Healthy U Events
Healthy U volunteers plan, design, create, and host interactive outreach events to educate peers on health and wellness related topics.
They also facilitate interactive and engaging presentations, tablings, and workshops to students.
Check out some of the past events!
2024-2025
Asking for Help Tabling Event
This tabling was for 2024 Student Success Month, with the theme of Asking for Help. Students could meet with Peer Health Educators to ask about health and wellness resources, as well as to talk about self-care.
2023-2024
Wellness Check-In Booth
This tabling was in collaboration with the International Students Community Centre and students had the chance to chat with our Peer Health Educators about health and wellness related topics, and to talk about exam stress and healthy coping strategies.
2022-2023
Relaxation Room
Relaxation Room
Volunteers shared information about the importance of taking breaks, various kinds of breaks and ideas around the "grind culture"!
2021-2022
Quality Over Quantity Study Workshop
Volunteers shared information about self-care, physical health and study tips with students in a fun workshop about studying!
2020-2021
"QuaranTUNES"
Volunteers invited students to share their favourite study and feel good songs!
2019-2020
"Chill Out Bro" Tabling
Volunteers encouraged students to engage in holistic well-being practices and develop healthy coping strategies in a way that will maximize student time.
2018-2019
"Want to Boost Your GPA? Go to Sleep!" Tabling
Students were told the benefits of sleep. There were Items to make a sleep package including ear plugs, tea bags, and information sheets from sleep package
2017-2018
"Smashing the Scale" Tabling
Students engaged in conversations with volunteers about body image and the ways they measure their health
Volunteers emphasized that you can be body positive while actively striving to maintain your physical health.
2016-2017
“Eat Right Game Night” Nutrition bingo
An event held in residence educating students on healthy eating choices. This event included a demonstration on creating simple and healthy ‘mason jar meals’, and students received mini recipe books.
2015-2016
"Pour me a Drink!" Tabling
Students were invited to pour themselves a drink with different alcohol concentrations.
There were beer googles that distorted their vision based on the ‘amount’ of alcohol they had.