As students work to achieve their academic goals, they are also balancing multiple challenges and priorities, including jobs, finances, and personal relationships; all of which impact their capacity to learn and thrive.
The learning environment also impacts student wellbeing; fostering an environment that promotes student wellbeing can lead to more effective learning. Over the past decade, several projects at UBC, funded through the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund, have explored wellbeing in teaching and learning environments.
Mental Health Needs Assessment
How Teaching Practices Influence Student's Mental Health and Wellbeing
Building Academic Tenacity in Students for Improved Wellbeing, Deeper Learning and Increased Success
TLEF Project Explores Strategies for Student Wellbeing
The project, titled Building Academic Tenacity in Students for Improved Wellbeing, Deeper Learning and Increased Success, engaged professors from a variety of Faculties in integrating strategies to promoting academic tenacity and students’ ability to thrive in stressful academic environments.
Learn more about how participating faculty members embedded wellbeing into their unique learning environments:
BIOL 112 – Fostering Self-Regulation in 1st Year Science
KIN 371 - Exploring Self-Compassion in an Undergrad Statistics Course
MECH 221 - Intro of a Mental Health Literacy Curriculum
OSOT 511 - Learning in the Natural Environment
PSYC 217- TA Training for Student Wellbeing
PSYC 217- Belonging & Wellbeing in Undergrad Psych Courses
SOCI 102 – Impact of Improving Access to Office Hours