Workshops
WEPC Peer Helpers and volunteers are trained to present workshops that deal with a wide variety of issues relating to university life. These workshops can be presented upon request for residences, student groups, and other groups on-campus. To book a workshop, please complete our Workshop Request Form.
- Please note that workshops must be requested at least two weeks in advance of the preferred workshop date. You are also responsible for booking a room on campus to hold the event, as well as promoting your event. All workshops are 1 hour in length unless otherwise noted.
If you're an individual looking to join a workshop, check out our GryphLife page to see what workshops are coming up!
Any of our Wondering about Wellness Discussions can be facilitated by a WEPC peer or staff member, but we can also provide you with a copy of our facilitation guide so that you can lead the discussion yourself in a way that is more tailored to your audience!
Workshops Currently Being Offered:
Substance Use
- Substance Use for Student Leaders
- This training is for student leaders who are in positions where they support other students. This presentation is an introduction to substance use stigma, harm reduction, and safer use tips for consuming cannabis, opioids, and alcohol. Students will also learn how to talk about substance use and addictions in a non-stigmatizing way, respond to alcohol poisoning, and build empathy for people that use substances.
- Safer Alcohol Use (Wondering about Wellness Discussion Series)
- This facilitated discussion is intended to be interactive and provide students with the opportunity to engage with the topic of safer alcohol use. Through a mix of educational content and guided questions, students will leave feeling more informed!
- Length: This discussion can be done in 10 to 30 minutes and makes a great addition to a team meeting or similar event.
Sexual Health
- Sex 101
- Sex 101 is a presentation-style introduction to sexual health. This presentation introduces a number of topics that students may face. Through informal discussion and demonstrations, participants will learn about the correct way to use condoms and dental dams, the importance of communication, STIs (sexually transmitted infections), sex toys and sexual pleasure.
- Sex Toys
- The sex toy workshop builds respect for sexual diversity, conveys the importance of sexual communication in a relationship, and enhances students' appreciation of different sex toys. It includes myth-busting, tips to reduce risk when using sex toys, and discussions about the different categories of sex toys and how to use them. This workshop will better equip students with knowledge about sex toy diversity, safety, and care.
- Consent & Healthy Communication (Wondering about Wellness Discussion Series)
- This facilitated discussion is intended to be interactive and provide students with the opportunity to engage with the topic of consent and healthy communication. Through a mix of educational content and guided questions, students will leave feeling more informed!
- Length: This discussion can be done in 10 to 30 minutes and makes a great addition to a team meeting or similar event.
- Safer Sex (Wondering about Wellness Discussion Series)
- This facilitated discussion is intended to be interactive and provide students with the opportunity to engage with the topic of safer sex. Through a mix of educational content and guided questions, students will leave feeling more informed!
- Length: This discussion can be done in 10 to 30 minutes and makes a great addition to a team meeting or similar event.
Healthy Eating, Active Living
- Disordered Eating & Eating Disorders (Wondering about Wellness Discussion Series)
- This facilitated discussion is intended to be interactive and provide students with the opportunity to engage with the topic of disordered eating and eating disorders. Through a mix of educational content and guided questions, students will leave feeling more informed!
- Length: This discussion can be done in 10 to 30 minutes and makes a great addition to a team meeting or similar event.
- Healthy Eating (Wondering about Wellness Discussion Series)
- This facilitated discussion is intended to be interactive and provide students with the opportunity to engage with the topic of healthy eating. Through a mix of educational content and guided questions, students will leave feeling more informed!
- Length: This discussion can be done in 10 to 30 minutes and makes a great addition to a team meeting or similar event.
Mental Health
- Self-Care Workshop
- This workshop for a general audience discusses what exactly self-care is, what it looks like in practice, and how to make self-care a priority. We'll also touch on the benefits of self-care practices and how to build habits to make self-care a natural part of your individual routine.
- Self-Care for Student Leaders
- As student leaders, it’s easy to put caring for others ahead of caring for yourself. This can lead to stress, burnout, and a lack of motivation to continue in leadership positions. This session is designed to help you get on the right track by discussing the difference between self-care and self-soothing, the various ways we can practice self-care, and by creating your own self-care plan.
- Stress Management Workshop
- University life can be both exhilarating and overwhelming at the same time. Stress associated with school, friends, romance, housemates or finances can motivate you to work harder, or it can send you into a downward spiral. What’s a person to do? This workshop was designed to help students identify sources of stress and to learn skills to reduce or manage stress. With all the schoolwork, housework, ‘work’ work, and balancing interpersonal relationships, coping with stress will be one less thing to worry about.
