UBC’s Health, Wellbeing and Benefits team has a great line-up of free activities and opportunities coming your way this month. There are a range of activities available, including mindfulness meditations and Search Inside Yourself. Register today!
Facilitated Webinars
Meditation with Aisha: 10 minutes for 10 days online mindfulness challenge
Winter cohort starts: December 9, 2020
9:00 am – 9:10 am
Start off your morning with 10 minutes of mindfulness for 10 work days! These free and live sessions are open to all UBC staff and faculty looking to incorporate mindfulness into their morning routines to improve focus, manage stress, and increase feelings of connection towards others. Classes will be facilitator-led via zoom. Learn more and register.
Pet-ditate: Meditate with Aisha and your pet
December 14, 16 and 18
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
Pets and mindfulness can both reduce stress and improve feelings of wellbeing. In these sessions we will be combining our pets and mindfulness in these 20-minute mindfulness sessions to deepen our connections with our pets and focus on the present moment. Classes will be facilitator-led via zoom and Aisha’s dog Max. Learn more and register for the challenge now. Learn more and register.
Daily mindfulness classes and webinars
Ongoing
UBC’s partnership with mindfulness organization MindWell-U provides daily live meditation webinars and classes. Simply join MindWell-U and visit their free webinars and classes pages.
Free Events
Through the lens: Deaf culture and awareness
December 16
10:00 am – 1:00 pm
The UBC Equity & Inclusion Office is excited to present another Through the Lens series. In this event Amar will discuss Deaf Culture, its impacts from his personal perspectives, and his life journey as Deaf person. Through the initiative he founded on Instagram, Sign With Amar, he will share the barriers in sign language, how the initiative overcomes them, and the perspectives on communication and accessibility. There will be a Q&A session at the end for audience questions. Learn more and register.
Free Resources
30-day online mindfulness challenge
Starts every Tuesday
This free, innovative, evidence-based training is open to all UBC staff and faculty looking to incorporate mindfulness into the workplace and in their everyday lives. Content is delivered online via any device, and focuses on simple yet powerful and achievable learning objectives. After just 10 minutes a day for 30 consecutive days, participants will have the tools to be healthier, more productive and better able to problem-solve and work in a team. Learn more and register for the challenge now.
Not Myself Today
UBC is an active participant of the Canadian Mental Health Association’s Not Myself Today® (NMT) initiative. NMT is an evidence-informed initiative that aims to help employers and employees enhance mental health in the workplace by increasing awareness and understanding, reducing stigma and fostering safe and supportive work cultures. We encourage you and your departments to consider joining our community of NMT Ambassadors to champion this initiative within UBC. By registering, you receive access to online resources prepared to inspire understanding and action for better workplace mental health.
Self-Guided Webinars
Stress relaxation techniques
On-demand webinar
Available until January 3, 2021
Our minds and bodies need rest and recovery breaks to allow us to relax and reduce the effects of stress. While everyone has days that are hectic and unfocused, consistently feeling stressed out, rushed, or on the go can have a detrimental impact on a person, increasing their risk of experiencing a serious physical concern, such as heart disease or stroke. This seminar will show participants how to make time to calm down and reduce stress, using both proactive and reactive relaxation techniques. Access the webinar.
Understanding your UBC benefits
On-demand webinar
Open enrolment
Learn which benefits you are eligible for, the cost and coverage of your benefit, how to make claims using your benefits, what the Employee and Family Assistance Plan offers and how to access these resources, and who to contact if you have questions. The course, presented by the Health, Wellbeing and Benefits department, is open to staff and faculty at UBC Vancouver and Okanagan. Access Understanding your UBC benefits plan.
Self-care 101
Self-guided webinar
Open enrollment
Join this unique, self-guided course and learn how to increase mental health literacy through self-care. Take a stress index, explore what self-care means to you and identify key UBC resources that can be engaged to support work life integration and positive mental health. Access the webinar.
Wellbeing in the workplace
Self-guided webinar
Open enrollment
Now more than ever, wellbeing is playing a crucial role in both our work lives and personal lives. In order to work well, we have to be well, and understanding the importance of wellbeing within the context of the workplace is a great place to start. Learn more and register now.
Preview of January webinar highlights
Search Inside Yourself half-day training program
January 15, 2021
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Developed at Google and founded in neuroscience, Search Inside Yourself is a training program that uses emotional intelligence and mindfulness to optimize performance, build leadership skills and increase wellbeing. In times of rapid change, the SIY program can help participants build resilience, become adaptive and learn to thrive. Learn more and register now.
The Working Mind for Managers
January 18, 9:00 am – 12:00 pm
January 25, 9:00 am – 1:00 pm
(both sessions are mandatory)
This training is for managers, supervisors, and team leads. Established by the Mental Health Commission of Canada, the Working Mind is an evidence-based training program designed to address and promote mental health and reduce stigma in a workplace setting. It includes scenario-based practical applications, custom videos of people with lived experience of mental illness, participant reference guides, and related handouts. Learn more and register now.
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