You can request a workshop for a group of students, staff, and/or faculty members. Choose from the workshop topics on this page.
Graduate students can also find workshops for graduate students, provided by Graduate Pathways to Success. For specific wellness-themed graduate workshops, please email levonne.abshire@ubc.ca.
You may request us to set up and host a Wellness Centre booth at an event or in your building.
UBC has many resources to help support the health and wellness of students. Find out more about what is available and how to connect with these resources.
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
Time: 10-30 minutes
Intended audience: All students
Presented by: Health Promotion Specialists
Stress can positively or negatively impact your ability to feel good and achieve success, depending on how you manage it. This workshop is a valuable starting point or refresher as you work toward balancing your academic commitments with your physical and mental wellness. You will learn strategies you can implement to manage your wellbeing as a student.
This workshop will be hosted in a small group session of up to 10 people. You will be invited to reflect on your personal experiences and your unique wellness needs.
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
Time: 1 hour
Presented by: Wellness Peer Educators and/or Health Promotion Specialists
How you decide to spend time and prioritize responsibilities can contribute to how you feel. This workshop can help you identify how you currently spend your time and how you would like to better manage your time. You will learn effective time management strategies that you can personalize to fit your values, priorities, and lifestyle in order to reduce stress and achieve success.
This workshop will be hosted in a small group session of up to 10 people. You will be invited to reflect on your personal experiences and your unique wellness needs.
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
Time: 1 hour
Intended audience: All students
Presented by: Wellness Peer Educators and/or Health Promotion Specialists
Do you want to be better prepared for an injury? A first aid kit contains more than just band-aids!
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
Time: 1 hour
Intended audience: All students
Presented by: First Aid Student Team member
Student leaders are often important role-models for their fellow students, and prioritizing your personal wellbeing is fundamental to assisting and supporting others. This workshop guides students in leadership positions to reflect on their own wellness to empower them as role-models for student wellbeing.
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
Time: 1 hours
Intended audience: Student leaders
Presented by: Wellness Peer Educators and/or Health Promotion Specialists
This session will teach students how to help a peer by providing a framework for navigating conversations with peers in need of support. You will learn how to respond with empathy, listen, and connect your peer to supports and resources. In this workshop, we will also discuss the importance of setting personal boundaries, practicing self-care when supporting others, and where students can debrief and access support for themselves.
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
Time: 1 hour
Intended audience: Student leaders
Presented by: Health Promotion Specialists
BC and Canada are in the midst of an opioid overdose crisis. In this workshop, you will reflect on the subject of substance use and its impacts, examine stigma and biases you may hold that would prevent helping, and gain practical strategies you can use to minimize the risk of substance use for yourself and others. These skills will increase participants' confidence to recognize and help an overdose situation and make UBC a safer place.
By the end of this session, you will be able to:
Time: 1 to 1.5 hours
Intended audience: All students
Presented by: First Aid Student Team member and/ or Health Promotion Specialists
Join a Wellness Advisor to learn about mental health and how to cope when you're not feeling your best.
By the end of this workshop, individuals will be able to:
*Because this session is open to the UBC community, we will not be able to discuss individual concerns or cirumstances
Time: 1 hour
Intended audience: All students
Presented by: Wellness Advisors
Learn about communicating with impact and effectiveness. This session aims to help improve your relationships and conversation outcomes.
By the end of this workshop, individuals will be able to:
*Strategies for public speaking are not included in this session
Time: 1 hour
Intended audience: All students
Presented by: Wellness Advisors
Learn about techniques to manage stress during the academic year.
By the end of this workshop, individuals will have strategies to:
Time: 1 hour
Intended audience: All students
Presented by: Wellness Advisors
Better understand your mood by learning about the relationship between your thoughts, feelings, and actions.
By the end of this workshop, individuals will be more more empowered by:
Time: 1 hour
Intended audience: All students
Presented by: Wellness Advisors
Learn strategies to deal with circumstances beyond your control. Feel more empowered when things don't go your way by practicing acceptance techniques.
Time: 1 hour
Intended audience: All students
Presented by: Wellness Advisors
This workshop helps you understand why break-ups feel so hard
By the end of this workshop, individuals will have learned to:
Time: 1 hour
Intended audience: All students
Presented by: Wellness Advisors
