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Wellness Guide
Casual Reading Collection
The casual reading collection, located on the main floor of the Chancellor Paterson Library, is part of our commitment to supporting wellness initiatives across the university. This collection consists of bestsellers, recent fiction and non-fiction titles, biographies, etc. The loan period for these materials is 4 weeks with unlimited renewals.
Chancellor Paterson Wellness Space
The Chancellor Paterson Library has partnered with Student Health and Wellness to create a library Wellness Space! Located in the windowed space in the middle of the main floor, students will find a variety of new initiatives catered to wellness:
- Casual Reading Collection (located along the wall; outside the space to the right)
- Comfortable seating
- Health and Wellness resources
- Colouring sheets and supplies
- Community Puzzle (located outside of the space; to the left)
- Therapy dog visits (Wednesdays from 6-7 PM during certain times of the year)
Suggestions for the space are welcome! Please contact Samantha Convey (sconvey@lakeheadu.ca) with your ideas.
Books & eBooks for Mental Wellness
Law Library
The Law Library understands that Law Students have unique concerns during their studies and tries to offer a variety of materials to support their well-being. You can find several titles specific to law student concerns in our Foundations of Canadian Law LibGuide, under "Law School Life." In addition to books, we have a Stressbusting Corner on the second floor where you can find a display with:
- Puzzles
- Games
- Colouring books
Ask at our Circulation Desk if you would like to borrow blankets or art supplies!
How to Be Sort of Happy in Law School by Combining her own observations and experiences with the results of her study and the latest sociological research on law schools, Young offers a very different take from previous books about law school survival. Instead of assuming her readers should all aspire to law-review-and-big-firm notions of success, Young teaches students how to approach law school on their own terms: how to tune out the drumbeat of oppressive expectations and conventional wisdom to create a new breed of law school experience altogether.
Orillia Harvie Legacy Library in Simcoe Hall
The Orillia Harvie Legacy Library in Simcoe Hall on University Avenue, is NOT your ordinary library!
Along with access to e-resources, like the Criterion movie collection, the Harvie Legacy Library has:
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Musical Instruments! We have 3 acoustic guitars and other stringed instruments that Orillia students can borrow. |
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Painted Rocks! Now and again during the school year the library hosts a rock painting activity, and several rocks from past years can be found on the library bookshelves. |
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Puzzles! We often have a "Relaxation Station" set up on a cart near the library, where students can work on our collection of puzzles. We also have a few other items, such as Kinetic Sand and finger puzzles. |
Education Library (Thunder Bay)
The Education Library on the Thunder Bay campus primarily serves the needs of undergraduate and graduate students in the Faculty of Education. The library offers many in-library wellness activities, events and resources (books, kits, games, puzzles).
Puzzles: Throughout the year, a community puzzle is available for all students to complete.
Colouring Pages and Community Colouring Poster:
Wellness Basket: Stress-busting items such as fidgets & playdough are available for students to borrow!
Rock painting sessions are offered for students throughout the year:
The Education Library offers many great time and stress management books for new teachers. A selection of these titles is provided below:
180 Days of Self-Care for Busy Educators by Rely on 180 Days of Self-Care for Busy Educators to help you lead a happier, healthier, more fulfilled life inside and outside of the classroom. With author Tina H. Boogren's guidance, you will work your way through thirty-six weeks of daily self-care strategies and techniques, each corresponding with a week of the school year. Weekly themes range from creativity and inspiration to relationships and time management for teachers and administrators. Follow this self-care plan designed to support your health and wellness during the school year: Understand how prioritizing your own self-care will better equip you to positively impact student learning and achievement. Discover low- and no-cost self-care ideas for teachers and administrators designed to help make meaningful, positive change. Explore the dangers of stress in the classroom and in an educator's personal life, and understand how this stress affects students. Learn how to assess what you need, check in with yourself throughout the day, and act on what you learn. Utilize reflection questions to help you think through which strategies worked -- and which didn't. Let go of the expectations of perfection while practicing these self-care techniques and teacher wellness ideas.
Educator Bandwidth: How to Reclaim your Energy, Passion and Time by It's time to make your mental bandwidth work for you. Being an educator is more stressful than ever, and teachers and administrators must constantly shift gears to stay on top of the newest initiatives and students' ever-changing needs. Educator Bandwidth: How to Reclaim Your Energy, Passion, and Time provides the tools and strategies to reduce stress, avoid burnout, and regain the time that gets lost to interruptions, temptations, competing demands, and task-switching. The first step is to understand how much stress is weighing on your own mental bandwidth. Professional development experts Jane A. G. Kise and Ann Holm have developed the Brain Energy and Bandwidth Survey to help you self-assess the six key factors that contribute to bandwidth: Balance between priorities Filtering through possibilities Mental habits that improve focus Physical habits that fuel the brain Connection with others Workload and time management Kise and Holm combine the latest neuroscience research with their own extensive experience working with educators to bring the most effective strategies and habits that help you manage your mental bandwidth and prioritize drains on mental energy. When you can establish good habits, focus on what's possible within your locus of control, and balance priorities, you can improve your educator bandwidth and feel more engaged, centered, and effective in your work.
The Happy Elementary School Teacher: self care habits to avoid burnout, de-stress and take care of yourself by Congratulations, you’re an elementary school teacher! But you’re exhausted, stressed and under pressure. You’ve got stuck in a rut and your non-existent work-life balance is giving you a headache. Before you can take care of your students properly, you KNOW you need to take care of yourself! Something has to change. So the question is, what’s next? The good news is that you’re in the right place. This book will share with you the proven tips & strategies to help you de-stress, improve your health and get your mojo back at home and in the classroom. You’ll set up a practical self-care routine that will boost your energy levels and your happiness. Uncover how to finally centre your priorities and life as a teacher, without burning yourself out!--Page [4] of cover.
Self care for Middle School Teachers by "Congratulations, you're a middle school teacher! But you're exhausted, stressed and under pressure. You've got stuck in a rut and your non-existent work-life balance is giving you a headache. Before you can take care of your students properly, you KNOW you need to take care of yourself."--back cover
Teacher, Take Care by Teaching can be a highly satisfying profession, but it can also be overwhelming. Stress management. Self-care. Mental well-being. Mindfulness. These words have become all too familiar, but what do they actually mean for you? And how can they help without adding to your to-do list? All teachers have different experiences and different needs. Through stories by diverse educators, this professional resource invites you to try different wellness strategies, explore varying perspectives, and consider new ideas of what it means to "be well." Grounded in servant leadership and a holistic model, each chapter connects to Indigenous perspectives of wellness through remarks from Elder Stanley Kipling and Knowledge Keeper Richelle North Star Scott.
Education Library (Orillia)
The Orillia Education Library is located at the downtown Heritage Place campus. We are just a few minutes walk from downtown shops and restaurants like Mariposa Market, and the scenic Orillia waterfront is only a few minutes further down Mississaga Street.
Along with a ukulele, which you are able to sign out from the library desk, the Orillia Education Library & Commons offers:
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Beanbag Chairs to relax in as you study or brainstorm amazing ideas for lesson plans. |
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Rock painting sessions and Crochet sessions, usually in collaboration with Thrive Week programming. |
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Board games and Lego. |