Wellness Week: October 21 – 27, 2024

From Monday, October 21 through Saturday, October 27, 2024, the SOGS Graduate Peer Support committee will host its annual WELLNESS WEEK, subsidized by SOGS and supported by the Grad Club.

Wellness Week offers a variety of wellness- and social-related programming for WesternU grad students to help them get outside their academic work and get in touch with other parts of their life.

⚠️ NOTE: Ticketed event capacity is limited. Tickets are being sold on a first come, first served basis. Tickets are non-refundable. Members who find they can no longer come to an event they have purchased tickets to are encouraged to sell or give away their tickets to grad student friends, peers, and colleagues.

MONDAY, OCTOBER 21

HEALTH & WELLNESS RESOURCE FAIR

9:30am to 11:30 am | Grad Club (MC, 19)

Drop by the Grad Club for our inaugural Health and Wellness Fair! Learn about your health plan, campus services, wellness supports, and more!

Oh, and the first 100 guests will receive a complimentary breakfast (coffee or tea, muffin or croissant).

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 22

HEALTHY LUNCH SPECIALS

$10 | 11am – 1pm | Grad Club

Give yourself the sustenance you need to focus on your wellness. Pop into the Grad Club for a healthy lunch special — wrap and soup — for $10! 

HATHA YOGA CLASS

7:30pm – 8:30pm | &asanas: The Collective (140 Ann St Unit 203/204)

Join us for a relaxing hatha yoga class at &asanas (Andasanas) yoga and meditation studio, a local studio near Richmond Row. This class is suitable for all fitness levels, and will focus on stretching. BYO water and mat. If you don’t have a mat, let us know and &asanas can provide one.

Keep going to yoga at &asanas! Between now and April 30, 2025, SOGS members can receive 20% off the price of DROP-IN classes (yoga and meditation), and the COLLECTIVE MEMBERSHIP by using code “SOGS20”.

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 23

HEALTH PLAN 101 with StudentVIP

1pm – 3pm | ZOOM

Join our call with StudentVIP, the new SOGS health and dental plan broker, for an in-depth info session on all aspects of your grad student health plan! Enhance your overall wellness but tapping into your health and dental plan this year.

PUMPKIN CARVING

$4 | 5pm – 7pm | Grad Club patio

Join us for a fun afternoon of carving jack-o’-lanterns on the Grad Club patio to get into the spooky, Halloween spirit! 

$4 ticket includes: one (1) pumpkin per ticket-holder and enough Halloween candy to give you a tooth ache. Tickets are limited.

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 24

INDIGENOUS GRAD STUDENT LUNCH

11am-12pm | Grad Club

Join the Indigenous Student Centre for a lunch at the Grad Club designed to get our indigenous community together to break bread and make new connections on campus.

QUEERVIA: QUEER POP CULTURE TRIVIA

7pm – 10pm | Grad Club

Join our Pride Commission for a special night of 2SLGBTQIA+ pop culture trivia! 3 rounds x 20 questions.

Pride prize packs and cash prizes (Grad Club gift certificates) for winning teams.

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25

FRESH AIR FRIDAYS

1pm – 2pm | Meet up outside the Grad Club patio (Middlesex College parking lot entrance)

Want to get outside and move your body? Want to explore the natural landscape surrounding WesternU? Join us for another instalment of our mid-day nature walks near campus. Dress accordingly. Walk occurs rain or shine! 

After the walk, enjoy a complimentary coffee or tea at the Grad Club on SOGS!

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26

SPOOKY FANSHAWE ABANDONED VILLAGE

$25 | 7:30pm – 10pm  |  Bus pick-up at Middlesex College front doors

Join us for a night of creepy sights, an abandoned historic village, and professional Halloween fun at Fanshawe Pioneer Village x ByronScaryHouse’s Abandoned Village! 

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 27

GIBBONS PARK RUN

11:30am – 1:30pm | Gibbons Park (Grosvernor Street entrance, near parking lot)

Join our RUNNING CLUB for a beginner’s run (a casual run suitable for many) and a pit stop off at COMMONWEALTH COFFEE CO. on Richmond Row for refreshments. 

Our group will run from Gibbons Park and make a circuit (1 hour), exiting out of the pathways to go to Commonwealth for drinks and light snacks.

Have questions or concerns about our Wellness Week events? Reach out to sogs.communications@uwo.ca.