Health and Wellness Fair for Faculty & Staff

Celebrating 15 years of Health & Wellness | October 20–24, 2025

This year’s 15th annual hybrid Health & Wellness Fair featured a mix of engaging in-person and online events to support your well-being.

What is the Health & Wellness Fair?

A cherished annual tradition, the Health & Wellness Fair brings together faculty and staff to explore resources, share experiences, and build a stronger, healthier community. It’s more than just information—it’s about connection and support.

In-Person
📅 Took place October 22, 2025 | 11 AM – 1:45 PM
📍 University Centre (3480 McTavish) on the 3rd and 4th floors

The Health Fair consisted of 30+ exhibitors including Vélo Québec and MTL Balance Board,  and activities like dog therapy, food samples, line dancing, blood pressure clinic, TED-style talks, and more.

Virtually
📅 Took place on October 20, 21, 23, and 24, 2025

Virtual sessions covered financial, physical, and mental health topics. Participants learned about budgeting, investing, decluttering, menstrual and menopausal health, and more.

Over $3,000 in Prizes! 

Whether you joined us online, in person, or both, we gave away over $3,000 in exciting prizes! We are incredibly grateful to all our donors for their generous contributions to health and wellness. Below is a list of this year's winner's:

1. Canadian Red Cross: Stefanie Maione 

   • An 72-hour Emergency Kit (value of $130)

2. Distributions Kel Vend: Linda Mccallum
   • A coffee and tea gift basket (value of $100)
3. Eckler: Fiorenza Carriero
   • A pair of Montreal Canadians hockey tickets (value of $600)
4. Essentrics: 
   • A 1-month unlimited pass their Flagship Studio (value of $160): Andrew Pinchefsky
   • A 3-month memberships to Essentrics TV (value of $45): Alana Shahbazian
5. Jessica Moorhouse’s Book:
   • 10 copies of the book Everything but Money (value of $20 each): Maha Daoud, Melissa Martella, Chris Matthijsse, Maria Kopyl, Rosalba Pupo, Denise Pearce, Maria Makroyanni, Josie Cinelli, Caroline Arpin & Liliana Gomes Da Silva Araujo
6. MAA Sports Club: Catherine Lemieux 
   • A 3-month unlimited membership (value of $855)
7. Manulife Group Benefits: Fan Zhang & Felicia Olton
   • Two fitbit watches (value of $130 each)
8. McGill University Libraries: Caiqin Wu
   • Two prize packs including a copy of Many Women, Many Voices, a coloring book, a bookmark, and a book bag (value of $25 each)
9. Montreal Science Centre: Susanna Lew
   • A prize pack with four exhibition tickets each (value of $110)
10. MTL Balance Board: Patrick Fournier
    • A balance board (come see their booth on October 22 for a chance to win, value of $100)
11. Normandin Beaudry: Michelle Picard
    • A pair of wireless and noise cancelling headphones from Sounds Good, a product made in Quebec (value of $100)
12. Strom Spa: Navpreet Grewel & Karen Rasinger  
    • Two thermal journey passes (value of $140)
13. Sunlife: Yooklin Wong & Chao Zhang 
    • Two giftcards for Lufa Farms (value of $150 each)

Congratulation to all of this year's winners & thank you for your participation!