Workshops

This workshop will help you learn about the importance of self-care and explore your current coping mechanisms. You will complete a personalized wellness assessment and create an individual self-care plan. 

^{Can't make it to one of the live workshops? Check out the slides and worksheets below. These resources are intended for personal use only.}

Discover Your Self Care Slides 

Discover Your Self Care Wellness Assessment 

Discover Your Self Care Wellness Plan

Having trouble with difficult or negative thoughts?

Learn strategies to manage negative thoughts, emotions and mood in this 50-minute workshop.

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Healthier Thinking Slides (PDF) 

Healthier Thinking Worksheet 

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This workshop seeks to strengthen the grief and loss supports that are available in the campus community, while also providing skill-building for students when working with individuals who are grieving and/or who have experienced loss.

Workshop focus:
Understand key concepts of grief and loss such as;

• Build skills around emotional support and resource sharing
• Unpack and understand the various processes of grieving

What to Expect:

During this workshop, there is no pressure for you to turn on your camera or microphones and you are welcome to keep them off if you prefer. Interaction in the workshop will happen through a few anonymous polls, and beyond that participants can choose if they would like to participate further through the chat or unmuting for questions and comments, however this is not required.

Facilitated by:

Julie Stewart MA, MSW, RSW, Counsellor (Instructor), Student Wellness Services 

This workshop has a capacity of 60 participants and will be delivered via Zoom.

Dates/Times/Registration

• Student Workshop: Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2024 (2-4 p.m.) Registration opens on Sept. 11
• Student Workshop: Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2024 (2-4 p.m.) Registration opens on Oct. 14 
• Staff/Faculty Workshop: Wednesday, Nov. 13, 2024 (12-2 p.m.) Registration opens on Oct. 14

This workshop will help you develop a better understanding of your own anxiety, and learn strategies to both reduce the impact of stress over the long term and manage anxiety in the moment.  

^{Can't make it to one of the live workshops? Check out the slides and worksheets below. These resources are intended for personal use only.}

Managing Stress and Anxiety Slides (PDF) 

Managing Stress and Anxiety Worksheet  

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Are you your own biggest critic? Are you often hard on yourself?

Explore the benefits of self-compassion and strategies to increase kindness to yourself and others in this 50-minute workshop. 

^{Can't make it to one of the live workshops? Check out the slides and worksheets below. These resources are intended for personal use only.} 

Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Slides (PDF)

Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Worksheet

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Learn more about the nature of motivation, how it impacts mental health, and some strategies to target procrastination in this 50-minute workshop.

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Motivation and Time Management Slides (PDF) 

Motivation and Time Management Worksheet

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Hey students - are you wanting to meet people and make friends at university, but are finding it difficult to take those first steps? You’re not alone! Despite the end of Covid quarantines and exclusively online learning, many students still report feelings of isolation and loneliness and, more importantly, report a strong desire to connect with their peers.

Workshop Focus: 

In this hybrid workshop and social event, presented by a mental health counsellor, you'll:

1. learn about how our own fears get in the way of meeting new people and how to overcome these fears with Social Courage, and;
2. meet people who are likewise eager to meet people and make new friends through organized Speed Friending!

Curious? Come check it out! You'll learn some things and might even make some friends along the way - just in time to make plans for the summer.

What to Expect:

• Learn about anxiety, fear, and social courage
• Speed Friending (organized, 5-minute chats 1-on-1, repeated with lots of people)
• A chance to make some new friends and social plans for the summer

This workshop has a capacity of 30 participants and is open to all UCalgary students. 

Want to make a positive change in your life and change an unhealthy, unhelpful, or unsustainable habit? This workshop will help you learn how to identify and replace negative habits and change your behaviour in a sustainable way. 

^{Can't make it to one of the live workshops? Check out the slides and worksheets below. These resources are intended for personal use only.}

Transforming Habits Slides (PDF) 

Transforming Habits Worksheet

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This workshop will help students new to the university environment debunk myths about university, learn strategies for adapting to change, and learn about useful resources to support you on campus. 

Transitioning to University Slides (PDF) 

 © Student Wellness Services, 2023