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!
How do we start a campus-wide conversation about mental health that everyone can be a part of? Through Thrive(ing). “We all have mental health… just like we all have physical health. It [mental health] is something you can build and you can learn…
Join cyclists across Metro Vancouver for Bike to Work Week from October 21 to 27. Log your rides for a chance to win great prizes. Get your office team together or start a new one for your department. Learn more: planning.ubc.ca/btww
Since 2016, Mysterious Barricades has helped raise awareness about mental health and supports and resources available for those who are in crisis. This multi-city concert takes place September 5-14, and brings together hundreds of Canadian musicians from across the country to offer…
On September 6, Pride comes to UBC in celebration of Positive Space, and the diversity of our community. Get ready for a FREE and fabulous evening where we appreciate the beauty of all sexual and gender identities. Learn More
North American universities are pledging to pick up their countries’ slack on climate change. The 20 members of the University Climate Change Coalition, or UC3, announced a platform of fight climate change during its inaugural conference at UBC on Tuesday, citing the severe consequences of…
Gay and lesbian spaces in cities are dispersing and diversifying rather than disappearing, new University of British Columbia research has found. The UBC research, published today as part of a special symposium in City & Community, the official journal of urban sociologists, shows…
A UBC professor has started a walk-in mental health clinic on the school's Kelowna campus. It is the first of its kind in the city. Lesley Lutes, associate professor in UBC's department of psychology and director of clinical training, launched a five-week pilot clinic on Nov.1. Her ultimate goal…
UBC is launching the Wellbeing Strategic Framework, to help advance wellbeing through six priority areas—Mental Health and Resilience, Physical Activity, Built and Natural Environments, Collaborative Leadership, Food and Nutrition and Social Connection. Community feedback has…
Campus Health at UBC Okanagan worked in partnership with students to host the 3rd annual Golden Apple Awards to acknowledge faculty members making outstanding contributions to Wellbeing in the academic environment. Over 100 nominations were submitted and twenty faculty members were…
Zero-tolerance messaging tuned out by most teenagers For many parents, talking to their children about substance use is like navigating a field of landmines. It’s difficult to know exactly what to say and how to say it. Read More