Audience: All faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver and Okanagan Location: Zoom. Description: Join Aisha Tejani for a 20-minute, virtual mindfulness session every Monday from September 11 to December 18 – you can take part in a single session or multiple sessions! Taking place from 9:30-9:50 am join Aisha and an engaged community to […]
Audience: All faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver and Okanagan Location: Zoom. Description: Join Aisha Tejani for a 20-minute, virtual mindfulness session every Monday from September 11 to December 18 – you can take part in a single session or multiple sessions! Taking place from 9:30-9:50 am join Aisha and an engaged community to […]
Audience: All faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver and Okanagan are welcome to attend. Location: Zoom. About this workshop: Join Dr. Thara Vayali, ND for a gut health session! In this session, you will learn about the importance of the digestive tract, unpack the relationship between your mood and what you eat, and take inventory of your own gut health. Participants will leave the […]
MIHCan is hosting an event centred around BIWOC (Black, Indigenous, Women of Colour) themes, with activities focusing on wellbeing including meditation, reflection, and creativity.
Audience: All faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver and Okanagan Location: Zoom. About this workshop: In this session, you will be introduced to the concept of “Emotional Intelligence” and learn about the connection between your thinking and your emotions, and how these can affect resulting behaviours. During this session, you will uncover the tools and techniques needed to apply […]
Audience: All faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver and Okanagan Location: Zoom. About this workshop: In this session, you will be introduced to the concept of “Emotional Intelligence” and learn about the connection between your thinking and your emotions, and how these can affect resulting behaviours. During this session, you will uncover the tools and techniques needed to apply […]
Walk for Joy (formerly Walkabout) is a 9 week walking, rolling and physical activity challenge designed to get people moving and reduce sedentary time. This challenge is open to all UBC students, staff, faculty, and community members. A large emphasis is placed on being social while completing physical activity, so find a friend to get […]
Audience: All faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver and Okanagan Location: Zoom. About this workshop: A loving relationship can be one of the most rewarding experiences in life. Early on, people tend to focus most of their energy and attention on their partner and the relationship — laughter and compromise come easy, and the relationship may […]
A time for Indigenous students, staff and faculty to take a wellness break by connecting with a Resolution Health Support Worker from the Indian Residential School Survivors Society and enjoying some refreshments.
There has been a surge of interest in earlier meditation techniques as well as in Theravāda meditation, particularly vipassanā, throughout the Sinitic world over the past few decades. These Theravāda-inspired meditation techniques, whether rediscovered in canonical scriptures or newly introduced from South-East Asia, retain the allure of being early Buddhist practices and are welcomed as such […]
A professional MMA fighter, a proud Métis woman, and a budding scholar in the field of Indigenous Health and Wellness, Alana has spent the last decade of her life embracing the beauty of active movement through martial arts, and re-discovering the incredible ways that Indigenous knowledge and Land-based learning can heal us from the intergenerational […]
Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) is the support provided to a person who may be experiencing a decline in their mental well-being or a mental health crisis. Mental Health First Aid Training is an evidence based, internationally recognized program through the Mental Health Commission of Canada. In this training, participants will learn how to recognize signs […]