Stop by Chancellor Paterson Library to pick up a journalling kit as part of Student Health and Wellness' Love week. Each kit includes a journal, writing tools and an intro guide to journalling as self-care. Limited kits available, first-come, first served.
Keeping a record of personal thoughts and feelings is particularly helpful in supporting mental health:
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.
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), like chlamydia and gonorrhea, can go unnoticed as they don't often cause symptoms so it is important to routinely get STI tests.
Student Health and Wellness, in partnership with the sexual health team at Simcoe Muskoka District Health Unit, is hosting drop-in, confidential STI testing at the Wellness Centre (OR 1012).
Drop by for a test, get a free slice of pizza, and pick up sexual health supplies for future consensual activities.
The Refresh Sleep program aims to provide Lakehead students, staff and faculty with the skills and strategies to achieve more restful nights.
When you join the Refresh Sleep program, you will receive a weekly email for eight weeks that has an attached PDF with important information and tips that have been proven to help improve sleep. It is encouraged to spend at least thirty minutes per week with the program information. The materials include information about:
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs), like chlamydia and gonorrhea, can go unnoticed as they don't often cause symptoms so it is important to routinely get STI tests.
Student Health and Wellness, in partnership with the sexual health team at Thunder Bay District Health Unit, is hosting drop-in, confidential STI testing in the SHW activity room from 11-2pm. Urine, blood, rectal and throat tests will be available.
Drop by for a test, get a free slice of pizza, and pick up sexual health supplies for future consensual activities.
Lions, Dolphins, Bears, Oh My!
According to the Sleep Foundation our chronotype is the natural inclination of your body to sleep at a certain time, or what most people understand as being an early bird versus a night owl. In addition to regulating sleep and wake times, chronotype influences appetite, exercise, and core body temperature.
Join the Peer Wellness Educators and try your hand at polymer clay! Make earrings, beads, a keychain, whatever your heart desires. Drop into the activity room anytime between 1-4pm.
All supplies provided, no cost or previous experience to participate but you will need to bake your creation at home.
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
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
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.
