UBC's support for wellbeing can be found threaded throughout strategic plans, in research projects across diverse disciplines, and embedded through a broad range of programs, services and initiatives across the University.
We invite you to learn more about how our community members are supporting wellbeing on our campuses and encourage you to share and celebrate your own research, stories of success and wellbeing champions!
For UBC Climate Hub Founder and Director Grace Nosek, creating a hopeful community around action on climate change is crucial to community wellbeing, empowering youth, and building a more just and resilient future. In this installment of Conversations in Wellbeing,…
November is Thrive Month at UBC, a time when we come together as a community to learn about, talk about, and explore ways to support our mental health. This year, we had planned to add a special benefit concert to Thrive Month, put on by our own mental health advocate, President Santa Ono,…
Over the past year, departments, units, and community members from across UBC have worked together to advance the targets in the Wellbeing Strategic Framework, and help to create campus communities where health and wellbeing for all is championed and supported. This Annual Report…
University can be an exciting time--filled with new experiences – independence, and growth. But it can also bring many new challenges. In her new book It's All Good (Unless it's Not): Mental Health Tips and Self-Care Strategies for Undergrads, author and Sociology instructor…
UBC Health Promotion & Education partnered with SFU Health Promotion and BCcampus to host Thriving Beyond Campuses: Well-being in Learning Environments, a dialogue series that took place between November 2020 and February 2021. Over 200 faculty, educators, and staff attended the four-part…
Through innovative projects and his own teaching practice, Steven is committed to supporting student mental health and wellbeing and is actively involved in a variety of projects exploring the relationship between learning environments and student mental health. Recently, Steven has…
Join in an online session August 18-19, 2020 to share thoughts and approaches to fostering student wellbeing in online learning. Learn More
A researcher at the University of British Columbia says the COVID-19 pandemic has created an opportunity to study the relationship between exercise and mental health in adults who are 65 and older. Mark Beauchamp, a professor of exercise and health psychology, said he is looking…
The Chapman Learning Commons has added a walk station to its active workstation located on Level 3 of IKBLC. The new treadmill desk is a pilot project created in collaboration with UBC Recreation. It is a welcome addition to the two stationary bikes and an adjustable-height desk. The…
In collaboration with KIN 500, a pilot comprehensive exercise testing initiative will be provided to target student populations. Supervised by an exercise physiologist, student facilitators will administer a VO2 max test to participants. This will be launched in conjunction with a new movement…