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.
The cutest kind of stress relief is back on campus! Visit the St. John Ambulance Therapy Dogs at Simcoe Hall from noon - 1 pm.
Open to all members of the Lakehead community.
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.
About Wayne Gray
The cutest kind of stress relief is back! Visit the St. John Ambulance Therapy Dogs at Heritage Place from noon - 1 pm
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.
Join your Simcoe County Alumni Chapter in watching the Barrie Colts vs. Brantford Bulldogs in exciting OHL action!
Saturday, January 13, 2024
7 pm / 7:30 pm puck drop
Sadlon Arena - Horsepower Restaurant
$20/person + HST
*price includes snacks, light refreshments, and games & giveaways in the Concourse.
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.
The Office of Indigenous Initiatives invites you to join us for a Winter Feast on Wednesday, Jan. 24 in honour of winter and Thrive Week at Lakehead University.
We'll be hosting a beading workshop from 9 to 11 am, a feast from 11 am to 1 pm, and sweetgrass basket making from 1 to 3 pm.
Menu: Turtle Island Tacos & Potluck *please bring a dish to share and a feast bundle*
Questions? Contact Indigenous Initiatives at 705-330-4010 ext. 2018 or orillia.ii@lakeheadu.ca.
Ingenuity has some exciting news to share. Starting in 2024 Ingenuity will be running three cohorts of our Ascend Accelerator program and it's now open to Orillia campus students!
We're looking for:
We encourage applications from all programs and all stages of business development. Ingenuity will accept four business ideas per cohort.
The Ascend program not only supplies the $5000 in funding but it also comes with mentor support, knowledge based workshops and access to a large entrepreneurial network.
Please visit ingenuity.lakeheadu.ca for full program details. The application can be found here.
The deadline to apply is December 29.
