Wellness Education Certificate

The Student Wellness Centre offers a certificate program related to staying well while you are here at Laurier. The Wellness Education certificate is not only great for learning more strategies to stay well, but also to add to your Laurier Experience Record or resume. Earning the Wellness Education Certificte demonstrates a commitment to health and wellbeing, as well as an enhanced knowledge and understanding of wellness and the ways it affects your overall experience.

The Wellness Education Certificate consists of five one-hour online workshops, designed to be completed in one term. All workshops are open to Laurier students on all campuses.

There are four required workshops and one elective, plus a written reflection, to complete the Wellness Education Certificate. 

Wellness Education Certificate core Workshops and their Fall term offerings:

• Taking Charge of Your Wellness January 23 or March 1
• Eating for Wellbeing February 1 or March 7
• Finding Your Bliss January 22 or March 21
• Getting More Sleep January 30 or March 13
• plus any one mental health workshop 

These Winter 2024 workshops count as the mental health elective:

• Overcoming Perfectionism
  Jan. 23, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. | Register in advance

• Power of Connections
  Jan. 24, 3 to 4 p.m. | Register in advance
  
  
• Interrupting the Cycle of Perfectionism
  Jan. 30, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. | Register in advance
  
  
• Coping with Difficulty 
  Jan. 31, 3 to 4 p.m. | Register in advance
  
  
• Challenging Perfectionistic Thinking
  Feb. 6, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. | Register in advance
  
  
• Self-Compassion
  Feb. 28, 3 to 4 p.m. | Register in advance
  
  
• Relationships and Attachment
  Mar. 5, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. | Register in advance
  
  
• Anxiety and Depression
  Mar. 6, 3 to 4 p.m. | Register in advance
  
  
• Relationship Red and Green Flags
  Mar. 12, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. | Register in advance
  
  
• Communication and Boundaries
  Mar. 19, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. | Register in advance
  
  
• Deepening and Strenghening Relationships
  Mar. 26, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. | Register in advance
  
  
• Exam and Performance Anxiety
  Mar. 27, 3 to 4 p.m. | Register in advance

How to earn the Wellness Education Certificate:

1. Register individually, in advance, for the four workshops plus one elective. All links are found on our programming page. 

2. Your attendance will be tracked in Navigator.  Please allow a few weeks for your workshop completion to be uploaded to Navigator. Once you have finished all the certificate requirements, complete the short "Completion Reflection Questionnaire."  You will then be able to download your certificate in PDF form from Navigator. In the certificate, click on the action circle in the bottom right corner > Print/Download. 

3. Download your certificate in PDF form from Navigator.
   
   
4. If the Wellness Education Certificate is eligible for credit towards an academic course, please complete this form to notify your instructor of your successful completion. Student information is not shared without permission.

For any questions about the Wellness Education Certificate, please contact wellnessed@wlu.ca.