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Considering wellbeing in our teaching and learning practices helps our students achieve their full potential.

Creating positive classrooms, lecture halls and research labs where students feel supported and connected helps to promote and enhance learning outcomes and equip them for success.

Here, faculty members will find tools to help support student wellbeing in learning environments.

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Fostering Academic Tenacity: Physical Activity

Exercise has many benefits beyond just the physical; moving more can help promote positive mental and social wellbeing, improve learning,...

Fostering Academic Tenacity: Online Connection

Research indicates that there is an important link between students’ learning environment and their feeling of a sense of social belonging during...

Building Safe and Supportive Learning Environments

The Office of Faculty Development and Educational Support has developed an online module to support teachers in optimizing safe and supportive...

Teaching Practices that Support Wellbeing

Considering wellbeing in our teaching and learning practices helps our students achieve their full potential.

Creating positive classrooms...

Taking Learning Outdoors in Nature

For post-secondary students, a positive correlation has been found between the time students spend in green spaces and their quality of life (...

Fostering Academic Tenacity through Promoting Participation

Promoting participation in activities that foster growth mindset, belonging and self-regulation.

Academic tenacity is a construct that can...

Encouraging Self-Compassion

Self-compassion is a concept which includes the independent, yet interactive, constructs of self-kindness, common humanity and mindfulness (Neff,...

Embedding Mental Health Literacy

In recent research, post-secondary students at a Canadian institution reported negative attitudes towards help-seeking and interest in learning...

Connection through Office Hours

Among post-secondary populations, a sense of belonging has been positively associated with higher levels of drive, motivation, engagement and...

Creating Student-focused Syllabi: A Tool for Instructors

This checklist is intended as a reflection tool that provides you with opportunities to design your course syllabi through the lens of supporting...

UBC Wellness Resources Screencast  

UBC has many resources to help support the health and wellness of students. This screencast is designed to share what is available at UBC and how...

Thrive in the Classroom Power Point

Faculty play an important role is supporting student mental health. Share these Thrive Power Point slides in your classroom, lab, or lecture, to...

Canvas Module for Faculty: Supporting Student Learning and Wellbeing Using Online Resources

This online resource in Canvas allows UBC faculty members to share tools and strategies for promoting and enhancing student wellbeing using online...

New Faculty Orientation Guide

The New Faculty Orientation Guide is intended to be a starting point—a helpful collection of materials of interest to new faculty in their first...

Sexual Violence Prevention and Response (SVPRO) folder

The Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office (SVPRO) is a safe and confidential place for students, faculty and staff who have experienced...

Invite the Move U Crew to your classroom

The Move U Crew is committed to enhancing campus wellbeing. They do this by offering movement breaks in classes, conferences and meetings, hosting...

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We all have a hand in shaping campus environments that support health, wellbeing, and sustainability. By championing wellbeing, we can build stronger and more inclusive communities at UBC and beyond.