safeTalk

Event Date: 
Thursday, January 25, 2024 - 5:00pm to 9:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Student Health and Wellness Activity Room

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.

BodyTalks: Healthism and Pressure to "Eat Right"

Event Date: 
Monday, January 22, 2024 - 3:00pm to 4:30pm EST
Event Location: 
The Study

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.

Intro to Mindfulness

Event Date: 
Thursday, January 25, 2024 - 12:00pm to 12:30pm EST
Event Location: 
Chancellor Paterson Library LI 5002

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. 

Roots to Harvest Market

Event Date: 
Thursday, January 25, 2024 - 1:00pm to 3:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Agora

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

Snow Day!

Event Date: 
Friday, January 26, 2024 - 11:00am to 2:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Lake Tamblyn

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 Kick Off and Coffee

Event Date: 
Monday, January 22, 2024 - 11:00am to 2:00pm EST
Event Location: 
The Study

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

Climate Emotions Circle

Event Date: 
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - 2:00pm to 3:30pm EST
Event Location: 
Zoom

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

Why do I feel like an Imposter? Challenging Imposter Syndrome for Graduate Students

Event Date: 
Tuesday, January 23, 2024 - 2:00pm to 3:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Zoom

Imposter syndrome can leave us feeling like we are all alone in the world, but ironically, many graduate students, faculty and high achievers experience these feelings of inadequacy.  Join SHW counsellor, Irene, for a discussion around common triggers for the imposter phenomenon and the steps you can take to work through them.

Open to graduate studentsSign up.

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

Music Therapy

Event Date: 
Wednesday, January 24, 2024 - 1:00pm to 2:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Student Health and Wellness Activity Room

Join Kaelyn, accredited music therapist and neurologic music therapist, for a unique group finding new ways to destress with music! Come out to experience a bit of what music therapy can do for you and gain some resources for you to try at home. Music therapists can utilize different aspects of music to express all types of emotions, regulate mind and body and even slow heart rate during times of active stressors. Activities will all be done in a low-stakes group environment at whatever participation level you feel comfortable, no "solos" required!

People of all musical backgrounds welcome, from the friend group playlist curator to soon to be professional musicians!

Open to studentsSign Up.

See the entire Thrive Week schedule at www.lakeheadu.ca/thrive

How to Have Difficult Conversations about Mental Health

Event Date: 
Monday, January 22, 2024 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm EST
Event Location: 
Virtual

TalkCampus hosts a workshop on:

  • How to support others in both the real and virtual world
  • How to recognize the signs that someone may be struggling
  • How to encourage people to open up
  • How to respond to someone who is struggling
  • How to know your own boundaries
  • How to look after yourself and practice self-care

Open to students. Join here

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