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!
Post-secondary institutions have a unique opportunity to help shape the campus community's long-term health and wellbeing behaviours. The Canadian Campus Wellbeing Survey (CCWS) is a short survey tailored for post-secondary institutions in Canada to learn about student health and wellbeing…
A new nine-week pilot project, the Food Hub Market, recently launched in the CIRS building. On February 16, 2022, the project began, providing low cost groceries to anyone on the UBC Vancouver campus. The project is a partnership between UBC Food Services, UBC Wellbeing and the UBC Sustainability…
These times of uncertainty, anxiety and overwhelming information, mean that many of us are seeking to find a sense of calmness. On top of that, the global upheavals of a virulent pandemic, a very real climate crisis, the instability of economic and political powers and the emergence of anti-racist…
After a pre-COVID poll found 42 per cent of UBC Okanagan students were food insecure, Casey Hamilton and her team went looking for solutions. The internal survey gathered data based on one question: “In the past 12 months, have you worried that food would run out before you got money to buy…
Once again, UBC was named one of BC's Top Employers for 2021! This designation recognizes the British Columbian employers that lead their industries in offering exceptional places to work and the most progressive and forward-thinking programs. UBC's efforts around health promotion&mdash…
Canadian pharmacy students have varied exposure within their academic curricula and limited opportunities for hands-on preventative health experiences prior to practicums. Over the past three years, a unique partnership between UBC HR and the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences has…
In June 2020, President Ono reaffirmed our institutional commitment to anti-racism and inclusion. Here’s how we’re moving those commitments forward. Learn More
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…