2024 Event Calendar
Orillia
| All Week |
Thrive Week Challenge Open to students, staff and faculty Thrive at your own pace this week by picking up a Thrive Challenge card from Student Health and Wellness or downloading it to complete different healthy habits throughout the week. Complete a square from each category and submit your card before January 29th, students will have the chance to win a Brrr basket from Student Health and Wellness and staff and faculty will have the chance to win a prize from Human Resources. Movement Trail Open to all students, staff and faculty. Move at your own pace with Lakehead Orillia's new Movement Trail! Pick up a Movement Trail Map from Student Health & Wellness (they will also be included in this years Thrive Kits) and follow the path to nutritious movement. A variety of stations will be set up around campus to promote physical activity for every body! Get ready to Thrive! Gratitude Grams This event is for staff and faculty only. Daily @ the Coffee Kiosk Staff and faculty are invited to drop by the kiosk to pick up a Thrive Week schedule, and send a Gratitude Gram to a colleague who helps them Thrive! How it works: 1. Pick up a card from the kiosk to write a message of gratitude to send to a colleague. 2. Purchase a gift certificate for the kiosk to include in the card. 3. Hand deliver the card/gift certificate to your colleague OR if you would like to add an extra element of surprise to your Gratitude Gram after you pay for the gift card/specific item at the kiosk you can leave the card there and the "Thrive Gratitude Fairies" will arrange for it to be delivered to your colleague at a time & place of your choosing (Note: This will require you to know when/where to deliver the Gratitude Gram. Delivery times are limited to Thursday, January 25th and Friday, January 26th.) Open to employees Have something nice to share about a fellow employee? Join us throughout the week to write a beautiful anonymous message on our Wall of Champions for all to see. Please share a positive message or story about a colleague who makes a difference in our Lakehead community!
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| Monday, January 22 |
Coffee & Kickoff 11am - 2pm @ Orsi Family Learning Commons Thrive Week is back on campus! Join us at the Orsi Family Learning Commons for some free coffee and snacks, and pick up your 2024 Thrive Kit! We can’t wait to see you there. Get ready to Thrive! This event is for students only. Thrive Kits 11am - 2pm @ Orsi Family Learning Commons It’s Thrive Week! To get you started Student Wellness has put together kits with everything you need to thrive this semester. Stop by on January 22nd from 11am - 2pm to pick up yours and get ready for a week full of awesome Thrive Events! See you there! This event is for students only. Coffee & Kickoff @HP 11:30am - 1:30pm @ Heritage Place Thrive Week is back! Join us at Heritage Place for some free coffee and snacks, and pick up your 2024 Thrive Kit! We can’t wait to see you there. Get ready to Thrive! This event is for students only. Thrive Kits @HP 11:30am - 1:30pm @ Heritage Place It’s Thrive Week! To get you started Student Wellness has put together kits with everything you need to thrive this semester. Stop by Heritage Place on January 22nd from 11:30am - 1:30pm to pick up yours and get ready for a week full of awesome Thrive Events! See you there! This event is for students only. Paws for Positivity 12pm - 1pm @ Orsi Family Learning Commons Drop by the Orsi family Learning Commons for the cutest kind of stress relief: Therapy dog Patches! You can also share a Pawsitive message with your fellow Thunderwolves on the Paws for Positivity board! The board will remain up for messages to be added all week long! We can't wait to see you there! This event is open to everyone. How to Have Difficult Conversations about Mental Health 12-1pm, virtually 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 Strategies for Thriving in a Fast-Paced World - Mental Health Panel with Shift Collab (offered as part of Lakehead Alumni's The Resiliency Project) 7-9pm Virtual Open to current students, alumni, faculty and staff. Sign Up |
| Tuesday, January 23 |
Stop The Stigma Workshop 10:30 am-12pm on Zoom Join Student Health and Wellness for a facilitated discussion focused on mental health stigma including basic mental health literacy, an overview of mental health resources and supports and an invitation to take part in reducing stigma on campus with the use of our toolkit. Open to students, faculty and staff. Sign Up Paws for Positivity @HP 12pm - 1pm @ Heritage Place Library Drop by the Library at Heritage Place for the cutest kind of stress relief: Therapy dog Isaac! You can also grab some bear paw snacks and share a Pawsitive message with your fellow Thunderwolves on the Paws for Positivity board! The board will be up all week for messages to be added. We can't wait to see you there! This event is open to everyone. Stress Management and Your Job Search @HP 12pm - 1pm @ Heritage Place Searching for a job is stressful, especially as you graduate and begin planning for your career journey. So many questions run through your mind; Am I prepared for the next step? Is my resume good enough? Will I ever get an interview? Is everything going to be okay? The answer to all of these questions is… YES. You’ve got this! Pop