicide with more specialized intervention care and relevant resources.

All participants will receive a learning booklet, resources and a Certificate of Completion. 

Registration is required, space is limited.

Open to students, staff and faculty.

Body Talks is a conversation series about the intersections of body image and health offered in collaboration between Student Health and Wellness, the Gender Equity Centre and Pride Central.

This guided discussion led by Dr. Barbara Parker will revolve around healthism (responsibility for health) in relation to the pressures to "eat right", the moral imperative to choose 'good' foods, in the context of university and life. Karling Draper, Registered Dietitian, from the Thunder Bay District Health Unit, will also join the session.

Refreshments available for purchase.

Open to all members of the Lakehead community.

Join SHW counsellor, Holly Maki, to dip your toes into mindfulness. This session includes an introduction to mindfulness where we hope to create some “aha moments” about mindfulness, maybe even inspiring you to want to know more.  Included in this session there will be an explanation of what mindfulness is, how it can be supportive to your well-being and the opportunity to participate in some brief mindfulness exercises. 

Open to students, faculty and staff. 

Pick up some fresh produce at low prices right on campus at the Roots to Harvest market. 

Open to students, staff and faculty.

To see the entire Thrive schedule, visit lakeheadu.ca/Thrive

Take a break in the great outdoors with some classic snow day activities: sledding, snowman building, and skating (weather and ice conditions permitting).

Open to all members of the Lakehead community.

To see the entire Thrive Week schedule, visit www.lakeheadu.ca/Thrive

Thrive week is back on campus! Join us in the Study for free coffee and treats, pick up a Thrive kit, find out about the events we have going on this week and chat with counsellors and Student Health and Wellness staff.

This year's Thrive Kits were funded by the Thunder Bay Community Foundation and are available to Lakehead students, staff and faculty. 

To see the entire Thrive schedule, visit lakeheadu.ca/Thrive

Facilitated by: Dr. Ellen Field, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education (Orillia) and Aynsley Klassen, Interim Sustainability Coordinator

This workshop is open to all students looking for a safe space to collectively recognize, embrace, explore, and process our complex feelings related to climate change. How can our feelings of fear, anger, powerlessness, and anxiety be recognized and affirmed in ways that translate into possibility, community, and motivation?

Registration Required: tinyurl.com/climatemotion

To see the entire Thrive schedule, visit lakeheadu.ca/Thrive