Navigating difficult conversations at work

Online/Virtual Event

Description:  Whether you’re a faculty member, employee or leader, it’s likely that you’ve experienced a difficult conversation in the workplace before. You might have difficulties asking for time off, or negotiating salary, and even setting healthy work-life boundaries—these types of conversations can be stressful and we don’t often talk about how to approach them in […]

Acadia Park Housing and Wellbeing Workshops

Acadia Community Centre 2707 Tennis Crescent, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

We’re a research team funded by UBC’s Campus as a Living Lab initiative and we’re inviting all current and former residents of UBC’s Acadia Park Student Family Housing to join us at the Acadia Park Commonsblock for a series of three workshops where we’ll be investigating what design elements of housing contribute to wellbeing. Lunch/dinner […]

Free

Food and Finance

Online/Virtual Event

Date: Wednesday, March 8, 2023  Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. PST  Audience: All faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver and Okanagan  Location: Zoom.  Description:  With food prices escalating across the country, we are all looking for ways to save on groceries. Participants will learn how to create healthy and financially sustainable meal plans, including […]

Acadia Park Housing and Wellbeing Workshops

Acadia Community Centre 2707 Tennis Crescent, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

We’re a research team funded by UBC’s Campus as a Living Lab initiative and we’re inviting all current and former residents of UBC’s Acadia Park Student Family Housing to join us at the Acadia Park Commonsblock for a series of three workshops where we’ll be investigating what design elements of housing contribute to wellbeing. Lunch/dinner […]

Free

Acadia Park Housing and Wellbeing Workshops

Acadia Community Centre 2707 Tennis Crescent, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

We’re a research team funded by UBC’s Campus as a Living Lab initiative and we’re inviting all current and former residents of UBC’s Acadia Park Student Family Housing to join us at the Acadia Park Commonsblock for a series of three workshops where we’ll be investigating what design elements of housing contribute to wellbeing. Lunch/dinner […]

Free

Thinking traps

Online/Virtual Event

Audience: All faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver and Okanagan  Description:   This seminar will allow participants to explore how their thoughts can cause decreases in productivity and passions. Participants will be able to explore complex views that define thoughts and action plans to overcome them. At the end of this seminar, participants will be able […]

UBC 23 24 Indigenous Cultural Safety Program Community Building Event

First Nations Longhouse 1985 West Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 12:00 - 1:00 pm, in-person, at the First Nations Longhouse Link to event: https://ubc2324.med.ubc.ca/event/ubc-23-24-students-facilitators-community-building-event/ The UBC 23 24 team is excited to invite the entire UBC 23 24 community to sit with us, share some food and get to know each other! This includes all UBC Health Professional students and leadership […]

Free

Missed the Travelling Health Fair? Book in for the last diabetes assessments

Pharmaceutical Sciences Building 2405 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Open to faculty and staff at UBC Vancouver Location: UBC Pharmacists Clinic, Pharmaceutical Sciences Building, Level 2 As part of this free Travelling Health Fair, participants are offered the following confidential services: Measurement of weight, waist, blood pressure, and blood sugars Education about blood sugars, diabetes, and what it all means A personalized risk assessment […]

Talking to your kids about sex: Tips for parents, guardians and askable adults

Online/Virtual Event

The prospect of talking to young people about sex and sexual health can be a difficult one, often made more challenging by a lack of knowledge, personal discomfort, or shame around the topic. The good news is that these conversations don’t need to be feared or avoided.    If you are a parent, guardian, or an […]

iCON South Asian Chronic Disease Webinar Series: Answering your Questions About Diabetes

Hybrid Online/Virtual and In-Person - See Description Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

iCON South Asian Chronic Disease Webinar Series: Answering your Questions About Diabetes will take place on Wednesday, May 31st, 2023. Join our panel of health professionals in a webinar where they answer Q&A sessions about diabetes from the audience who attended the iCON South Asian Health Forum, “Take Charge of Your Health: Living Well Together […]

Free