Health Promotion
The Health Promotion Services provided by Student Health and Wellness educate, promote and advocate for optimal student health and academic success by working in collaboration with students, faculty, services and community agencies, while providing opportunities for student engagement in individual and community health and wellness issues.
Our goal is to empower students during various stages of change for healthy living and academic success by offering resources, services, programs and activities that focus on student wellness and overall subjective health. Follow @lakeheadlife (Thunder Bay) or @lakeheadlifeor (Orillia) on social media, or visit our events page to learn about upcoming programs and events.
Let's Work Together
If you are running an event on campus related to health and wellness, Student Health and Wellness wants to collaborate! Our Health Promoter or Peer Wellness Educators can provide resources and educational activities to accompany your event.
Email activities.shcc@lakeheadu.ca (Thunder Bay) or orluwell@lakeheadu.ca (Orillia) with your event details.
Peer Wellness Educators
Peer Wellness Education is a student-led program that promotes positive health behaviours and lifestyle choices to support physical and mental wellness and academic success.
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| Peer Wellness Educator Leads |
Under the direction of the Health Promoter, Peer Wellness Educator Leads research, develop and deliver a variety of health and wellness initiatives to engage students in learning about healthy living for the enhancement of their academic and personal success. Hiring for peer wellness educators takes place every year in August with a commitment for the following September through April. Positions are listed on the mysuccess portal. |
| Volunteer |
As part of a dynamic team, volunteers in this program also benefit personally from the development of their knowledge in health and wellness promotion, from building campus and community networks, and by growing their leadership, team and communication skills. Volunteers receive recognition on their Lakehead co-curricular record. |