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!
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…
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…