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Wellness Skill-Building Seminars

Led by a uOttawa clinical psychologist, these seminars will help you learn, practice and master effective wellness strategies and skills that will be useful throughout your entire academic career and even beyond.

What will you learn?

Each seminar will focus on a different wellness skill. We will look at the science behind that skill and show you how to use it to improve your own wellbeing and effectiveness.

These seminars have a practical component. You will learn by doing, as well as reading and listening.

Success and Wellness Seminar

Start the academic year on a good note with a one-hour seminar on wellness! This session is highly recommended for all new students, and you could win an iPad!

Schedule — Fall 2022
Date and Time  Registration Link 
November 7th, from 3 to 4 p.m.  https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/442319538647
November 16th, from 3 to 4 p.m.  https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/442646125477
November 25th, from 2 to 3 p.m.  https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/442650057237

Schedule and Topics

You can attend the seminar of your choice or the entire series. Attending the complete series will you help you reinforce the skills you have learned.

Seminars take place on Fridays, from 1:00 p.m. until 2:20 p.m., on Zoom. The Zoom link will be provided to you upon registration.

The seminar series was developed by Darcy Santor, a clinical psychologist and professor at the School of Psychology at the University. For more information on the seminars, please contact Dr. Santor (dsan[email protected]).

Wellness skill-building seminars schedule and topics — Fall 2022
Seminars Date Registration Link 
Seminar 1: Scheduling: The science and art of making it all fit.  October 14 https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/362539363997 
Seminar 2: Relaxation breathing and mindfulness. October 21 https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/380993460697
Seminar 3: Managing doubts, worries, and what-ifs. Tracking accomplishments. November 4 https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/380991113677
Seminar 4: The extraordinary benefits of sleep on learning and wellbeing. November 11 https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/380994834807
Seminar 5: Goal setting, building habits & GRIT. Tackling procrastination and boredom. November 18 https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/381000592027
Seminar 6: Mental illness: Do I have it and what to do about it. November 25 https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/380998194857
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Student voices

“This seminar taught me the essential skills I needed to get through the term without affecting my mental health, or worse, living in constant fear or anxiety.”

Anonymous

Following each seminar, you will be able to complete optional exercises. These exercises will make you practice the skills you have learned, test your knowledge, or help you learn something about yourself.