- Peer Support Skills Training
- This workshop is designed specifically for student leaders in roles that provide support and/or mentorship to other students. The workshop covers creating a safer space, active listening and empathy skills, grounding techniques, an overview of resources for referral, and a conversation on boundaries within the specific role.
- Length: 2 hours
- Helping a Friend
- This workshop is for students who are in a supportive role for a family member or friend to develop more skills to help them in that relationship. This workshop addresses common mental health struggles, techniques to support a friend, and the importance of self-care when dealing with someone else’s concerns to ensure your own wellness.
- Boundaries
- This workshop focuses on understanding what boundaries are and their importance, types of boundaries, applying boundaries, and providing knowledge of resources related to boundaries.
- Building Self-Esteem and Confidence
- Building self-esteem and confidence is a critical skill for university students to be able to live independently, succeed academically, and thrive! This workshop includes an overview of what self-esteem & confidence are and how they affect us on a daily basis, how to deal with our inner critic, and a number of activities to take home to combat biased expectations, negative self-talk, and more.
- Perfectionism
- This is a peer-to-peer workshop centred on what perfectionism is, how it works, and what we can do about it. Perfect is the enemy of good, so let's work together to overcome the pattern of self-defeating perfectionism and build habits toward a healthier pursuit of excellence.
- Building Healthy Habits
- This workshop covers what exactly habits are, what it means to change our behaviour, and what ways of habit-building are effective. We'll also provide a tangible plan for building habits right now, and have a Q&A period to discuss our shared insights and plans moving forward.
- Intro to Mindful Meditation Workshop
- Learn the basics of mindfulness and meditation in this peer-led workshop! We explore breathing techniques, some tips on monitoring our mental and physical well-being, and demonstrate how to practice mindfulness in our everyday lives.
- Self-Compassion Workshop
- Everyone deserves compassion, especially from within. This peer-to-peer workshop on self-compassion centers on sharing information, personal experiences, take-home tips, and more to help students learn how to be compassionate toward themselves in our everyday life, even when life is getting us down
- Self-Compassion (Wondering about Wellness Discussion Series)
- This facilitated discussion is intended to be interactive and provide students with the opportunity to engage with the topic of self-compassion. Through a mix of educational content and guided questions, students will leave feeling more informed!
- Length: This discussion can be done in 10 to 30 minutes and makes a great addition to a team meeting or similar event.
- Your Happiest Day: Journaling & Goal Setting Workshop
- This workshop helps students to make their happiest day a reality using goal setting, journaling, and visualization. This workshop shares the benefits of visualizing a successful future, how to build a journaling practice, the basics of goal-setting that align with your individual values, and activities to get you started on the path to your happiest future. This workshop must be confirmed 2 weeks before the presentation date to ensure we can supply journals to participants.
- Well-Being in the Workplace Workshop
- This workshop is designed for students who are preparing to graduate and are nervous about the transition into the workforce. This workshop discusses how to manage stress through this transition and while working, how to advocate for your well-being needs to your employer, how to combat imposter syndrome and practice self-compassion, and how to find balance. Please note that this workshop does not cover resume writing, interview skills, or other career search-related content. For information on that, please contact the Experiential Learning Hub.
- Growth Mindset (Wondering about Wellness Discussion Series)
- This facilitated discussion is intended to be interactive and provide students with the opportunity to engage with the topic of developing a growth mindset. Through a mix of educational content and guided questions, students will leave feeling more informed!
- Length: This discussion can be done in 10 to 30 minutes and makes a great addition to a team meeting or similar event.
- Self-Care and Wellbeing (Wondering about Wellness Discussion Series)
- This facilitated discussion is intended to be interactive and provide students with the opportunity to engage with the topic of self-care and well-being. Through a mix of educational content and guided questions, students will leave feeling more informed!
- Length: This discussion can be done in 10 to 30 minutes and makes a great addition to a team meeting or similar event.
- Grounding Practices (Wondering about Wellness Discussion Series)
- This facilitated discussion is intended to be interactive and provide students with the opportunity to engage with the topic of grounding practices. Through a mix of educational content and guided questions, students will leave feeling more informed!
- Length: This discussion can be done in 10 to 30 minutes and makes a great addition to a team meeting or similar event.
- Habits for Wellbeing (Wondering about Wellness Discussion Series)
- This facilitated discussion is intended to be interactive and provide students with the opportunity to engage with the topic of developing habits for well-being. Through a mix of educational content and guided questions, students will leave feeling more informed!
- Length: This discussion can be done in 10 to 30 minutes, and makes a great addition to a team meeting or similar event.