Everyone has mental health! Join us to learn the basics about what mental health is, the mental health continuum, what it means to struggle with your mental health, and the ways that stigma around mental health and illness creates barriers for those in need of support.

Join us for a session with the Canadian Mental Health Association – Windsor-Essex and discover how the signs and symptoms of anxiety, depression, and stress can often overlap. This session will also help support attendees in developing effective strategies for coping, self-care, and mental resilience.

Movement and exercise can be supportive of overall mental health and well-being. Join Chris Coady from UWorkItOut UWin for a session on the links between exercise and mental health.

Microaggressions are interactions or exchanges that send negative messages to marginalized people, whether through words, gestures, looks, or other actions. While the name may suggest otherwise, microaggressions can cause major harm and can be a source of chronic trauma, leading to anxiety, depression, and other mental health effects. Join us for a session introducing microaggressions, their effects, and identifying and avoiding them in our interactions, as well as how to respond as the recipient or as a bystander.

The definitions of – and differences between – Compassion Fatigue, Vicarious or Secondary Trauma, and Burnout are tackled in this workshop. Such factors and characteristics as organizational culture, role clarity, ambiguity, overload and conflict will be identified and examined – as well as their roles in contributing to or alleviating work stress – both organizationally and individually. Practical coping resources will be provided.

Whether at work or home, it can be hard to slow down in a stressful environment. Mindfulness means tuning into the present moment, thoughts, feelings, and sensations. Join us for a practical introduction to mindfulness strategies and practices that can help in coping with stress and anxiety and provide a respite from a busy day.