Living Well With Shift Work

Date

Wednesday April 30, 2025
10:30 pm - 11:30 pm

Location

Online

Working shifts shouldn't mean sacrificing your health and wellbeing. Whether you're on nights, early mornings, or rotating schedules, this 1-hour TELUS Health session will offer evidence-based strategies to help you sleep better, eat well, manage stress, and reconnect with what matters most.

Learn how shift work affects your body, relationships, and energy — and discover simple, powerful tools to take care of yourself.

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

  • Understand how shift work affects health and relationships
  • Recognize common stressors related to shift work
  • Apply techniques to improve sleep, nutrition, and overall wellbeing

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Living Well With Shift Work

Date

Tuesday April 29, 2025
4:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Location

Online

Working shifts shouldn't mean sacrificing your health and wellbeing. Whether you're on nights, early mornings, or rotating schedules, this 1-hour TELUS Health session will offer evidence-based strategies to help you sleep better, eat well, manage stress, and reconnect with what matters most.

Learn how shift work affects your body, relationships, and energy — and discover simple, powerful tools to take care of yourself.

At the end of the session, participants will be able to:

  • Understand how shift work affects health and relationships
  • Recognize common stressors related to shift work
  • Apply techniques to improve sleep, nutrition, and overall wellbeing

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Silencing your Inner Critic

Date

Friday May 9, 2025
11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Location

Online

Negative self-talk can get in the way of our confidence, motivation, and mental wellbeing. As part of Mental Health Week, Queen’s Employee Wellness invites you to join Silencing Your Inner Critic, a Thrive 365 online session presented by TELUS Health. Learn practical strategies to better understand your inner dialogue, reduce self-judgment, and build a more compassionate inner voice. This session is perfect for anyone looking to strengthen their resilience and personal wellness.

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Wellness Walk

Date

Thursday May 8, 2025
12:30 pm - 1:00 pm

Location

Meet in front of Fleming Hall

As part of our commitment to employee wellbeing, join us for a rejuvenating Wellness Walk along the waterfront during Mental Health Week this May. Take a well-deserved break and immerse yourself in the tranquil surroundings. In just 25 to 30 minutes, recharge your mind and body, promoting mental wellness through movement and connection with nature. Let's prioritize mental health together by embracing this opportunity to destress, unwind, and foster a culture of wellbeing in our workplace. Don't miss out on this refreshing activity during our Mental Health Week!

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Building Confidence in Sharing Mental Health Experiences

Date

Wednesday May 7, 2025
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Location

Online

This session is designed to help you feel more prepared and empowered when talking about your own mental health journey—or supporting someone else’s. Whether you choose to share or simply want to listen and learn, this session promotes a stronger, more compassionate workplace culture for all.

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Mental Health Awareness

Date

Tuesday May 6, 2025
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Location

Online

This one-hour session is designed to raise awareness, reduce stigma, and build confidence in recognizing and responding to signs of mental health challenges in the workplace and beyond. Whether you're supporting a colleague or caring for your own mental wellness, this session offers practical insights and strategies to help you thrive.

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A Bit More Than A Rough Patch: What a Comedian Learned ³ÉÈË´óÆ¬ Taking Mental Health Seriously

Date

Monday May 5, 2025
9:30 am - 10:30 am

Location

Online

Continuing the conversation on mental health, this session marks the start of Canadian Mental Health Week. Building on the momentum of Chancellor Rogers' Thrive Week 2024 keynote, we invite you to join us for an engaging and thought-provoking online session with comedian, author, and mental health advocate Susan Stewart. In her talk, Susan shares her personal experience of surviving a mental health crisis. With honesty, vulnerability, and a touch of humour, she will challenge the stigma around mental illness, offer hope to those facing similar struggles, and remind us of the power of laughter and resilience.

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You Can Do Hard Things: How To Change What No Longer Serves You

Date

Thursday May 1, 2025
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Location

Online

Change is constant and inevitable. We make decisions every day, whether big or small. But what happens when we feel stuck, when we know that change is needed but we can’t quite find the motivation to see it through? Discover the solution during Canada Life’s and Workplace Strategies for Mental Health’s new webinar - You can do hard things: How to change what no longer serves you.

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Preventing and Managing Burnout

Date

Thursday May 8, 2025
11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Location

Online

Burnout is more than just feeling overwhelmed—it can impact your wellbeing, productivity, and overall quality of life. This interactive session will guide you through practical strategies to recognize burnout risks, explore different types of rest, and implement simple, effective techniques to support recovery and resilience. Whether you're looking to prevent burnout or find ways to restore your energy, this session will provide valuable tools to help you and those around you thrive.

Putting Workload Management on the Agenda: Creating Awareness Workshop

Date

Monday May 26, 2025
11:00 am - 12:00 pm

Location

Online

Managing Workload can be a challenge in any organization. Come find out how best to manage your workload in a practical way. Any thriving organization should have more work than can be accomplished in a day. A psychologically healthy and safe environment allows you to do your job with the least amount of stress about work left to do. Everyone needs to be involved. This session is focused on discussing in a practical way, what workload management means for you and/or for your team if you are in a leadership role. We all deserve to provide a good day's work and go home with our mental and physical wellbeing intact. Please come prepared to make a positive contribution by thinking about how to reduce workload stress.