FALL 2019 NEWSLETTER
Welcome to the first edition of our OISE Wellness Newsletter! This newsletter is intended to connect students, faculty and staff to opportunities to practice and learn about the various wellness activities available at OISE and the University of Toronto.
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Alysha Bulman (Health & Wellness Centre):
5 Ways to Wellbeing
Thursday, October 10, 2019 | 5:00 – 6:30 pm |
Room 5-250 (OISE)
Coping with the competing demands of graduate studies, meeting expectations, and navigating complex university systems can be exhausting! Investing in being happy, healthy and well provides a foundation for achieving balance and sustaining success. This interactive session explores what it means to feel good and function well as a graduate student.
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2019/20 MINDFUL LIVING & WORKING LUNCH & LEARN SERIES - FALL 2019
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Nicole Chen:
Great Teaching
Tuesday, October 22, 2019 | 12:10pm-12:50 pm | Room12-199 (OISE)
(Please note date change)
Learn how Nicole Chen, recipient of a 2018 Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence, uses mindfulness to help her students build compassion, gratitude and resilience. In 2017, Nicole co-wrote a mindfulness and social/emotional learning course, which six Toronto Catholic District School Board schools are offering this year. Her dream is to have the course become part of the Ontario curriculum.
Learn more about the work she is doing in a video entitle
Great Teaching
She was also featured in the Professionally Speaking article found
here
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Hilary Inwood:
Mapping Sustainable Happiness
Thursday, November 28, 2019
| 12:10pm-12:50 pm | Room12-199 (OISE)
Our happiness is integrally related to that of all life forms on earth - what is truly best for people is good for the planet, too. Join Hilary and learn more about Sustainable Happiness and begin to map and connect its elements to your own life. Hilary teaches in the Master of Teaching program at OISE, and has led its Environmental & Sustainability Education (ESE) Initiative for the past decade. Her work as a teacher educator, researcher, and artist often extends beyond the classroom to include school gardens, outdoor education centres, parks, and galleries.
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OISE's ACADEMIC SOCIAL CLUB
(AcSoC)
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OISE's Academic Social Club (AcSoC) is a peer-led group that group organizes curated activities and social events, hosts student-focused discussions, and leads excursions throughout Toronto. Members share information about activities, events, and services that are relevant to graduate students at OISE. Events are low-or-no-cost and membership is free.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
Thu Oct 10, 2019, 11am - 1pm
Watercolour Bookmarks
Meet:
OISE Lobby at 10:45 to travel to venue
Where:
Hart House Reading Room
Fri Oct 18, 2019, 12:30pm - 2:30pm
First Generation Students Get Ready for Midterms
Meet:
OISE Lobby at 12:00 to travel to venue
Where:
Centre for International Experience, Cumberland House, 33 St George St, Toronto
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Environmental and Sustainability Education (ESE)
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The
Environmental and Sustainability Education (ESE)
Initiative provides OISE students, TDSB educators and many others with an introduction to the concepts and practices of ESE to integrate in your teaching and learning at OISE, our partner schools and beyond!
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UPCOMING EVENTS
OISE's Amazing Stair Race
October 7-12, 2019, 12:00 - 1:00 pm each day
Form a team and join the
Amazing Stair Race
. The race is open to all students, faculty, and staff at OISE. Teams walk quickly up 13 flights of stairs (starting at the concourse level and ending at the 12th floor,) stopping along the way to answer sustainability-related questions. The winners get their names on the
Golden Sneaker Trophy
and some great prizes!
To sign up, please email the names of your team members and your preferred day to
[email protected]
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Wednesday, October 9th, 4:30 - 5:30 pm
OISE Room 5-280
This interactive talk by OISE researcher Maria Vamvalis will provide insights into the context for where things stand in climate change education locally, national and globally and advocate for transformative ways of harnessing educational spaces to address the climate crisis. Registration is free but required.
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University of Toronto:
Health & Wellness Centre
presents
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BREATHE WELL
Friday, October 11, 2019 | 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Friday, November 15, 2019 | 10:00 - 11:30 am
Friday, December 6, 2019 | 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Learn about the many benefits of incorporating more restorative breath, try new techniques for relaxation and muscle tension reduction, and learn new tips for making time to breathe.
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SLEEP WELL
Friday, October 18, 2019 | 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Friday, November 22, 2019 | 10:00 - 11:30 am
Friday, December 13, 2019 | 1:00 - 2:30 pm
Learn about the many benefits of incorporating more restorative breath, try new techniques for relaxation and muscle tension reduction, and learn new tips for making time to breathe.
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SGS BETTER COPING SKILLS
Behavioral Change
Wednesday, October 16, 2019 | 10:30 - 12:00 pm
Emotional Regulation
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 |
10:30 - 12:00 pm
Balanced Living
Wednesday, November 13, 2019 |
10:30 - 12:00 pm
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Workshops for
Faculty & Staff
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Lunchtime Mobility & Movement Sessions
Thursday, October 17 or 24 or 29, 2019 | 12:15 - 12:45 pm
Goldring Centre, 100 Devonshire Place
These 30-minute mobility and movement sessions will educate and assist you with integrating short (5-10 minute) workouts to undo some of the poor habits you tend to develop when sitting at your desk or performing repetitive movements that may cause imbalances.
