Werklund Wellbeing Walks
Werklund, in partnership with the Campus Mental Health Strategy, is encouraging you to get out and walk to support your mental health during UFlourish.
Take a Movement Break
Markers have been set up across campus, each one sharing a unique wellbeing resource. Listen to a mindfulness podcast, read community stories of struggle and resilience, or complete a wellness self-check-in. It takes about 30 minutes to visit them all.
Gain Skills in Suicide Awareness & Education
Reach Out aims to increase awareness, provide educational opportunities, and encourage open dialogue about the topic of suicide. Reach Out gives the UCalgary campus community the tools to support students in distress through robust, accessible, evidence-based suicide intervention training programs. Learn more
Watch the Elder Wisdom Series: Between Two Worlds
Dr. Reg Crowshoe, Piikani Elder, and UCalgary’s Elder in Residence shares his grandmother’s story about traditional knowledge, preventative health, and how to use parallel paths of Indigenous and western medicine to promote a good way of life. Learn more
Do a Wellness Self Check-in
Discover the eight dimensions of wellness. Learn how you can support the social, financial, physical, emotional, spiritual, academic, intellectual, and environmental dimensions of wellness. Learn more
Listen to the UCalgary Mindfulness Podcast
Listen to the eight-part mindfulness series: Stepping Out of Reactivity. The practice of mindfulness is for everyone. It is a meditation practice that can reduce stress and anxiety and improve attention and creativity, supporting our daily functioning. Learn more
Watch the Self-Help Mental Health Video Series
This self-help video series provides information, tips, and strategies to manage your wellness more effectively. Watch videos on anxiety, stress, sleep, self-care, motivation & procrastination, healthy thinking, and perfectionism. Learn more
Watch a Wellness Series Webinar
From self-care and crisis response, to resilience, emotional wellness, and mindfulness. Watch past webinars from the Taylor Institute for Teaching and Learning and the Campus Mental Health Strategy. Learn more
Discover Community Stories
Students, staff, faculty, and post-docs share stories of struggle and resilience during their experiences working, studying, and researching in post-secondary. Learn more