The 2020 School of Engineering Retreat took place on Tuesday May 26, 2020 through Zoom.

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Welcome & End of Term Discussion/Update

Rehan Sadiq & Mina Hoorfar

Audience – ALL

Full presentation video recording

Link available until June 26/20 (password protected – the May 27 email from Sam Charles for details).

Session #1

Micro skills for resilience

Amanda Swoboda, Wellbeing Specialist

Session #2a

Online teaching tips & tricks

Yang Cao with panel (Peter Newbury, Michelle Lamberson, Mehran Shirazi & Greg Courtice).

 

Session #2b

Finding balance

Amanda Swoboda, Wellbeing Specialist

Finding balance presentation

Personal self-care strategies

Lower body stretch guide

Upper body stretch guide

Self-care wheel

Additional resources that may be of interest:

Books that were mentioned:

·         Micro Skills for Resilience session: Building Resilience in Children and Teens: Giving Kids Roots and Wings  by Kenneth R. Ginsburg

Finding Balance Session:    

  • 20 for 20 Wellness Challenge- Neil Pasricha, author of the Happiness Equation and The Book of Awesome

Session #3

Research De-curtailment & Grad Studies

Lukas Bichler & Richard Klukas

Full presentation video recording

Link available until June 26/20 (password protected – the May 27 email from Sam Charles for details).