Health Promotion and Wellness Activities

Music Therapy

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!


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Thunderwolves Thrive

Pick up some mental health giveaways and a photo wall provided by Bell Let's Talk, connect with your fellow Thunderwolves and unwind with a hot chocolate bar, games, puzzles and other activities.

Therapy Dogs will join us from 12-1pm. 

Reps from Student Health and Wellness and Human Resources will be on hand to answer questions and provide information about the resources available to you.

Open to students, staff and faculty.


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safeTalk

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.


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Supporting Students in Distress

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.


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Intro to Mindfulness

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. 


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Stop the Stigma Workshop

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 faculty and staff. Sign Up


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How to Have Difficult Conversations about Mental Health

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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Building an EMPOWERed Classroom: Fostering Well-being on Campus

Student Health and Wellness invites instructors and faculty to visit our centre and have a discussion about mental health at Lakehead, how Student Health and Wellness supports students and strategies that faculty can adopt into their own practice to support their own well-being along with that of their students.

Refreshments will be provided.

Open to instructors and faculty only.


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