Grey's Anatomy Trivia Night
Sign up as a team and put your Grey-Sloan Memorial knowledge to the test. Prize available to the winning team!
Health Promotion and Wellness Activities
(OR) Bell Let's Talk Day
Join the conversation by sharing your mental health message, picking up some Bell Let's Talk swag, and taking time to connect with fellow Thunderwolves.
Lakehead employees will have personalized access to:
- Benefits information
- A variety of wellness tools and resources
- Bell Let’s Talk Day activities
- Sign up for our Virtual Thrive Kit (OR Sign Up Here!)
(OR) Crafting with Indigenous Initiatives
Come destress and relax through crafting with Indigenous initiatives! Can’t wait to see you there!
This event is open to staff, students, and faculty.
(OR) Crafting with Indigenous Initiatives
Come destress and relax through crafting with Indigenous initiatives! Can’t wait to see you there!
This event is open to staff, students, and faculty.
(OR) Therapy Dogs
The cutest kind of stress relief is back on campus for Thrive Week!
Join Therapy Dogs from St. John Ambulance for some warm snuggles and feelings of pure happiness!
(OR) Learn to Curl
This January, Lakehead Orillia Athletics and Recreation is excited to offer a Learn to Curl event, partnered with the Orillia Curling Club as part of 2023 Thrive Week! The event will be hosted at Barnfield Recreation Centre on Monday January 23, 2023 from 7 to 9 pm and is open to all Lakehead Orillia students and employees.
No experience or equipment is necessary! Fee to participate is $20 per person, which includes ice time, instruction, and use of equipment. Spaces are limited and registration is open on a first-come, first-served basis.
(TB) Bell Let's Talk Day
Join the conversation by sharing your mental health message, picking up some Bell Let's talk swag and taking time to connect with fellow Thunderwolves.
Information will also be available about the mental health supports available to the Lakehead Community.
(OR) GO-VAXX Bus
Looking for some extra protection against COVID-19 this school year? The province’s GO-VAXX mobile vaccine bus will be rolling into campus this January.
The GO-VAXX bus will be set up on campus from 11am to 5pm on Saturday, January 28th, 2023, administering the bi-valent vaccine. Students, faculty, staff, and community members will be able to receive a first, second, third or fourth dose of the vaccine. No appointment is required.
Anyone wishing to take advantage of the GO-VAXX bus to receive their vaccine is reminded to:
CANCELLED: Yoga For All
THE SESSION ON APRIL 5 HAS BEEN CANCELLED DUE TO INCLEMENT WEATHER
If you love Saturday sessions with Ameena- you're going to love them on Wednesday Nights!
Join instructor Ameena for sun salutations and downward-facing dogs in the Student Health and Wellness Activity Room.
Student Health and Wellness is happy to offer FREE yoga to Lakehead students, faculty and staff.
SMART Goal Setting for the New Year
We are starting to count down the days until exams and school are over for the year, 2023 is quickly approaching and the New Year resolution ideas are flooding in. We need to make sure that we are setting attainable and realistic goals for ourselves. Setting goals for yourself with no specific aim, that are unrealistic, or are too vague can be detrimental to your overall mental and physical health. Not reaching your predicted goals can cause a sense of failure, creating high self-criticism, de-motivation, low self-esteem, poor sense of self, negative thinking, and codependency. One or more of these issues can cause depression and anxiety in oneself to rise and potentially become harmful and irreparable. However, there is a way to set goals that can be attenable and achievable while being proactive and keeping your mental and physical health in mind, using the SMART method. The SMART method allows you to plan and organize your considerations and ambitions in an organized and well thought out manner, pushing for success in reaching your personal goals.
SMART goal setting:
Specific
A specific goal should answer these five questions:
- What exactly do I want to achieve?
- Why – specific reasons, purpose, or benefits of accomplishing the goal.
- Who is involved?
- Where – identify a location.
- Which restrictions or limits are important to consider?
Measurable
A measurable goal will answer:
- How much or how many?
- How will I know when it is accomplished?
Achievable
An achievable goal will answer the question:
- How can this goal be accomplished?
Relevant
A relevant goal will answer yes to these questions:
- Does this seem worthwhile?
- Is this the right time?
- Does this match our other efforts/needs?
Time-bound
Goals includes target dates. A time-bound goal will help to answer:
- When must I be finished?
- What can I do six months from now?
- What can I do six weeks from now?
- What can I do today?
Once you have finalized your SMART goals, the next phase that many goal-setters fall short of is to plan the next steps you need to take and how to put them into action. Think of what resources you need, what activities do you need to complete to achieve your goal, and who can help you achieve your goal. Having a supportive friend and/or family network to help you stay on track can be very beneficial to you the people around you. Remember that failure is a part of the process and paves the way for success as it allows for the opportunity to learn and grow from it. As Michael Jordan said:
“I’ve missed more than 9000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and over and over again in my life. And this is why I succeed”
Read Here for more information on a How-To guide for SMART goal setting.
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