What is UBCO Life?
UBCO Life is a newsletter delivered twice per month to continuing undergraduate students, featuring academic and social events, upcoming deadlines, university news, and other issues relevant to student life and success at UBC Okanagan. | - Upcoming dates and deadlines
- Upcoming events
- This Friday: Heat women’s basketball school day game
- Jan. 20 to 28: Living Things International Festival
- Jan. 25: Life Raft Debate
- Move UBC is back in February!
- Espaces francophones January events
- Student opportunities
- Involved in your community? Let’s celebrate!
- Volunteer at the UBCO Career Fair
- Picnic is seeking student volunteers!
- New certificate: Receive your Undergraduate Certificate in Education Studies
- Raise your Voice to receive a $10 Starbucks gift card
- Diagnose diet culture at UBCO for the chance to win a Starbucks gift card
- Help shape your campus
- Present your research experience at the Undergraduate Research Showcase
- Student resources
- Looking to attend a conference or student competition but don’t have the funds?
- Learn tips to manage your stress and anxiety with Y Mind
- Meet the Harm Reduction Team (UBCO HaRT)
- New vlog: A day in the life of a UBCO student with tips to manage your time
| This Friday: Heat women’s basketball school day game Need to kill some time between classes? Want a break from the textbooks? Join us Friday, January 19, at 11 am as your Heat women's basketball team hosts our Okanagan rivals, the Thompson Rivers WolfPack, for a School Day Game. The game kicks off our court sports Presidents' Cup weekend, the annual inter-university competition against the WolfPack. We're hoping to sweep the competition for the third straight season. 🔥 Bring your student ID to the game to get into the game for free! 👀 See the schedule
| Jan. 20 to 28: Living Things International Festival Supported by the Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, the 8th Annual Living Things Festival will run from January 20 to 28, with national and international dance, music, and theatre performances from Romania, Madagascar, Germany, Montreal, Vancouver and the Okanagan. Performances will be held at the Mary Irwin Theatre, the KCT, Black Box Theatre and the Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art. Some highlights include a free public lecture about a dance epidemic, as well as the student favourite Objects in Motion short film evening. Learn more
| Happening next week! Which faculty will save humanity? Get ready for this iconic, interfaculty battle as professors fight to prove their worth. In an alternate reality, a vampiric curse has plagued humanity. In this imaginary world, professors must debate and persuade others that their discipline is superior to others. The failing prof will be used as vampire bait. Which areas will survive? That’s up to you to decide. 🧛‍♀️ Join us on January 25 at 7 pm in COM 201 for this annual event! It’s free to attend, and you don’t want to miss it. Pro tip: Registering gives you a chance to win one of the door prizes (a UBC hoodie or UBC Bookstore gift card). Register now
| Move UBC is back in February! February is Move UBC, a month-long physical activity initiative to get the UBC community moving more and reducing stationary time! Move UBC invites all students, faculty and staff to explore ways to move that feel empowering, comfortable and motivating to them. Join UBCO Recreation for the Move UBC Glow Roll/Run/Walk kick off event on Thursday, February 1 at 6 pm. Register online and meet us in the Gym second level foyer. Glow sticks will be provided. 🌟 Learn more
| Espaces francophones January events Espaces francophones aims to create a sense of community amongst UBCO’s French speakers. Check out their upcoming events this month. 👇 Learn more about Espaces francophones
| Involved in your community? Let’s celebrate! Have you been involved on campus, within your community, or other organizations? We want to celebrate you! 🎉 A limited number of awards are being presented to graduating students who have made it their mission to give back and get involved while they were a student. Sound like you? Click below to learn more. Learn more
| Volunteer at the UBCO Career Fair We're on the lookout for enthusiastic volunteers to make our March Career Fair an unforgettable success! Why should you volunteer? - Networking opportunities with top professionals from 80 companies.
- Exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the Career Fair.
- Boost your resume with hands-on event experience.
- Gain extra networking and job search tips from the Career development staff at UBC.
