This Wednesday was Bell Let’s Talk Day, an annual mental illness and mental health awareness campaign. The peer health educators of the HealthyU Crew's Mental Health Team ran two live programs for Bell Let’s Talk Day. In the Sidney Smith…
Combating psychiatric drug stigma: 7 common myths about antidepressants
It’s gearing up towards exam time. Stress level tends to be high around this time and affects each student in their own individual way. For some, the effect of stress is higher on them due to existing mental health conditions…
Design for Change – A better campus for all
Recently I attended a mini-conference called Design for Change for Woodsworth College. Students from first years to final years gathered to have round-table discussions on creating a healthier Woodsworth environment. In this particular context, health is not merely just physical…
Where has the sun gone? To the library!
Do you remember when the last time was you saw the sun? It’s that time of the year again. It has been overcast or raining all week. The trees have shed all their leaves. But it’s not yet time for…
Stay curious! Your program doesn’t define you! Thoughts from nanomedicine conference
The process of deciding on your subject POSt might still be fresh on some of your minds. UofT makes a pretty big deal out of it. There’s grade cut-offs, limited spots in some, and applications in others. And then there’s…
Procrastination without the guilt, if you do it right!
Last week on social media HealthyU did a small campaign promoting wellbeing through one action item per day as outlined by the NEF (Aked, Marks, Cordon, Thompson, 2008). They defined wellbeing as “Feelings of happiness, contentment, enjoyment, curiosity, and engagement”…