Who wouldn’t benefit from more nature walks, puppy rooms and coping skills in their life?<\/p>\n
From Monday, Nov. 11 to Friday, Nov. 15, Thrive Week, a weeklong initiative open to Brock students, faculty and staff to encourage positive mental health, is returning to campus for the third time.<\/p>\n
In order to continue to make the event a success, campus partners are needed to lead events and workshops designed to educate, reduce stigma and promote conversation about mental health.\u00a0Events <\/span>can <\/span>be led by <\/span>department<\/span>s, students, staff or faculty members and can <\/span>take place anywhere on campus.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Events can be created that:<\/span><\/p>\n Although the organizing committee encourages events developed specifically for Thrive Week, they don’t need to be.<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cMany times, departments have workshops or activities already planned as part of their regular programming that they can duplicate or strategically schedule for Thrive Week,\u201d said Julie Fennel, Health Promotion Educator with Brock’s Student Wellness and Accessibility Centre who is co-chair of the Thrive Week committee alongside Kelli Romain, Transition and Support Co-<\/span>ordinator<\/span> with the Department of Residences.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u201cThere is also some amazing research taking place on campus our prof<\/span>essors<\/span> and graduate students could share with the Brock community<\/span>,<\/span>\u201d<\/span> said Fennel.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n