Navigating Race-Based Trauma and Grief (IBPOC/BIPOC only)

Online/Virtual Event

This workshop will define race-based trauma and grief and provide tools and strategies to heal forward in life and in our communities. Learn how racial trauma and stress affects mental wellness, how race-based stress and grief impacts individuals in their communities and workplaces, and learn tools to cope with the impacts of racial trauma and […]

Free

Self and Community Care Workshop: Building Skills to Manage Stress

Online/Virtual Event

We don’t always take the time to care for and nurture ourselves and we sometimes require support in integrating relaxation and our personal needs into daily life. This 2-part facilitated webinar focuses on increasing mental health literacy for individuals. Participants will learn about the body’s stress response and how to identify these responses in themselves. […]

Decolonial and Anti-Racist Approaches to Wellbeing

Online/Virtual Event

This three-part workshop series will explore wellbeing through a decolonial and anti-racist lens. Participants will collectively work to re-think and re-imagine what wellbeing looks like in our personal and professional lives. These 2.5 hour sessions – held across three months and facilitated by one of Canada’s most influential speakers, Larissa Crawford from Future Ancestors -- […]

Learning Skills Workshop: Time Management Skills

Online/Virtual Event

Time management is an essential skill for academic success and wellbeing in university! In this session, you will practice time management techniques for scheduling your time, setting goals, and more. You will learn how to separate your “workspace” from your “home space”, mitigate distractions, and learn more tips on time management to set you up […]

Understanding Energy Though Ayurveda

Online/Virtual Event

Learn to understand the sources of energy and how to increase our energy levels according to the ancient holistic medical science of Ayurveda. This session will cover the basic understanding of the 3 doshas and a breakdown of the sources of energy, how to increase our energy levels and experiential tools of breath work that […]

Positive Coping Strategies Workshop

Online/Virtual Event

We all have go-to habits that we turn to in times of high stress or challenge, but are these habits working for you or against you? Our mental health can greatly be supported and maintained with the help of positive coping strategies, however it can be tough to identify the right ones, and to stick […]

The UBC Early Alert Program: Orientation

Online/Virtual Event

This event is part of the CTLT Summer Institute, taking place from August 22–25, 2022: https://institute.ctlt.ubc.ca/summer-institute/summer-institute-events/ Faculty, staff, TAs will learn what the Early Alert program is, how to use the program and how it integrates to support students. Early Alert helps students who are facing academic or wellness difficulties before these difficulties become overwhelming. […]

How to Help a Student: UBC Student Health & Wellness Services and Supports

Irving K. Barber Learning Centre 1961 East Mall, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

This event is part of the CTLT Summer Institute, taking place from August 22–25, 2022: https://institute.ctlt.ubc.ca/summer-institute/summer-institute-events/ The health and wellbeing of our community is everyone’s responsibility, however, we know certain roles at UBC require more direct support of student health and wellbeing. Navigating one’s own health and the health care system can be challenging. This […]

Embedding Student Wellbeing into Your Teaching Practice

Online/Virtual Event

This event is part of the CTLT Summer Institute, taking place from August 22–25, 2022: https://institute.ctlt.ubc.ca/summer-institute/summer-institute-events/ Research clearly demonstrates that classroom environment and instructor approaches positively impact student wellbeing, enjoyment and course engagement. Wellbeing is viewed as a basic resource for success. The goal is to augment teaching practices to address wellbeing in some way, […]

Mental Health First Aid

Online/Virtual Event

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. Participants will learn how to recognize signs that a person may be experiencing a decline in their mental well-being or a mental health crisis and encourage that person […]