Health and Wellbeing

Health and wellbeing are positively related to learning and academic success. Explore ways to maintain your physical and mental health and develop resiliency during your graduate school program.

 Events

 Services

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Book workshops organized by the Health Equity, Promotion, and Education team or check out the self-directed courses. Topics include: Navigating your health and wellbeing, Mental Health: the Basics, How to help a peer, and more.

Wellness Centre

About the group

Are you a graduate student? Feeling overwhelmed, stuck, or challenged in balancing work and life? This in-person support group is for graduate students to connect with each other in a non-judgmental and welcoming space to help navigate the unique challenges of grad school.

Wellness Centre, Counselling Services

 Resources

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Dissertation Success Curriculum

The 12-week Dissertation Success online, on-demand program is designed for doctoral candidates who are focused on finishing their dissertation. Each module includes a recorded training video and resources.

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National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity

Get information and strategies from ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà Health and Wellbeing to maintain a healthy lifestyle.Ìý Topics include:

  • Food and nutrition
  • Sleep for success
  • Understanding stress
  • Sexual health
  • Substance use and harm reduction
  • Flu and colds

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Wellness Centre

A mini-series of short videos (5 - 10 mins each), to provide quick tips for success in a variety of areas across the academic sphere. for free with ÑÇÖÞÌìÌÃ's subscription, then

Chapter 1: Accountability Matters: When it comes to research and writing, accountability matters. This video highlights three ways to increase academics’ accountability and boost their research productivity.

Chapter 2: Creating Micro Goals to Maximize Your 30-Minute Writing Sessions

National Center for Faculty Development & Diversity

A wide range of are available to all ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà students.:

  • Navigating Your Health and Wellbeing at ÑÇÖÞÌìÌà and Beyond
  • Mental Health: The Basics
  • How to Help a Peer
  • Inclusive Event Planning
  • SAVE Lives: Harm Reduction & Naloxone Training
Wellness Centre

is a podcast dedicated to breaking the silence over academic and personal challenges common to grad student life. Topics include Impostor Syndrome, Dealing with Criticism, Burnout, Balance, Thesis-writing, and more.

University of Alberta