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In Person Food Skills Workshops Return!
We are so excited that Food Skills Workshops will be continuing in-person this academic year! Our kitchen is stocked and ready for you to come cook and foster your food skills and build a sense of community. Workshops will be hosted every Tuesday and Thursday...
Free Breakfast Program for Students!
It can be challenging to get in the first meal of the day as a student due to time and budgetary constraints. Stop by Picnic Tuesday and Thursday mornings for a free grab-and-go breakfast! Eating a balanced breakfast can set you up for success by supporting...
Peer Nutrition Education Program – now in Picnic!
Peer Nutrition Education Program The Peer Nutrition Education Program is now located in Picnic! Come on by and ask Karson, 4th year human kinetics student, your food and nutrition questions. Karson will be hosting several days of the Peer Nutrition Education Program...
Nutrition Education Centre Now Open in Picnic!
Have a nutrition-related question? Nutrition Education Center now open for drop-in hour! We are excited to announce that the Nutrition Education Center (NEC) is now open in Picnic! The NEC is a program that supports students in accessing credible...
Weekly Virtual Food Skills Workshop!
Do you want free food? Are you looking to expand your cooking skills? Come join our virtual food series workshops! We provide the ingredients for free and you follow along from your own kitchen over Zoom. Date and time: Thursdays from 5:00-6:30pm Registration:...
Food Skills Workshops are Back!
Campus Wellness is helping students THRIVE by hosting a free virtual cooking skills workshop. Fueling your body with nutritious food can help support better mental health. Come build your confidence in the kitchen, learn new skills, tips and tricks on how to create a...
Up your kitchen game with Campus Health’s food skills workshop series
Build your confidence in your kitchen!!
Golden Apple and I am Accessible Award Winners 2022
Golden Apple Awards and the I Am Accessible Awards are student-driven awards
UBCO Harm Reduction Team at Big White
A first for the UBCO Harm Reduction Team (HaRT)
Tackling Toxic Drugs
UBCO’s collaboration with the community is breaking down barriers when it comes to accessing harm reduction services
Help us make a food map!
Let’s find good food in the syilx Okanagan Nation together!
Drug checking on UBCO campus
Free and confidential testing
Campus Health supports International Overdose Awareness Day
UBCO’s Campus Health Harm Reduction Team says they’re seeing a staggering amount of Fentanyl and Benzodiazepines in the drug supply
Harm Reduction Team Substance Use Dialogues at UBCO
Learn about the major themes that arose from this dialogue series
2021 Golden Apple Award and I Am Accessible Award
Winners Announced!
Meet Adrian Van de Mosselaer – a member of our harm reduction team
Transition from hockey enforcer to nurse, inspired by Christmas gift
UBCO and the Overdose Crisis
5 years since BC declared the overdose crisis a public health emergency
Launching Partnerships for a Physical Food Hub at UBCO
Teaming up to continue work to address the high rates of student food insecurity at UBCO
Introducing our COVID-19 Ambassadors
Campus Health has teamed up with UBCO Risk Management and Student Services to launch a student-led COVID-19 prevention ambassador project
Meet our Campus Health Students – Kaitlin Ukrainetz and Sara Erickson-Montague
UBCO COVID-19 ambassadors, Kaitlin and Sara
New enhanced service available in several Okanagan communities
UBC Okanagan’s Harm Reduction Team, in partnership with Interior Health, is taking its confidential drug-checking service to communities across the region in an effort to save lives
Meet Campus Health Student – David Byres
UBCO student David Byres, helping to keep the global campus community connected
UBCO research highlights student food insecurity
42% of UBCO students are food insecure
Meet our Social Work Students – Karen Chhabra-Dhoot and Sarah Doyle
Karen and Sarah, practicum placement students to support the work of our Campus Health and UBCO Health and Wellness teams
In Person Food Skills Workshops Return!
