Blues Day Tomorrow

March is a busy month for college students, and things can get stressful. Tomorrow's Blues Day provides a great opportunity for stress relief.

Tomorrow morning (from 9-12) visit the Lambton College Event Centre to learn about “How to Overcome Obstacles.” It's fun and free for Lambton students and staff, and it's a chance to learn strategies for coping with difficulty.

Unleash the Stress!

This week, the members of the Jack Project have encouraged all members of the Lambton College community to "unleash the stress." It's a busy time around here, as students push their way through tests and assignments to reach the end of term. The stress can start to bring us down if we're not careful.

To help keep us balanced, the team behind Lambton's chapter of the Jack Project has organized a free pancake breakfast, visits with therapy dogs, drop-in yoga, a car smash event, a flash mob surprise, and, yesterday, a mental health walk.

Lambton students, staff, faculty, and our mascot, Pounce, post at the end of our
walk in the sunshine.

The walk--which took us to RBC and back--was a wonderful break in the middle of the day, and a chance to chat with friends and colleagues. It was also an important reminder that good mental health doesn't happen automatically: we have to set time aside for ourselves if we want to stay healthy.

If you'd like to learn more about Lambton College's amazing Jack Project team, you can check out their facebook page.

World Suicide Prevention Day

Today is World Suicide Prevention Day.

According to CAMH (the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health), " an estimated 4,000 Canadians – and one million people worldwide – die by suicide each year." And as we all know, thousands more contemplate or attempt suicide. Despite the huge portion of our population affected by these tragedies, we too often stay quiet about suicide, and the taboo--that suicide does not make for polite conversation--still lingers.

But more and more people are working to change that. Here at Lambton College, the Jack Project is encouraging all of us to talk about mental health. To show your support for mental health awareness, you can join the Suicide Prevention Sarnia Lambton team at Canatara Park this evening. At 6:30 pm, they'll walk together to bring attention to the ways that mental illness affects us all.

If you'd like to learn more about the Lambton College chapter of the Jack Project, check out their facebook page.