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Campus Walk: Quiet Space for Contemplation
Friday, October 18, 2019 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Soldier's Tower by the memorial wall
Ready to move slowly through the middle of your day? Situated in the heart of Canada’s largest city, the University of Toronto provides dozens of quiet spaces tucked away, just out of sight! Join us – rain or shine – on this stroll to contemplative quiet spaces. Can you feel your shoulders drop already?
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Happy Parents, Happy Kids
Thursday, October 24, 2019 | 12:00 - 1:30 pm
215 Huron Street | Room 610
Ann Douglas, a Canadian best-selling parenting author, provides a guide to parenting without anxiety, guilt, or feeling overwhelmed in her latest book:Happy Parents, Happy Kids.
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Mindfulness at Work: Living and Working with Presence
Friday, October 25, 2019 | 12:00 - 1:00 pm
Governing Council Chamber | 27 Kings College Circle | Room 214
This keynote presentation offers a research-based and experiential approach to mindfulness in the workplace. Participants will learn about mindfulness concepts, the science behind the practice, and have an opportunity to participate in short guided meditations and reflections. They will also be introduced to the concept of self-compassion and learn practical ways to apply self-compassion to their own life and work. This content offers a contemporary, secular conceptualization of mindfulness that is based on (but also departs from) contemplative traditions.
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Money Management: Building Financial Health
Wednesday, October 30, 2019 | 12:00 - 1:30 pm
215 Huron Street | Room 610
“Watch the pennies and the dollars will take care of themselves.”
More than just a cliché, money management is the single most powerful planning tool at your disposal. The moral is simple – live within your means. But do you really know where your money is going?
This seminar will focus on strategies that will help you to become disciplined about spending and saving – making certain that you can reach your financial goals.
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A Co-Curricular Credit Opportunity for Students:
Cultivating Personal Health & Wellness through Mindfulness
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The Cultivating Personal Health & Wellness through Mindfulness program is an opportunity for students to become aware of, develop knowledge about, and practice mindfulness for their overall health and well being. The program is intended to improve one's general well-being to impact both their academic and personal lives. Successful students will have attended 10 or more of the available OISE Wellness sessions throughout the year. Sessions can include Mindful Moments, Lunch & Learn sessions, yoga or other pre-approved activities for this program. This opportunity is available to all OISE students.
Since the start of the program in September, over 100 students are currently registered in the program and it's growing every day!
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The University of Toronto is committed to supporting a culture that promotes mental health. The "Identify, Assist, Refer" approach guides you in identifying someone experiencing a mental health challenge, offering assistance, and facilitating help-seeking behaviour.
The IAR Online a great training for students, faculty and staff, and only takes about 30 minute to complete!
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True Blue Recognitions
Take two minutes and recognize the everyday contributions of OISE faculty and staff!
This recognition program aims to profile staff and faculty who in their own way make invaluable contributions to OISE and the University of Toronto each and every day.
U of T wants to hear from you about the amazing people you know at OISE! This award is designed to showcase and acknowledge our staff and faculty who are loyal and committed to making this University a great place to be. They are ‘True Blue'.
The nomination process is simple: all it takes is a couple of minutes to complete this
short online form
. Selection criteria is listed on the
True Blue Award
page
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Subscribe to the
Our Mindful Campus
Newsletter
This newsletter connects students, faculty and staff to opportunities to practice, learn and participate in the mindfulness movement at the University of Toronto.
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Offered every Thursday, 12:10 – 12:50 pm
September 12, 2019 - April 3, 2020
Join us weekly to practice secular mindful meditation techniques
that will increase your relaxation, resiliency and focus.
*Late arrivals and early departures welcome.
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Sponsored by ORSS
Offered every Wednesday,
12:10 - 12:50 pm
September 11, 2019 - March 25, 2020
Room 8-220
These sessions provide a space intended to explore the basic practices of mindfulness, promoting a personal and non-judgmental connection with our present experience. In this way, it looks to provide tools to address the difficulties that arise in the course of life.
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Sponsored by ORSS
Offered every Monday, 12:40 - 1:15 pm | JICS 363 (JICS)
AND every Thursday, 4:10 - 4:50 pm | 5-230 (OISE)
September 19, 2019 - March 26, 2020
This is a space to reconnect with our body, mind and emotions through the practice of various mindfulness techniques, with the purpose of increasing inner harmony and overall well-being. Everyone is welcome!
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ABOUT OISE WELLNESS COMMITTEE
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As a priority outlined in the
OISE Academic Plan 2017-2022
, we established the OISE Wellness committee in 2018 to develop a wellness program that supports the health and well-being of the OISE community.
Learn more
about the OISE Wellness Committee and have your say on the work we do to serve the community.
If you would like to subscribe to the OISE Wellness Listserv, send a message to
[email protected]
and ask to be put on the list.
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