In the spirit of cultivating inclusive, safe and vibrant places to work and learn, we invite faculty and staff to participate in Pink Shirt Day on Wednesday, February 25.
This year’s Pink Shirt Day theme, Kindness Comes Full Circle, reminds us that even the smallest acts of care can create positive ripple effects across our teams and community.
At UBC, we are committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, respectful and vibrant place to work and learn. On Pink Shirt Day, February 25, we invite faculty and staff to wear a pink shirt (available at the UBC Bookstore) or use a pink virtual background for meetings. Your participation helps raise awareness about the harmful effects of bullying. It also reminds us of the importance of kindness, compassion, and empathy in all our spaces.
As we reflect on how bullying affects people across all stages of life, from the school yard to the workplace, we’re sharing resources to help our community recognize, address and prevent harmful behaviours, and to foster empathy every day, not just on Pink Shirt Day.
Support for faculty and staff
If you need to speak with someone about challenges you’re facing, confidential counselling services are available through UBC’s Employee and Family Assistance Program.
UBC’s extended health benefits plan provides 100% coverage based on reasonable and customary charges for licensed psychologists, social workers or registered clinical counsellors up to a maximum of $3,000 per person per benefit year. This includes counselling services and psychological testing.
Strengthen your resilience
These learning opportunities can help you build resilience and skills for fostering healthy workplaces:
- Caring for Self: Mental Health at Work for individuals: includes a curated learning path of webinars, LinkedIn Learning programs, and self-directed courses (WPL, self-paced).
- Building Skills for Resilience (WPL course, self-paced)
- Psychological Health and Safety 101 (WPL course, self-paced)
If you're looking to foster psychologically healthy workplaces within your teams, as a leader or manager, these resources may help:
- Caring for Others: Mental Health at Work - for Leaders includes a curated learning path of webinars, LinkedIn Learning programs, and self-directed courses (WPL, self-paced).
- Building a trauma-informed workplace (WPL course, 90 min, self-paced)
- Preparing for Workplace Crises (WPL, 10 min, self-paced)
More from our community
Explore additional resources to help strengthen respectful, inclusive and safe work and learning environments:
- Practical guidance on Building a respectful online work environment
- Foster constructive conversations using the Respectful Dialogues Guide
- Learn about UBC's commitments through the StEAR Framework and Wellbeing Strategic Framework.
- Review the information and list of resources for psychological safety and workplace wellbeing.
However you choose to participate, thank you for helping nurture a culture of kindness and respect at UBC.
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