Wellbeing Training and Education

In the Navigating Your Health and Wellbeing at UBC and Beyond Canvas course, you will be introduced to the programs and services available to you at UBC and beyond to support your health and wellbeing. You’ll learn how to access programs and services and to be proactive about your health.

This Mental Health Literacy Canvas course offers information and resources about intersectional approaches to mental health, stress, and taking charge of your wellbeing.

Take the How to Help a Peer Canvas course for information and resources to help you support your peers, respond with empathy, and offer help.

Created by the Wellness Centre and Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office (SVPRO), the Inclusive Event Planning Canvas course is an introduction to equity and inclusion in organizing events, including what to do before, during, and after an event to design safer, inclusive spaces for all community members.

Learn what is happening with the toxic drug supply in British Columbia, safer use of substances, harm reduction, as well as what to do if you see accidental drug poisoning and how to help, through the SAVE Lives: Harm Reduction and Naloxone Training Course.

Book an educational trivia event that addresses different mental health topics, run by our Peer Health Educator volunteer team. This event can be customized to accommodate your educational goals on topics of mental health and wellness. 

Topics that can be covered by this trivia include:

• Mental Health Basics
• Neurodivergence
• Mental Health Resources at UBC and Beyond
• Caring for Your Mental Health
• Supporting a Friend

In this 15 to 20 minute presentation, you will be introduced to the programs and services available to you at UBC and beyond to support your health and wellbeing. You will learn how to access programs and services and ways in which to be proactive about your health. There is also a Canvas course you can take at your own pace.

This 60-minute workshop shares skills and strategies to help you notice when a peer might need help and learn how to have a supportive conversation. Before attending this workshop, you’ll need to complete the How to Help a Peer Canvas course.

There is currently a toxic drug supply in British Columbia and Canada, and accidental drug poisoning continues to be a major public health crisis. In this 50-minute workshop, you will reflect on substance use and its impacts and gain practical strategies for safer substance use, as well as how to respond to accidental drug poisoning. Before attending this workshop, you’ll need to complete the SAVE Lives: Harm Reduction & Naloxone Training Canvas course.

Book an educational trivia event that addresses different aspects of sexuality, run by our Peer Health Educator volunteer team. This event can be customized to accommodate your educational goals on the topics of sexual health and sexuality.

Topics that can be covered by this trivia include:

• Sexual Health Resources at UBC and Beyond
• Pop Culture
• Queer Past, Present, and Future
• How Your Sex Education Failed You

Participants will have the opportunity to question assumptions around substances and consent, set standards for how we all deserve to be treated, counter victim-blaming, adopt collective safety and harm reduction approaches, and learn tools to set up a safer and more inclusive environment for all. Before attending this workshop, you are asked to complete the Inclusive Event Planning Canvas course.

UBC has transitioned from the QPR program and has created a custom Suicide Awareness and Intervention Training (SAIT) that is trauma-informed, post-secondary focused, and has a cultural context. SAIT is offered in 2 parts.

Part 1 is asynchronous and requires approximately 90 minutes to complete. Sign up for the Canvas course using your CWL. Participants will get a certificate of completion once they finish the Canvas course. You must complete Part 1 before you can start Part 2.

Part 2 is a synchronous session facilitated by a professional staff member and requires 60-90 minutes to complete. It is offered online and in person. Part 2 builds upon and extends the training in Part 1 to solidify your understanding of the content through practice and discussions. To book Part 2, you must complete the Part 1 Canvas course.

Book this booth to introduce attendees to the health and wellness programs and services available to students at UBC. Attendees will learn how to access these programs and services and to be proactive about their health.

Book a time for our Mobile Sexual Health Shop to come by your building/location. Run by our Peer Health Educator volunteer team, we will bring a few products from our Sexual Health Shop for students to purchase, as well as answer sexuality-related questions that students may have. These booths are perfect for events, or in spaces with students passing through. The Mobile Shop can only enter wheelchair-accessible spaces.

Book our Mental Health and Wellbeing booth to educate other students about mental well-being and mental health resources. Run by our Peer Health Educator volunteer team, possible themes for mental health booths include: stress, self-care, social connection, and more. We can answer students’ questions, help them find resources for mental health support, and enhance their wellbeing. These booths are perfect for events, or in spaces with students passing through.

Run by our Peer Health Educator volunteer team, this booth promotes and provides resources and education for safer substance use, cannabis and alcohol use, safer partying, drug use while studying, the unregulated toxic drug supply, and decriminalization. We provide information to peers that is destigmatizing, relevant, and rooted in harm reduction. We can answer students’ questions, help them find resources for substance use health support, and enhance their wellbeing. These booths are perfect for events, or in spaces with students passing through.