Better Together: Breaking Barriers, Connecting Communities Durham College and Ontario Tech University students join together to support your wellness journey here at school. You’ll connect with fellow students through a range of creative workshops that revolve around exploring your identity, interests, and building meaningful relationships with your peers. Our Better Together workshops combine hands-on activities with mental health education sprinkled throughout, empowering you to grow, build resilience and social connections, and prioritize your health and wellness. We hope to help you stay well during your time at school, and provide an opportunity to learn skills that will last a lifetime. Recovery College: Learn more Peer Lead: Groups, Events, Workshops Co-Design Register Here If you’re passionate about student well-being, this is the group for you! Date: 6 Weeks running on Wednesdays from October 9 to November 13 Time: 2:15 to 3:15pm Location: Fireside Reading Room (LIB 200) With the support of Ontario Shores’ mental health professionals, you and fellow students from Ontario Tech and Durham College will collaborate to develop Recovery College courses and will contribute to recreating and redefining the Recovery College program on campus. The courses you create will provide students with opportunities to connect and develop mental health and wellness education that can be used to navigate the post-secondary journey. What will we do? Contribute to creating a positive and resilient culture on campus by helping to decide course topics, content, promotion, and engagement strategies for students. What will we learn? You will learn about Recovery College, Co-Design principles, and the Recovery College process. How to work as a member of a team to design and co-create relevant and impactful mental health-related courses. How to leverage your experiences navigating wellness as a post-secondary student as a source of strength and value to programming at our Recovery College. JackTalk Join Durham College and Ontario Tech for a Jack Talk- a mental health presentation delivered by young people to young people. Trained and certified youth speakers use the power of personal stories and mental health education to inspire, engage, educate, and equip young people to look out for themselves and their peers. During this 90 minute presentation, you will learn: how to be there for others, initiate a conversation, set appropriate boundaries and respond in a crisis strategies for being there for ourselves such as emotional regulation and self-compassion Free for all DC and OTU students; no registration required. Date: Wednesday October 2nd 2024 Time: 1:00-2:00pm Location: Fireside Reading Room, 2nd floor Campus Library. CHWC Employee Lead: Groups, Events, Workshops ONE MEAL AT A TIME REGISTER HERE Join Michelle Pitman, RSW, Eating Disorders Psychotherapist and Lori Brownson, RPN, Mental Health and Wellness Navigator in this support group, using the power of social connection to make mealtime less stressful and get through one meal at a time, together. Following the meal, Michelle and Lori will facilitate a brief discussion on relevant topics including coping and recovery-oriented skills building. Nutrition Sessions REGISTER HERE Intro into Healthy Eating If you're looking for ways to improve your diet and eat healthier, this seminar is for you! Nutritionist Sylvia Emmorey will share ideas on how you can eat well without too much effort. Date: Tuesday October 1st Time: 1:00-2:00 Location: Virtual Healthy Snacks Do you like to snack? Snacking is not a bad thing and can actually be an important part of a healthy diet. If you have a busy schedule and would like to learn about snack foods that are both convenient & healthy Join Nutritionist Sylvia Emmorey who will discuss how we can use snacks to our advantage while still keeping some treats in our life. Date: Tuesday October 8th Time: 1:00-2:00 Location: Virtual Stress and Eating Are you a stress eater? Stress affects how and what we eat Join nutritionist Sylvia Emmorey to learn how to manage stress through your diet and stop stress eating for good Date: Tuesday October 16 Time: 1:00-2:00 Location: Virtual
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