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In the latest episode of the Student Life Series, host Bianca Morello sits down with Matthew Boissonneault and Nicholas Crimi, Co-Presidents of Elephant in the Room (uOttawa). As the title suggests, we talk about taking care of your mental health during the “Zoom times”, imposter syndrome, OCIs, work-life balance, and e-learning.
Read MoreIn the latest episode of the Student Life Series, host Bianca Morello sits down with Matthew Boissonneault and Nicholas Crimi, Co-Presidents of Elephant in the Room (uOttawa). As the title suggests, we talk about taking care of your mental health during the “Zoom times”, imposter syndrome, OCIs, work-life balance, and e-learning.
Read MoreGeoff knows the difficulties of fighting literal fires and figurative ones, whether it may be the fires of stress or the fires of life itself. In this episode, Geoff talks about his journey from law school to legal practice and to firefighting, the skills gained from firefighting, firefighting in a COVID-19-ridden world, and tips for controlling stress in these challenging times.
Read MoreIn this final episode of the three-part On Health series, we discuss mental fitness and the practice of meditation. Our subject matter expert, Judy Steed, is an award-winning journalist (The Globe and Mail, Toronto Star), the recipient of four National Newspaper Award citations for feature writing, the author of five books, and the recipient of the Atkinson Fellowship in Public Policy. For the Atkinson, she focused on aging, did research in Copenhagen and Stockholm, and discovered, back at her home in Toronto, one of the great neuroscience centres of North America. This led her into mindfulness and brain plasticity, inspired by Toronto doctor Norman Doidge's best-selling book, The Brain that Changes Itself. She has been leading a guided meditation practice for 10 years, and also teaching pilates and other fitness classes at the Central YMCA in Toronto. As well, she teaches courses at Ryerson, focused on brain plasticity and mindfulness.
Read MoreMelissa Piercell gives tailored nutritional advice for law students. Melissa talks about the healthiest foods to buy on a budget, the best foods for brain function and the importance of good nutrition in maximizing your performance.
Read MoreIn this podcast, Nicole McDermott and Addictions Counsellor, Kaitlin Baldwin discuss the interaction of substance abuse and addiction within the criminal context. They cover topics that include criminalization leading to stigmatization, and resulting recidivism due to these social structures. They also discuss vicarious trauma and the effect of substance abuse on not only clients, but on the stressful professional careers surrounding the criminal sphere.
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