Bell Let's Talk Day and UWinnipeg

Bell Canada Let's Talk Day
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

The mental health and wellness of UWinnipeg students, faculty, and staff is extremely important to us. We participate in the Bell Let’s Talk initiative as a part of reducing stigma around mental illness. By starting conversations about mental health, we hope to normalize accessing help and support and create positive change.

How UWinnipeg is taking part

As part of Bell Let’s Talk Day, join us for a week of wellness-related activities:

• Check out the quizzes shared by the @uwinnipegwellness Instagram account on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday (January 22-24) and participate to win prizes.
• Follow @UWinnipeg and @uwinnipegwellnesss on Instagram.
• Drop by Riddell atrium on Bell Let’s Talk Day – January 24, 2024 – from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. to get your free swag and fill out a Talk Bubble to share your thoughts, ideas, and/or actions for mental health.
• Connect with Student Counselling Services on January 24, 2024, to learn more about mental health services on campus, including Student Counselling, Peer Wellness Educators, Human Resources Health and Wellness and Klinic on Campus.

More Wellness-Related Activities:

Follow @UWinnipegWellness for Daily Trivia Contests Take part by answering daily trivia questions for a chance to win prizes!

Sign up for Fitness Classes  Choose from yoga, pilates, total body workout, and more.  Early morning, lunch hour and late afternoon sessions.

Follow @UWinnipeg on Instagram We will be sharing your submissions, along with fun resources throughout the week.

Talk Bubble Campaign

Leading up to Bell Let’s Talk Day, we encourage students, faculty and staff to write down their thoughts, ideas, and/or actions about mental health and share what you do to support your own mental health and the mental health of those around you.

Fill one out:

• Visit Student Counselling Services at Riddell Atrium on Bell Let’s Talk Day to fill out a Talk Bubble. We will display the Talk Bubbles and share pictures on social media (with your permission).

Print your own:

• Download the talk bubble
• Fill in the talk bubble and share what you’re doing to create positive change – feel free to use free editing software for digital use or print a hardcopy.
• Share your bubble with us by sending a DM to @uwinnipegwellness on Instagram, X/Twitter, and/or Facebook or email studentwellness@uwinnipeg.ca
• Post your Talk Bubble and tag #BellLetsTalk and #UWinnipegThrives

Last year, Bell announced an additional $10 million donation towards their goal of $155 million for Canadian mental health programs. As of December 2023, Bell has given $139 million to Canadian mental health initiatives.

Everyone, whether at home, school, work, or in their community, is invited to promote positive change and take action. You can use the actions below for inspiration or come up with your own. Share your actions using #BellLetsTalk to help inspire others!

• Choose a mental health organization to learn about or support
• Help a friend struggling with their mental health by learning how to support them
• Ask about how your school, workplace, or community is creating change for mental health
• Nurture your own well-being by practicing and learning mental health strategies
• Get involved in a mental health initiative or organize an event to support mental health
• Engage in conversations about mental health to fight stigma
• Share your actions using #BellLetsTalk and help inspire others to join the movement to create positive change

Visit the offiical Bell Let's Talk website for more information.

UWinnipeg Mental Health Action Everyday

The University of Winnipeg is committed to prioritizing mental health and wellness for students, faculty, and staff. This includes:

• Providing counselling for students through Student Counselling Services.
• Supporting Employee Health and Wellness.
• Promoting the Peer Wellness Educator program to increase campus awareness of the seven dimensions of wellness: social, spiritual, occupational, emotional, physical, environmental, and intellectual.
• Providing health services through Klinic on Campus.
• Developing a mental health strategy for the campus.
• Developing the Wellness Hub resources and app to enhance self-service and connection to resources (app to be launched soon!).
• Raising awareness through social media, mental health education opportunities for the UW community, and additional training for faculty and staff.