Human Resources also develops a Wellness Calendar<\/a> each month that highlights events and initiatives taking place on campus and in the broader community.<\/p>\n A number of mental health-focused initiatives are being planned for Brock staff and faculty throughout the year.<\/p>\n Similarly, the Brock University Students\u2019 Union is taking a proactive approach to student wellness on campus.<\/p>\n BUSU is transforming its former once annual Wellness Week into Wellness Wednesdays, to be held every other week during Fall and Winter terms.<\/p>\n Jad Nasser, BUSU\u2019s Vice-President of Student Services, said the late November timing of Wellness Week meant many students didn\u2019t have time to participate because of final assignments and upcoming exams. The decision was made to break up the wellness days to provide continuous and ongoing support of mental health and student wellness throughout the year.<\/p>\n Activities, run by BUSU with assistance from the Student Wellness and Accessibility Centre, will include free breakfast, cocktails and canvas, colouring books, free massages, manicures, a puppy room and yoga, among others.<\/p>\n The first Wednesday event will take place Jan. 25 in conjunction with Bell Let\u2019s Talk Day.<\/p>\n Student activities for Bell Let\u2019s Talk Day<\/strong><\/p>\n Wednesday, Jan. 25:<\/strong><\/p>\n Free breakfast at Isaac\u2019s Bar & Grill: 7:30 to 9:30 a.m.<\/p>\n Sponsored by BUSU and Alumni.<\/p>\n \u2018Speak Up\u2019 speech bubbles and pledge: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Scotiabank Hall, Sean O\u2019Sullivan Theatre, Advocacy Hub in Mackenzie Chown Complex A hallway, Lowenberger Residence cafeteria and DeCew Residence cafeteria.<\/p>\n Wellness Wednesday Yoga:\u00a0<\/span>4:45 to 5:45 p.m. in CJ\u2019s Lounge, DeCew Residence.<\/p>\n Puppy room:\u00a0<\/span>11 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Kenmore Centre.<\/p>\n Coffee Lounge: 1 to 3 p.m. in the Student Justice Centre.<\/p>\n Upcoming activities for staff and faculty<\/strong><\/p>\n Women and Wellness event, hosted by Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) Niagara<\/p>\n Thursday, Feb. 16, 6 to 9 p.m. at Club Roma, 125 Vansickle Dr., St. Catharines<\/p>\n Proceeds from the event, which aims to educate guests on mental health and mental illness, support the walk-in counselling program offered by CMHA Niagara.<\/p>\n For more information on the event, visit the CMHA Niagara website<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mental health first aid training for staff and faculty on April 10 and 11.<\/p>\n The two-day program, developed by the Mental Health Commission of Canada, builds on participants\u2019 existing skills to increase comfort and confidence in working with individuals experiencing mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety, deliberate self-harm and\/or psychosis.<\/p>\n To register, visit the Focus on Learning site<\/a>.<\/p>\n Mental Health Week is scheduled from May 1 to 7 and plans are in place to build on last year\u2019s activities, which included a free yoga session, art therapy, a seminar on understanding depressive illness and a fundraising barbecue for CMHA Niagara.<\/p>\n More details will be released as plans are finalized.<\/p>\n Follow the Brock Employee Wellness Twitter<\/span><\/a> and Facebook<\/span><\/a> accounts for more information on upcoming initiatives.<\/p>\n Brock University Students\u2019 Union is hosting a series of events for Bell Let\u2019s Talk Day on Wednesday, Jan. 25. Skybar Supervisor Lyndsay Bradford, Director of Student Life and Communications Curtis Gadula, Clubs Co-ordinator Emily Napper and, front, Marketing Co-ordinator Nathan Chick are ready to share what mental health means to them.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Across campus and across the country, the topic of mental health will be in the spotlight Wednesday, Jan. 25 during Bell Let\u2019s Talk Day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":43122,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,1,4,4665],"tags":[4830,4829,2203,4831,2861,101,926,2683],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43113"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43113"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43113\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43136,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43113\/revisions\/43136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/43122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43113"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43113"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43113"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Bell](\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/BELL-LETS-TALK-2-1050x700.jpg\")