mental health
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Laurier hosts bi-annual Thrive Week to foster positive mental health
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Wilfrid Laurier’s bi-annual Thrive Week looked a little different last month, taking place virtually from Oct. 19 to 23 and Oct. 26 to 30. “We know that this is a busy time for students and feeling disconnected can add more stress to what is already a really challenging situation,” Nathan Reeve, wellness education coordinator at…
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Winter is coming: Surviving Canada’s harsh winter season amidst a pandemic
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Despite Dec. 21 marking the first official day of winter, Waterloo has already experienced its first snowfall on Nov. 1, bringing down most of the colourful leaves on the trees and leaving a thin layer of snow on rooftops. With these clear indications that winter is coming sooner rather than later, Canadians must prepare for…
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Mental health resources at Laurier amidst COVID-19
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Since March, COVID-19 has introduced numerous challenges for people across the world. One of the most prevailing issues faced by Canadians that has been brought on by COVID-19 is the strain the pandemic has put on mental health and wellness. According to a study done by the Angus Reid Institute, 50 per cent of Canadians…
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Keeping Up With the Kardashians is coming to an end
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After twenty mind-numbing seasons, Keeping Up With The Kardashians is coming to a fitting end. It seems as though the family believes they can make their money elsewhere, exploiting teens across the internet rather than through television. I felt filthy and desheleved doing research for this piece—only now am I truly ashamed of my search…
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Healthy ways to move away from technological dependence
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Sometimes we need a break from technology. In a world constantly screaming at us to buy this and wear that, it can be liberating to forget about all the media nonsense for a few minutes. I can’t think of a single social media influence worse than TikTok. Not only are you drowning hours of your…
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Editor’s note: Studying from home
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Students are gearing up for a new school year and with classes being delivered remotely this fall, it’s safe to say that the university experience will be drastically different. Namely because students will be required to study from home and if you’re anything like me, you’re already dreading it. While I only have one class…
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Laurier receives Mindful Campuses grant second year in a row
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For the second year in a row, Wilfrid Laurier University is making a more active commitment to supporting campus mental health initiatives for students, staff and faculty through funding provided by the Mindful Campuses grant. On June 29, Laurier received two separate, $2,000 grants: one for Laurier’s Human Resources department, and the other for the…
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The importance of a healthy lifestyle for mental health
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Before I get started, I should add that I’m not a doctor nor a medical professional—I’m barely an arts major. Everything I’m writing on below I have learned through my own trial and error—with some help from relative literature—and should not be taken as fact but rather a proposition. My sole intention here is to…
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Self-care during COVID-19
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I’ve been hearing the term “self-care” being used more frequently in conversation over the past few years, both in person and via social media. For me, this prompts the questions of what is the meaning of self-care, and what does it look like? According to the Oxford dictionary, self-care is defined as “the practice of…
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Hot Take: #BellLetsTalk for more than just a day
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Today is #BellLetsTalk day, meaning your social media feeds will most likely be full of people sharing stories about their mental health struggles or simply posting the hashtag. Every year for the past nine years on Jan. 29, Bell has donated five cents to mental health initiatives in Canada for every use of the hashtag…
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