We understand that this is a stressful time for all. If you are struggling or looking for online learning tools, please take a look at the resources below:
Student Wellness:
- Guide to finding health support
- UBC Keep Learning: Guidance for Online Learning
- UBC: Online Support Groups
- UBC: Health and Wellness Resources for Students
- UBC: Wellness Resources for Indigenous Students
- UBC Guides and Protocols to Travelling Safely
- UBC FAQs for Vancouver Graduate Students
- Here2Talk: Mental Health Resource for Post-Secondary Students
Faculty and Staff Wellness:
- UBC Keep Teaching: Guidance for Virtual Teaching and Learning
- UBC Working from Home Ergonomics
- UBC Faculty and Staff Travel Guide
- UBC Continuity Planning Resources
- UBC HR: Tools and Resources on Building Mental Health
General Wellness:
- BC Thrive
- BC Crisis Centre
- Foundry BC: When the News Stresses You Out
- Kids Help Phone
- Mental Health and COVID-19
- Dealing with COVID-19 Anxiety
- Canadian Mental Health Association: Coronavirus – Managing Stress & Anxiety
- Canadian Gov: Coping with COVID-19
- Managing with COVID-19 Fears and Anxiety
- How to deal with COVID-19 if you have OCD or Anxiety
- Video: Tips for dealing with Coronavirus Anxiety
- World Health Organization: Coping with stress during the 2019-nCoV outbreak
Additional Student Supports:
- The Hope for Wellness Help Line is open to all Indigenous Peoples across Canada, and offers 24-hour mental health counselling, via phone 1-855-242-3310 or chat Line.
- Call 310-6789 (no area code needed) toll-free anywhere in BC to access emotional support, information and resources specific to mental health and substance use issues. Available 24 hours a day.
- Indigenous UBC students can access support via the Student Health and Wellbeing portal.
Community Supports:
- The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) offers support for Indigenous people (status and non-status) who have had members of their family attend residential school. Please review this information here.Here’s a list of service providers registered with health benefits at their website or call 1-855-550-5454.
- The Hope for Wellness Help Line is open to all Indigenous Peoples across Canada, and offers 24-hour mental health counselling, via phone 1-855-242-3310 or chat Line.
- The KUU-US Crisis Line Society operates a 24-hour provincial Aboriginal Crisis line for: adults, elders and youth. See more here.
Adult/Elder Crisis Line: 250-723-4050
Child/Youth Crisis Line: 250-723-2040
BC Wide Toll Free: 1-800-588-8717
Métis Crisis Line BC Toll Free: 1-833-638-4722 - The Indian Residential School Survivors Society (IRSSS) provides essential services to Residential School Survivors, their families, and to those dealing with intergenerational trauma. Call toll free: 1-800-721-0066.
- The BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres supports Aboriginal Friendship Centres across the province that support urban Aboriginal people. You can learn more about the Friendship Centre model, provincial initiatives and programs, and connect with local Friendship Centres here.
- The Hope for Wellness Help Line is open to all Indigenous Peoples across Canada, and offers 24-hour mental health counselling, via phone 1-855-242-3310 or chat Line.
- Call 310-6789 (no area code needed) toll-free anywhere in BC to access emotional support, information and resources specific to mental health and substance use issues. Available 24 hours a day.
COVID-19 Pandemic Resources: