Upcoming Events

Monday, August 11, 2025: 3:00pm - 4:30pm (In-person)

Join this training to learn how to recognize signs of mental health challenges, engage in supportive conversations, and refer individuals to appropriate resources with compassion and confidence.

Register for the training here.

This training is open to students, staff, and faculty. 

Additional details such as the location of the training will be sent close to the date.

From Monday, August 11, 2025 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT at University of Guelph.

Designed by Living Works, safeTALK is a 3.5-hour alertness training and certification that prepares anyone, regardless of prior experience or training, to become a suicide-alert helper. This training includes understanding of the importance of suicide alertness, learning to identify ways people invite help, and how to connect those who need help with resources when they are at risk.

This training is recommended for individuals who are not mental health experts but who might have on-going relationships with people who have mental health issues and/or where the individual is in a position of authority, however anyone is welcome. This training is offered at no cost to U of G staff, faculty, and students. 

Date: Thursday, July 31st, 2025 (in-person)

Time: 1:00pm - 4:30pm

Register here.

Questions: Email mentalhealth.training@uoguelph.ca

Additional details such as the location of the training will be sent close to the training date.

From Thursday, July 31, 2025 1:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT at University of Guelph.

Friday, July 25th, 2025: 3:00pm - 4:30pm (In-person)

Join this training to learn how to recognize signs of mental health challenges, engage in supportive conversations, and refer individuals to appropriate resources with compassion and confidence.

Register for the training here.

This training is open to students, staff, and faculty. 

Additional details such as the location of the training will be sent close to the date.

From Friday, July 25, 2025 3:00 PM to 4:30 PM EDT at University of Guelph.

Learn proven, drug-free strategies to fall asleep (or back to sleep) more easily, and get more energy from sleep.  

This skills program provides information and instruction in the cognitive / behavioural techniques most effective for decreasing insomnia and promoting more restful sleep. 
It includes :
*  the sleep behaviours most highly recommended by sleep researchers
*  strategies for addressing mid night awakenings
*  techniques to clear the mind of unproductive self-talk, worry and mental chatter
*  how to avoid the ‘Big Mistake’ that prevents quality sleep

Go at your own pace through each lesson in this special online, on-demand sleep skills program with Kathy Somers of the Stress Management & High Performance Clinic.  
A new lesson arrives in your e-mail box once a week for five weeks. 
You have lifetime access to the lessons and can begin today!

Why wait until 7:00 pm on May 27  -  you can start anytime, whenever you register, since it is on-demand!

Learn more and register at https://selfregulationskills.ca/programs/better-sleep/  

From Tuesday, May 27, 2025 7:00 PM to 8:00 PM EDT at Online.

• checking how closely your current thought habits align with the thinking patterns that are most strongly associated with resilience

• ways to tackle the worry loops and shift them to constructive action planning

• the cognitive / thinking strategies that increase
  stress hardiness,
  the growth mindset,
  recovery from adversity,
  and thriving despite the pressure of challenging situations/circumstances

This session meets ON-LINE with Kathy Somers of the Stress Management & High Performance Clinic.

From Wednesday, June 4, 2025 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT at Online.

Uncertainty feeds worry, escalating anxiety.  

Learn research-based tips and approaches

for decreasing anxiety and worry in the midst of stressful world events,

to help cope more effectively through the turbulence.

This two-hour evening workshop includes:

• skills for navigating the stress and anxiety that naturally escalates during unpredictable, tumultuous circumstances

• how to become more comfortable in the face of uncertainty

• ways to shift from catastrophic worrying to constructive thinking 

• tips for weathering life’s storms and turning challenges into stepping stones 

• self-regulation strategies for promoting a centre of calm

This session meets ON-LINE with Kathy Somers of the Stress Management & High Performance Clinic.

Details and registration are at https://www.SelfRegulationSkills.ca/programs/effective-coping-skills/

From Wednesday, May 28, 2025 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM EDT at Online.