The Healthy UBC Newsletter comes out monthly for those who are interested in health and wellbeing topics at UBC.
Healthy UBC Newsletter
November is Thrive month: explore the signature events to support your mental health
Our signature events for Thrive, our month-long mental health literacy campaign, are now available.
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- Wellbeing
- Benefits FYI
- Healthy UBC
Managing your workload: strategies for reducing stress in the workplace
This month, we are looking at workload management — an organizational factor that can impact psychological health and safety in workplaces.
- HR
- Wellbeing
- Healthy UBC
Mental health benefits for Indigenous faculty and staff through Noojimo Health
Noojimo Health is an Indigenous-owned organization that provides culturally safe and timely virtual mental health services, delivered by an Indigenous care provider for Indigenous people.
- HR
- Wellbeing
- Benefits FYI
- Healthy UBC

Thrive Grants now available, apply by Oct. 1 to help host your event
Thrive is UBC’s annual mental health literacy campaign that offers students, faculty, and staff at UBC opportunities to explore pathways to men
- HR
- Wellbeing
- Healthy UBC
Building a culture of wellbeing: UBC Department of Orthopaedics
Why wellbeing is important for UBC's Department of Orthopaedics.
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- Wellbeing
- Healthy UBC
Why wellbeing matters at UBC
At UBC, we believe that wellbeing is foundational to excellence in teaching, research, learning, and working.
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- Wellbeing
- Healthy UBC
Celebrating a year of wellbeing: Insights from five Workplace Wellbeing Ambassadors
Five of our Workplace Wellbeing Ambassadors reflect on their achievements and share insights after 12 months of integrating wellbeing into their faculties and departments through the WWA program.
- HR
- Wellbeing
- Healthy UBC

Discover how trauma-informed approaches can transform your workplace
Building a trauma-informed workplace is a free, 90-minute self-paced course, which will help you contribute to a campus culture where innovation, collaboration, trust and wellbeing can flourish.
- HR
- Wellbeing
- Healthy UBC
Not sure what to do with your WES results? The Workplace Wellbeing team is here to help
You have your WES results, but you aren't sure how to action some of those wellbeing indicators. Why not connect with our Workplace Wellbeing team for a free consultation?
- HR
- Wellbeing
- Healthy UBC
Sexual and reproductive health: It’s time for ‘The Talk’
Talking about it is a great place to start, but talking about sex in more holistic health terms will have greater benefits. Perhaps most importantly, talking about sex should be a lifelong conversation.
- HR
- Wellbeing
- Healthy UBC