Barre – Fitness Session

Date

Tuesday September 30, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Location

ARC Studio 1

This class emphasizes precise movements to activate, isolate, and stabilize core muscles. This class is great for improving posture, flexibility, balance and strength, to help you stay strong throughout your workweek. The class is a mix of beginner and intermediate exercises and options will be given for all levels. Please note that registration opens two days before each session. 

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Indoor Cycle – Fitness Session

Date

Thursday September 25, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Location

ARC Cycle Studio

Challenge yourself with this great cardio conditioning class! Instructors will lead you through a variety of challenging rides including hills, sprints and team riding all set to great motivating music. Suitable for all levels of riders. Please note that registration opens two days before each session. 

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All Levels Yoga – Fitness Session

Date

Thursday September 18, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Location

ARC Studio 4

Strengthen, stretch, and sweat in this hatha-based yoga class that incorporates meditation and breath work with classic yoga poses. With variations offered in each pose, you'll learn the foundations of yoga and find opportunities to challenge yourself in new ways. Suitable for all participant levels. Please note that registration opens two days before each session. 

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Savouring Nature: Photography Exhibition

Date

Thursday October 9, 2025
11:00 am - 5:00 pm

Location

New Garden Beds behind Nicol Hall (near the walking path)

Gardens 4 Joy is hosting an outdoor photography exhibition, Savouring Nature. The exhibition will be on display from 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., weather permitting, with the date subject to change.

The Queen's community is invited to visit this exhibition, which will showcase nature-based photography featuring works exclusively from the three garden beds. This is a drop-in opportunity, not a structured session. Registration is encouraged but not necessary.

This event is organized and facilitated by , an initiative that aims to help foster the wellbeing of the Queen’s community through gardening.

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Virtual Fatigue: Prevention and Practical Tips to Reduce its Impacts

Date

Monday September 29, 2025
11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Location

Online

Join us for a TELUS Health virtual session designed to help you beat burnout from screens and stay energized throughout your workday. 

You’ll learn:

  • What causes virtual fatigue
  • Simple ways to reduce tech-related strain
  • How to build better habits in digital spaces

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Ergonomics and Wellness for Working At Home

Date

Monday September 22, 2025
11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Location

Online

Join us for a virtual session hosted by TELUS Health, to learn how to set up a safe, comfortable workspace, build better habits, and stay physically and mentally well throughout your workday. Includes expert tips, group discussion, and a wellness guide you can use right away! 

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Learning to Recharge

Date

Wednesday September 17, 2025
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Location

Online

It may seem like a good work strategy to do one more thing or push through. But, in fact, our focus and productivity will go down when our energy is depleted. This means we have to work harder and longer to get the same results that we would have if we took the time to recharge. This session will teach you ways to recharge yourself.

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Preventing and Managing Burnout

Date

Thursday September 18, 2025
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Location

Online

There has been a lot of discussion about what burnout is, and the fact that many people experience it. This workshop goes beyond those facts to cover practical actions you can take to prevent burnout, or if you are experiencing it, to begin to recover from it.

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Water. Connect. Harvest.

Date

Tuesday September 30, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Location

New Garden Beds behind Nicol Hall (near the walking path)

Looking for a simple way to de-stress, get outdoors, and build community? Join us for Water. Connect. Harvest. â€“ a weekly drop-in gardening hour running throughout the harvest season! 

  • Water the garden beds
  • Harvest fresh produce (take what’s ripe home for your salad!)
  • Connect with colleagues and nature
  • Admire the flowers and photograph them!

Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just curious, you’re welcome to drop by anytime during the hour. Come solo or bring a friend!

This is an informal, self-paced event. The weekly drop-in gardening hour will run every Tuesday from 12-1 p.m. until the end of September.

This event is organized and facilitated by , an initiative that aims to help foster the wellbeing of the Queen’s community through gardening.

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Water. Connect. Harvest.

Date

Tuesday September 23, 2025
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

Location

New Garden Beds behind Nicol Hall (near the walking path)

Looking for a simple way to de-stress, get outdoors, and build community? Join us for Water. Connect. Harvest. â€“ a weekly drop-in gardening hour running throughout the harvest season! 

  • Water the garden beds
  • Harvest fresh produce (take what’s ripe home for your salad!)
  • Connect with colleagues and nature
  • Admire the flowers and photograph them!

Whether you're a seasoned gardener or just curious, you’re welcome to drop by anytime during the hour. Come solo or bring a friend!

This is an informal, self-paced event. The weekly drop-in gardening hour will run every Tuesday from 12-1 p.m. until the end of September.

This event is organized and facilitated by , an initiative that aims to help foster the wellbeing of the Queen’s community through gardening.

Register