Are you a regular at the caf and curious about how to get the most out of your meals? Join Dietitian Donna from Dana Hospitality for a Lunch & Learn at the dining hall! Donna will walk through the dining hall with the group to discuss the food options, answer questions, and help you build a nutritious meal that meets your preferences. The group will also have an opportunity to sit down with Donna to learn more about healthy eating strategies.

You can use your meal plan to purchase your lunch at the dining hall, otherwise, lunch can be purchased for $12. Don't want lunch but still want to learn? You are welcome to join!

Stop by Simcoe Hall to pick up a journaling kit and learn how journaling can be a part of your self-care routine! Each kit includes a journal, writing tools and an intro guide to journaling as self-care. 

Keeping a record of personal thoughts and feelings is particularly helpful in supporting mental health by:

• Reducing anxiety
• Breaking away from a nonstop cycle of obsessive thinking and brooding
• Improving the awareness and perception of events
• Regulating emotions
• Encouraging awareness

Stop by Heritage Place to pick up a journalling kit and learn how journaling can be a part of your self-care routine! Each kit includes a journal, writing tools and an intro guide to journaling as self-care. 

Keeping a record of personal thoughts and feelings is particularly helpful in supporting mental health by:

• Reducing anxiety
• Breaking away from a nonstop cycle of obsessive thinking and brooding
• Improving the awareness and perception of events
• Regulating emotions
• Encouraging awareness

Join our puppy friends from Precious Paws Rescue for some downward dogs and warrior poses. Registration required. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScy7-C9UFfA5bIfvMPJivGx8_caeX1firsN0PwGy0cmQI3Drw/viewform?usp=sf_link

Please bring a yoga mat if you have one, but mats will be provided in a limited quantity
Event details: Monday, January 26th, 1:15 - 2 pm, OA 2014
Contact orluwell@lakeheadu.ca if you have any questions

** This event has been cancelled**

The cutest kind of stress relief is back! Visit the St. John Ambulance Therapy Dogs at Heritage Place from noon - 1 pm

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. 

Open to students, staff and faculty.

Registration is required, space is limited.

The dabbers are calling! Join Frazer Phillips, Indigenous Cultural Wellness Facilitator, to try your hand at bingo, win some nutritious prizes, and learn the names of animals in Anishinaabemowin!.

Spin the wheel to see what situation arises and how you would react, would you give consent? Why or why not? This event is to raise awareness about consent and pose situations that you may not be aware of that require your consent - in relationships, and friendships and to see what makes a happy and healthy one. Also touching on what gaslighting is and how it can affect you in more ways than one.

Eating Disorders affect people of all genders, sexual orientations, ages, socioeconomic class, abilities, races, and ethnic backgrounds. That is why, from February 1st to 7th every year, Eating Disorder groups across Canada unite to commemorate Eating Disorder Awareness Week (EDAW) with a national week of action focused on educating the public about Eating Disorders.

Join staff from the Student Health & Wellness to escalate awareness of the impact of Eating Disorders, the dangerous stereotypes and myths, and the supports available for people living with or affected by them.

It can often be a challenge to take a minute to ourselves, so why not make self-care a habit and Take10.

#Take10 #EDAW2024

Simcoe Hall: 11am - 2pm

Heritage Place: 1pm - 3pm

Show yourself some love this Valentine's Day! Pick up an affirmation flower and a sweet treat brought to you by Student Health and Wellness. You can also take an extra minute to write a message of gratitude to go with an affirmation flower for a loved one. Expressing gratitude can help people feel more positive emotions, relish good experiences, improve their health, deal with adversity, and build strong relationships.

*This event is part of Student Appreciation*