Sign up now | Picnic is seeking student volunteers! Picnic is looking for volunteers for the UBCO Community Market and Community Meal program! We're seeking dedicated individuals to join us in making a positive impact on our campus. Join the program from either 8:45 to 11 am and 1:30 to 3:30 pm, and help make a difference in your campus community. Learn more
| New certificate: Receive your Undergraduate Certificate in Education Studies The certificate is designed to offer students an introduction to the field of education and is ideal for those interested in pursuing teaching or a better understanding of how people learn. This certificate is useful for those that may want to pursue a career working with children, youth, or adults in other capacities outside of teaching, such as tutoring, curriculum development, research, educational technology, and job training. Open to undergraduate students in most faculties. Learn more
| Raise your Voice and help us understand more about social wellbeing at UBCO Voice is a community-based participatory action research project with an aim to support campus wellbeing. Students, staff, and faculty take part in designing and conducting the research and then taking collective action on the research results to improve and support campus wellbeing.  Join us for Table Talk, a 90-minute conversation with campus community members about social wellbeing at UBC Okanagan. We will discuss what you think a socially-well campus is like, what helps or harms social wellbeing on our campus, and how we can improve social wellbeing at UBCO. Participants will be asked to complete a demographic survey and receive a $10 Starbucks gift card at the end! Click the link below to find a Table Talk session that fits with you and your schedule. Learn more
| Diagnose diet culture at UBCO With the start of the new year, societal pressure to modify your physical appearance through diet and physical activity is at an all-time high. These pressures are often driven by diet culture. Our Campus Wellness & Education team wants to learn what perpetuates these values on our campus. Capture a photo of something you think upholds diet culture on campus. This can include anything that may reinforce fatphobia, guilt or shame surrounding food and eating, or low self-esteem and negative body image. Submit your photo for a chance to win a Starbucks gift card! Submissions close on February 7. Submit your photo here
| Help shape your campus Campus Planning will soon be engaging the community from January 22 to February 9 on an update to the campus plan, which guides the physical development of the Okanagan campus over the next 20 years including on-campus amenities, transportation, green space, housing and enhancing Sylix presence. Learn more and get involved
| Present your research experience at the Undergraduate Research Showcase This event offers students an opportunity to present their undergraduate research experiences to an audience of their peers using the video wall in the Sawchuk Family Theatre. Gain presentation experience, showcase your work and learn more about research opportunities at UBC Okanagan. Apply by January 22 to present on February 29 or March 1 as part of this event. Learn more and apply here
| Looking to attend a conference or student competition but don’t have the funds? UBCO offers financial support to students looking to attend a conference, bring a new initiative to campus, or attend a student competition. Depending on the type of funding you’re seeking, you could be eligible to receive up to $3,500! Sounds great, right? It can be overwhelming to know where to start. There’s a Tuum Est Student Initiative Fund Program Assistant available to answer questions and provide support when completing your application. There’s time to prep; next month’s deadline is Sunday, February 11. Learn more
| Learn healthy ways to manage your stress and anxiety School and life can be stressful. It’s not uncommon to feel overwhelmed, but it doesn’t have to be like that all the time. Y Mind a series of seven weekly, supportive group sessions that help you learn healthy ways to cope with worry and negative thoughts, as well as strategies for calming the body and mind. Students who attended Y Mind reported higher levels of wellbeing and lower levels of stress after completing the workshops, and many made friends through them too! The workshops begin in February, and participants must attend one of two intro sessions (January 18 or 25) before joining. Psst…. Participants will each receive a free 3-month membership to the YMCA! View dates and more details
| Meet the Harm Reduction Team (UBCO HaRT) The UBCO Harm Reduction Team (HaRT) is back on campus this semester! We provide free naloxone training, free and confidential FTIR Drug-Checking, and substance use education for students from a harm reduction lens. You can find us doing naloxone training near the Nechako front desk on Thursdays from 6 to 8 pm or in Picnic from 12:30 to 2:30 pm on Mondays. We are drug-checking on Thursdays from 6 to 8 pm in the Student Health Clinic (UNC 337). For more information visit our website through the link below or follow @ubcoaccesswellbeing on Instagram! Learn more
| A day in the life of a UBCO student with tips to manage your time Check out the latest UBCO Life vlog! Take a peek at the day in the life with Mia, a UBCO student, and stay until the end for some tips to manage your time as a university student. Watch the vlog
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