by the Career Services table and learn a little more about managing stress through the job search process. We’re here to help! This event is for students only. Peer Wellness Crafternoon 2pm - 4pm @ Orsi Family Learning Commons Get crafty with your Peer Wellness Team! Drop by the Orsi Family Learning Commons between 2 pm - 4 pm and connect through creativity and the arts! This event is for students only. Why do I feel like an Imposter? Challenging Imposter Syndrome for Graduate Students 2pm-3pm, 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 students. Sign up. Anishinaabemowin Animals Bingo 4-6:30pm, Maawnjigamig 'Where We Gather' OR1013 The dabbers are calling! Join Frazer Phillips, Indigenous Cultural Wellness Facilitator, to try your hand at bingo, and learn the names of animals in Anishinaabemowin! Open to students, faculty, and staff. Crystals 101 (offered as part of Lakehead Alumni's The Resiliency Project) 7pm-8:30 pm, Virtual Learn about crystals at our "Crystals 101" workshop with Juniper Moon. Join us for a beginner-friendly session, discovering how Juniper uses crystals and what the different crystals represent. Open to current students, alumni, staff and faculty. Register here. |
| Wednesday, January 24 |
Thunderwolves Thrive 11am- 3pm @ Dining Hall Join the conversation by sharing your mental health message, picking up some Bell Let's Talk swag, and connecting with fellow Thunderwolves. #BellLetsTalk This event is open to students, staff, and faculty. Thunderwolves Thrive @HP 11:30am - 2:30pm @ Heritage Place Join the conversation by sharing your mental health message, picking up some Bell Let's Talk swag, and connecting with fellow Thunderwolves. #BellLetsTalk This event is open to students, staff, and faculty. Winter Feast with Indigenous Initiatives 9am - 3pm (Drop-in) @ Maawnjigamig 'Where We Gather' OR1013 Please complete the registration to confirm your spot. Here is the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd4KZ_g3wapm4OOIssjfyGF60E3wQloJIJv6E2MS_aVAB2sNw/viewform?usp=sf_link Climate Emotions Circle 2pm-3:30 pm, Zoom 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? The design of this session has been informed by the activities and processes used in various emotion processing circles and by our own teaching. Please join us prepared with a journal (or paper) and a pen. The workshop will be facilitated by Dr. Ellen Field, Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education (Orillia) and Aynsley Klassen, Interim Sustainability Coordinator (Thunder Bay). Open to students. Registration required: https://tinyurl.com/climatemotion Building Resiliency Workshop with Wayne Gray (offered as part of Lakehead Alumni's The Resiliency Project) 7pm-8pm, Virtual Given the pace with which we move through our daily activities "resiliency" is no longer a buzzword we toss around and hope it lands in the right place. Resiliency represents a key component essential to our mental well-being when unfavourable setbacks show up. So let's interrogate this word further and find out where your resiliency is situated. Open to current students, alumni, staff and faculty. Sign Up. |
| Thursday, January 25 |
Supporting Students in Distress 10:30 am- 12 pm, Zoom 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. Registration required. Rock Painting 1pm - 3pm @ Orsi Family Learning Commons Drop by Simcoe Hall for Rock Painting! Relax, unwind, and create your own rocking masterpiece! All supplies will be provided. This event is for students, staff, and faculty. Crochet with Kim @HP 1pm - 3pm @ Heritage Place Crochet with Kim is back! Join Kim in the Education Library for an afternoon of crochet, knitting, macrame, etc. All fibre arts are welcome! Please bring your own supplies. This event is open to students, staff, and faculty. SafeTALK 5pm - 9pm @ 500 University Avenue - Room Location TBD 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. The Stranger on the Bridge with Author Jonny Benjamin (offered as part of Lakehead Alumni's The Resiliency Project) 7pm-8pm, Virtual Embark on Jonny's powerful mental health journey, from seeing a psychologist at age 5 to a life-changing suicide attempt saved by a stranger. His story, featured in the award-winning "The Stranger on the Bridge" documentary and book, delivers a moving message of overcoming life's challenges and finding hope. Open to current, alumni, staff and faculty. Sign up. |
| Friday, January 26 |
| Winterfest with Student Success 11am - 2pm @ University Avenue Campus in the field beside the Hockey Rink Join us for a day in the outdoors enjoying all that nature has to offer us. Warm up and enjoy hot chocolate and other treats, snowshoeing around campus, snowperson building, and skating on the campus hockey rink (weather permitting). Be sure to dress for the weather! This event is open to students, staff, and faculty. Thinking in Seven Generations 1pm-2:30pm, Zoom 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. Open to students, staff and faculty. Sign up What's Your Big Lie? Keynote with Jordan Axani (offered as part of Lakehead Alumni's The Resiliency Project) 7pm-9 pm, Virtual What's Your Big Lie? (WYBL) is a breakthrough mental health program created by Jordan Axani based on the premise that each of us is living a big lie — and that it's okay. Open to current students, alumni, staff and faculty. Sign up |
