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Considering wellbeing in our teaching and learning practices helps our students achieve their full potential.

Creating positive classrooms, lecture halls and research labs where students feel supported and connected helps to promote and enhance learning outcomes and equip them for success.

Here, faculty members will find tools to help support student wellbeing in learning environments.

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Teaching Practices that Support Wellbeing

Considering wellbeing in our teaching and learning practices helps our students achieve their full potential.

Creating positive classrooms...

Creating Student-focused Syllabi: A Tool for Instructors

This checklist is intended as a reflection tool that provides you with opportunities to design your course syllabi through the lens of supporting...

Canvas Module for Faculty: Supporting Student Learning and Wellbeing Using Online Resources

This online resource in Canvas allows UBC faculty members to share tools and strategies for promoting and enhancing student wellbeing using online...

New Faculty Orientation Guide

The New Faculty Orientation Guide is intended to be a starting point—a helpful collection of materials of interest to new faculty in their first...

Invite the Move U Crew to your classroom

The Move U Crew is committed to enhancing campus wellbeing. They do this by offering movement breaks in classes, conferences and meetings, hosting...

Building an Effective Graduate Student-Supervisor Relationship

Graduate student relationships with faculty members are regarded by students as the most important aspect of their graduate education. Good...

Teaching Practices that Promote Wellbeing

Studies have indicated that good mental health and wellbeing enhances a student’s ability to learn. Evidence also shows that different teaching...

UBC Statement on Respectful Environments

In late September 2008, President Toope introduced the UBC Respectful Environment Statement for students, faculty, and staff. The Statement speaks...

Take a Stand Policy

The School of Health and Exercise Sciences (Okanagan Campus) shares their policy for incorporating standing and movement breaks for students...

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We all have a hand in shaping campus environments that support health, wellbeing, and sustainability. By championing wellbeing, we can build stronger and more inclusive communities at UBC and beyond.