Open to students.

Unsure about your future career path? Worried about the major you chose? Explore your passions and all the options open to you for getting on the right career track.

Date: February 2, 2023

Time: 10 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Please register here to attend the online workshop.

For more information or to indicate your interest in being contacted about future sessions, please contact us at counselling@mtroyal.ca.

Open to students.

Open to students.

The Stepping Up workshop is a relationship violence prevention program open to all students at Mount Royal University. Bringing together students of all backgrounds, ages and genders, Stepping Up aims to break down barriers to healthy relationships. Interactive activities help participants identify the differences between healthy, unhealthy and abusive behaviours, and where to turn if they or someone they know needs help.

The Stepping Up Workshop consists of two key components: 

1. Peer-facilitated workshop sessions
2. Participant community projects following the workshop sessions

Find out more on our website.

• Please check back in September for new training dates and times

Many thanks to the Government of Alberta, Ministry of Human Services for continued funding of the Stepping Up program.

Open to students.

Being able to talk to your professor to leverage their knowledge and support can sometimes be nerve-wracking. Join a counsellor to learn how to increase your comfort and skills for reaching out to your professor, and connecting in ways that support your success and enjoyment of learning.

• Tuesday January 24, 2023  | 5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.

Please register here to attend the online workshop.

For more information or to indicate your interest in being contacted about future sessions, please contact us at counselling@mtroyal.ca

Open to students.

The Inquiring Mind workshop increases awareness of mental health, reduces the stigma of mental illnesses, and provides resources to maintain positive mental health and increase resiliency.

The Mental Health Commission of Canada created this program and all participants will receive a certificate of completion. Participants will be required to attend both days in order to receive a certificate. 

Winter 2023

• Monday, March 13th and Wednesday, March 15th - IN-PERSON | 1 - 3 p.m - Register here

For more information regarding The Inquiring Mind please contact the Healthy Campus Team at healthycampusteam@mtroyal.ca. 

Falling asleep in class? Trouble getting a good night's sleep? Learn about the biology of sleep, as well as tips and strategies for getting to sleep and staying asleep. Presented by Jennifer McCormick on January 25 and Sonya Flessati on March 7.

• Tuesday January 25, 2023 | 4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.
• Tuesday March 7, 2023 | 5:00 p.m. – 6:15 p.m.

Please register here to attend the online workshop.

For more information or to indicate your interest in being contacted about future sessions, please contact us at counselling@mtroyal.ca

"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn how to surf." – Jon Kabat-Zinn Learn practical steps to increase your resiliency and intentional activities that will help you flourish in your personal and academic lives. Presented by Sonya Flessati.

• Monday January 30, 2023 | 5:15 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.

Please register here to attend the online workshop.

For more information or to indicate your interest in being contacted about future sessions, please contact us at counselling@mtroyal.ca.

Are you putting need to do tasks off? Learn what gets in the way of doing what you need to do and manage procrastination. Improve productivity with developing skills in time management, setting priorities and motivation.

• Tuesday January 31, 2023  | 5:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.

Please register here to attend the online workshop.

For more information or to indicate your interest in being contacted about future sessions, please contact us at counselling@mtroyal.ca.

This workshop reviews basic concepts of mindfulness, what is currently known about the physiological underpinnings of mindfulness practice, challenges of mindfulness practice and how to manage them, and ideas about incorporating mindfulness into your day to day life in a personalized way. Participants will be invited to try several practices and engage in reflective consideration of this practice.

• Wednesday February 15, 2023  | 4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

Please register here to attend the online workshop.

For more information or to indicate your interest in being contacted about future sessions, please contact us at counselling@mtroyal.ca.

Do you feel stressed? Overwhelmed? Burned out? Join counsellor Jennifer McCormick to learn how to make stress work for you and gain strategies to reduce stress overload.

• Wednesday March 1, 2023  | 4:00 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.

Please register here to attend the online workshop.

For more information or to indicate your interest in being contacted about future sessions, please contact us at counselling@mtroyal.ca.

Interested in learning more about breathing, grounding, and meditation? Learn more about the science
behind these techniques as well as some ideas and conversation about practical ways to incorporate
these into your wellness practices. Presented by Holly Tilden and moderated by Noah Furlani.

• Wednesday March 15, 2023  | 5:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.

Please register here to attend the online workshop.

For more information or to indicate your interest in being contacted about future sessions, please contact us at counselling@mtroyal.ca

Is your anxiety about exams negatively impacting your performance? Learn best strategies for managing your nerves and leveraging that tension to improve outcomes.

• Wednesday March 21, 2023  | 5:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.

Please register here to attend the online workshop.

For more information or to indicate your interest in being contacted about future sessions, please contact us at counselling@mtroyal.ca.

Open to students, faculty and staff.

ASIST is an interactive and practice-based course that teaches participants how to provide suicide first aid interventions. Through completion of the training, participants will be able to:

• understand how personal and societal beliefs and values impact views on suicide
• provide tailored guidance and suicide first aid
• identify an effective safety plan and know how to implement it
• recognize important components of suicide prevention

This workshop is not recommended for people who have had a recent suicide loss.

• Due to increased demand, ASIST is only being offered to those already on the waiting list.  If you would like to add your name to the waitlist, please add it here but please also note that we cannot guarantee your attendance.

For more information about ASIST please contact the Healthy Campus Team at healthycampusteam@mtroyal.ca.

Open to students, faculty and staff.

safeTALK is a 3.5hour workshop that alerts one to warning signs that are indicating risk of suicide. At a safeTalk workshop, you’ll learn the importance of recognizing signs, communicating with the person at risk, and connecting them to intervention resources for further support.

• Winter 2023

  • Friday, March 17th | 12:30 - 4 p.m - Register here

For more information regarding safeTALK please contact the Healthy Campus Team at healthycampusteam@mtroyal.ca.

Open to students, faculty and staff.

Harm Reduction & Naloxone Training is a two-hour training where participants learn about harm reduction practices, the current state of the opioid crisis in Alberta, and how to respond to an opioid poisoning. This includes how to administer naloxone, the medication used to reverse opioid poisonings. A certificate of completion is available for those that are interested.

• Friday, February 10, 2023  |  10 a.m. - noon - Register here
• Tuesday, February 28, 2023  | 2 - 4 p.m. - Register here 
• Friday, March 10, 2023  |  11 a.m. - 1 p.m. - Register here
• Thursday, March 23, 2023  |  2 - 4 p.m. - Register here

•  Wednesday, May 10, 2023  |  2 - 4 p.m. - Register here

The fall book club series has been cancelled due to low enrolment.

For more information or to indicate your interest in being contacted about future sessions, please contact us at counselling@mtroyal.ca