Faculty Resources

• Share campus resources – The following resources can be shared with students to explore and support their mental health during this time.
  • UBC Student Assistance Plan: a free, 24/7 wellness resource for students. 
  • Wellness Centre Online: Students can self-enroll to access information, strategies, and resources on health and wellbeing topics
  • Wellness Centre Navigators are available online to help students navigate the various campus health and wellness resources. 
  • All other student mental health resources are available on the Student Health Services site. 
• Let your students know about Thrive!
  • Encourage them to take time to explore ways to support their mental health–to help them live and learn well. 
• Talk about the importance of fostering mental health to live, work, and learn your best.

• ​Embed a Canvas module entitled “Stress & Self-care: Thrive Edition”– Created by the UBC Wellness Centre, this module is available via the Canvas commons and can be embedded into your course for your students to learn about: 
• The role of stress as it relates to academic performance
• Their own stress response 
• Implementing resilience and coping strategies
   
• Know the signs your students may need help:
  • UBC Vancouver Green Folder: Supporting Students in Distress​​​​​​

• Learn about supporting your students’ wellbeing in an online environment
  • Request a workshop for your unit or department
  • Check out planning tools to foster academic tenacity through online connection.

• UBC HR Health, Wellbeing and Benefits

  • Resources to foster your wellbeing as an individual, opportunities to champion healthy workplace initiatives..

• Employee and Family Assistance Program (GreenShield Health)

• Sun Life: Extended Health Benefits plan

• Workhealthlife Support Services

• Not Myself Today: A workplace mental health initiative

• Register for Coaching Services through UBC HR 
  • One-one-one coaching services to support your career growth. 

• Register for a training or workshop through UBC Human Resources 
  • A range of programs and services to support your mental health.

• Share campus resources – The following resources can be shared with students to explore and support their mental health during this time.
  • UBC Student Assistance Plan: a free, 24/7 wellness resource for students. 
  • Wellness Centre Online:  Encourage students to register for the "Wellness Centre Online" in Canvas.
  • ​​All other student mental health resources

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• Let your students know about Thrive!
  • Encourage them to take time to explore ways to support their mental health–to help them live and learn well. 
  • Talk about the importance of fostering mental health to live, work, and learn your best. 

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• Know the signs your students may need help:
  • UBC Okanagan Blue Folder: Supporting Students in Distress
• Early Alert: If you have concerns about a student, please submit an Early Alert. Health and Wellness will provide supports until appropriate services can be found. 

• ​Check out planning tools to foster academic tenacity through online connection.

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Community Supports 

• Third Space Charity
  •  Free supportive virtual and in-person counselling to UBCO Students 
• Walk-in Wellbeing Clinic

  • Brief (up to 30 minute) psychological first aid services by telehealth are available to any individual in the Greater Okanagan (age 16+) who is experiencing stress or having difficulty coping at this time. Call (250) 807-8241.

• UBC Human Resources Workplace Wellbeing & Benefits team 

• ​Employee and Family Assistance Program (LifeWorks)
  • EFAP provides both short-term clinical counselling and work-life consultations to all eligible UBC employees and their dependent family members.
  • The LifeWorks Care Access Centre is available 24 hours, seven days a week, at 1-800-387-4765.
  • Access the enhanced wellbeing offering through the LifeWorks wellbeing platform by using your Campus-Wide Login (CWL) at ubc.lifeworks.com

• ​Workhealthlife Support Services

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• Not Myself Today: A workplace mental health initiative

• Register for Coaching Services through UBC HR. 

  • Whether you seek one-one-one coaching for yourself or wish to develop your communication skills to be more coach-like in your conversations with others, Coaching Services can support you to grow in your career.