We are so excited that Food Skills Workshops will be continuing in-person this academic year! Our kitchen is stocked and ready for you to come cook and foster your food skills and build a sense of community. Workshops will be hosted every Tuesday and Thursday...
Free Breakfast Program for Students!
It can be challenging to get in the first meal of the day as a student due to time and budgetary constraints. Stop by Picnic Tuesday and Thursday mornings for a free grab-and-go breakfast! Eating a balanced breakfast can set you up for success by supporting...
Peer Nutrition Education Program – now in Picnic!
Peer Nutrition Education Program The Peer Nutrition Education Program is now located in Picnic! Come on by and ask Karson, 4th year human kinetics student, your food and nutrition questions. Karson will be hosting several days of the Peer Nutrition Education Program...
Nutrition Education Centre Now Open in Picnic!
Have a nutrition-related question? Nutrition Education Center now open for drop-in hour! We are excited to announce that the Nutrition Education Center (NEC) is now open in Picnic! The NEC is a program that supports students in accessing credible...
Weekly Virtual Food Skills Workshop!
Do you want free food? Are you looking to expand your cooking skills? Come join our virtual food series workshops! We provide the ingredients for free and you follow along from your own kitchen over Zoom. Date and time: Thursdays from 5:00-6:30pm Registration:...
Food Skills Workshops are Back!
Campus Wellness is helping students THRIVE by hosting a free virtual cooking skills workshop. Fueling your body with nutritious food can help support better mental health. Come build your confidence in the kitchen, learn new skills, tips and tricks on how to create a...
Up your kitchen game with Campus Health’s food skills workshop series
Build your confidence in your kitchen!!
Golden Apple and I am Accessible Award Winners 2022
Golden Apple Awards and the I Am Accessible Awards are student-driven awards
UBCO Harm Reduction Team at Big White
A first for the UBCO Harm Reduction Team (HaRT)
Tackling Toxic Drugs
UBCO’s collaboration with the community is breaking down barriers when it comes to accessing harm reduction services
In Person Food Skills Workshops Return!
We are so excited that Food Skills Workshops will be continuing in-person this academic year! Our kitchen is stocked and ready for you to come cook and foster your food skills and build a sense of community. Workshops will be hosted every Tuesday and Thursday...
Free Breakfast Program for Students!
It can be challenging to get in the first meal of the day as a student due to time and budgetary constraints. Stop by Picnic Tuesday and Thursday mornings for a free grab-and-go breakfast! Eating a balanced breakfast can set you up for success by supporting...
Peer Nutrition Education Program – now in Picnic!
Peer Nutrition Education Program The Peer Nutrition Education Program is now located in Picnic! Come on by and ask Karson, 4th year human kinetics student, your food and nutrition questions. Karson will be hosting several days of the Peer Nutrition Education Program...
Nutrition Education Centre Now Open in Picnic!
Have a nutrition-related question? Nutrition Education Center now open for drop-in hour! We are excited to announce that the Nutrition Education Center (NEC) is now open in Picnic! The NEC is a program that supports students in accessing credible...
Weekly Virtual Food Skills Workshop!
Do you want free food? Are you looking to expand your cooking skills? Come join our virtual food series workshops! We provide the ingredients for free and you follow along from your own kitchen over Zoom. Date and time: Thursdays from 5:00-6:30pm Registration:...
Food Skills Workshops are Back!
Campus Wellness is helping students THRIVE by hosting a free virtual cooking skills workshop. Fueling your body with nutritious food can help support better mental health. Come build your confidence in the kitchen, learn new skills, tips and tricks on how to create a...
Up your kitchen game with Campus Health’s food skills workshop series
Build your confidence in your kitchen!!
Golden Apple and I am Accessible Award Winners 2022
Golden Apple Awards and the I Am Accessible Awards are student-driven awards
UBCO Harm Reduction Team at Big White
A first for the UBCO Harm Reduction Team (HaRT)
Tackling Toxic Drugs
UBCO’s collaboration with the community is breaking down barriers when it comes to accessing harm reduction services