In October 2018, U of G celebrated its second annual Healthy Workplace Month. Thank you to everyone who participated in the events, activities and contests that were held throughout the month.
Below you will find links to a variety of articles, photos and video recordings that provide a snapshot of highlights from some of the events that took place:
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As a new Healthy Workplace Month activity, employees were encouraged to festively decorate their work space or common office area with colleagues and submit photos using the hashtag #wellnessatUofG or email to wellnessatwork@uoguelph.ca.
11 groups used their creativity to decorate their work spaces and U of G looked spooky!
Here are the top 3 winning Spooktacular Spaces:
1st- Amy Tyszka and Barb Piccoli in Hospitality, Food & Tourism Management
Thanks to everyone who explored the U of G campus to complete the Discover our Spaces Scavenger Hunt!
We had 39 employees submit their completed crossword and a review committee randomly selected the top 3 winners. Congratulations to the following prize winners:
1st place- Brendan Fagan
2nd place- Amanda Sawlor
3rd place- Morgan Rees
Here is the feedback we received from the cross-word activity:
During October's Healthy Workplace Month, we asked employees to submit a photo of a beautiful U of G space. We asked, "What’s your favourite space on campus? Take a photo of the place that you love best on Guelph campus, at Ridgetown, the University of Guelph-Humber or at a research station – anywhere U of G is! – and tell us why you like it so much."
We received 21 photo entries and it was a difficult decision for the review committee. The following photos were selected as the winning photos:
1st place- Danielle Watson
On a warm September morning at the beginning of another school year at University of Guelph, Lynne Skilton-Hayes rolls over in bed to turn her alarm clock off after an almost 8-hour sleep. She stretches her arms above her head preparing for the day ahead of her in the state-of-the-art Athletic Centre that her visions brought to life. Rather than breakfast, Lynne makes her way into the kitchen to start her day with a cup of coffee. After coffee, she blends up her smoothie for her ride to work and the fitness classes she plans to teach.
On November 6th, 2018 U of G was recognized at the Canada Awards for Excellence Summit for the Bronze Healthy Workplace® award. View the full news release from Excellence Canada attached below.
Excellence Canada's mission is to help organizations in all sectors become the best-in-class by implementing standards of excellence.
You can learn more about U of G's partnership with Excellence Canada and read the Bronze submission here.
During Healthy Workplace Month, Chef Valerie hosted a cooking demonstration in the University Centre Courtyard, sharing her tips and tricks for cooking the perfect pasta primavera dish. Participants were given a sample of her delicious recipe following the cooking demo.
Interested in trying out this dish? View the recipe attached below and watch the video recording from this event.
Bon appétit!
From September 21st to October 5th, many U of G employees participated in the Guelph Family Health Team's FHT to Move "Hustle for the Harvest" Activity Challenge. The annual contest celebrates opportunities to be physically active and participants are asked to track their daily exercise.
Congrats to Danica who rose to the top of U of G's Wellness@Work team with the most activity points throughout the challenge!
Does it take a long time to fall asleep? Or to fall back to sleep when you wake in the night? Not getting much energy from your sleep?
Answering “yes” to any of these questions suggests that you may have insomnia.
It’s normal to have a sleepless night now and then. However, if insomnia persists for more than 3 weeks and begins interfering with your life, it’s considered a chronic insomnia.
One third of North American adults are having difficulties with sleep and the most common problem is insomnia.
Thank you to everyone who participated in the Campus Mile: Healthy Workplace Launch Event. We had over 100 people join on a rainy afternoon for a fun warm-up with Gryph and a one-mile walk or run through our beautiful campus. Thank you also to the United Way and community mental health agencies that came out to provide resources and information to our campus community.