Our Trail to Wellness
Lakehead University is committed to supporting the holistic health and wellbeing of our Lakehead community, recognizing that investing in the enhancement of health and wellness interventions will better position us for success in both the classroom and the workplace.
The Our Trail to Wellness resource page was created to provide our students and employees with consolidated access to additional wellness tools, support, education, and encouragement while inspiring a culture of holistic health and wellbeing across the Lakehead community.
Wellness Strategy
Lakehead University is committed to supporting the holistic health and well-being of our Lakehead community, recognizing that investing in the enhancement of health and wellness interventions will better position us for success in both the classroom and the workplace.
Our Lakehead University Wellness Strategy, Our Trail to Wellness (2020-2025), was developed through an iterative and multi-phased process which identified constructive themes and included opportunities for an increased focus: campus safety, physical and mental health, healthy eating, and overall healthy behaviour and habits.
Learn more about the wellness strategy and how it was developed.
Dimensions of Wellness
Wellness is an active, lifelong process of becoming aware of your choices and making decisions that will help us to live a more balanced and fulfilling life. Everyone’s optimal wellness is different with many factors influencing one’s own health and well-being.
To this end, Our Trail to Wellness recognizes and considers nine (9) main dimensions of wellness as contributing factors to our overall health and well-being.
Click below to explore each health dimension and explore helpful resources for Students and Employees:
| Cultural Wellness | Financial Wellness | Physical Wellness |
| Creating and maintaining a positive, inclusive environment that values diversity of all cultures, as well as understanding and celebrating your own cultural identities. | Comfortably meeting your financial needs and creating financial security for the future, providing a sense of freedom to enjoy life. | Knowing your body and recognizing what it needs to positively impact your overall health, healing, energy, and quality of life. |
| Emotional Wellness | Intellectual Wellness | Social Wellness |
| To recognize and process your emotions with kindness and compassion, while also being able to cope with life challenges and adapt to change. | Being open to new ideas and experiences while embracing our creativity, thinking critically, and expanding our knowledge and skill sets. | Building healthy, nurturing, and supportive relationships, as well as cultivating genuine personal connections with others where you can freely be yourself. |
| Environmental Wellness | Occupational Wellness | Spiritual Wellness |
| Valuing and respecting the relationship between ourselves, the spaces we live and work in, and the planet. | Pursuing a career that enhances personal satisfaction, supports your goals, fosters professional growth, and provides meaning through work. | Having a set of principles, values, beliefs, and morals that guide your actions and provide a sense of meaning and purpose in your life; Being connected to something greater than yourself. |
Wellness Dimensions and Resources
Wellness Dimensions and Resources
Wellness is an active, lifelong process of becoming aware of your choices and making decisions that will help us to live a more balanced and fulfilling life. Learn more about the nine dimensions of wellness and the resources Lakehead provides to help you obtain optimal wellness.
Wellness Policies
Members of the University should familiarize themselves with all University policies and procedures. It is recommended that individuals begin with the policies identified as being most relevant to their affiliation with the University.
Visit the Policies and Procedures page to learn more.
Student Mental Health Policy
Lakehead is dedicated to fostering a psychologically healthy, vibrant, and supportive living and learning environment that promotes community well-being and a sense of belonging. Lakehead recognizes the vital role a Student’s Mental Health plays in achieving success, in the classroom and in all aspects of life, and strives to embed wellness approaches into its decisions, processes, and culture. Lakehead further acknowledges the unique Mental Health experiences of Indigenous Students, shaped by the ongoing impacts of colonization, and respects Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and practices as vital to fostering holistic well-being.
Reflecting an integrated approach to Student Mental Health, this policy affirms that each member of the Lakehead Community has the right to learn and work in an environment that fosters health and well-being and seeks to prevent harmful impacts on Mental Health and well-being.
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Lakehead Gathers
Lakehead Gathers is a series of events all about creating a space where we come together, connect, and build a true sense of belonging among Lakehead employees. For more information, please visit our website at lakeheadu.ca/lakeheadgathers or email wellnesscoordinator@lakeheadu.ca