Healthy UBC | April 2022

Welcome to Healthy UBC!

This is your monthly collection of health and wellbeing stories and events from across UBC. In the April edition, we focus on financial health, with some fantastic events, tools and tips for improving your financial literacy and more. 

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Editorial: Financial literacy

Understanding your own emotional relationship to money and your finances is one of the hidden aspects of financial literacy. We look at ways to increase your financial literacy and money management skill.

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Staff & Faculty Sports Day is back!

UBC Staff & Faculty Sports Day is set to return on May 6 to an in-person format! Whether you want to participate as an office, department, group of colleagues or an individual, there is an activity for everyone.

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Free financial consultations and online programs for faculty and staff

When it comes to setting up your finances for success it doesn’t hurt to get a bit of guidance. Take a look at some of the free, confidential consultations and services offered through our Employee and Family Assistance Program.

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Improve your financial literacy with these free events

Faculty and staff can gain personal finance insights from financial experts, with these free events. These sessions are hosted by Sheilagh Cahill, a Financial Educator with the Credit Counselling Society.

Learn about your UBC Pension Plan

Pension plans can be complex and may not be easy to understand. The Pension Office has a number of helpful resources to help faculty and staff — no matter where you are in your career — to utilize your pension.

Free events and resources

UBC’s Health, Wellbeing and Benefits team has a great line-up of free activities and opportunities coming your way.

• Friday, April 22: QPR Suicide Intervention Training
• Tuesday, May 3 and Wednesday, May 11: Understanding Mental Health
• Thursday, May 12: Science-based strategies for happy, healthy relationships
• Thursday, May 12 and 19: The Working Mind Training for Employees
• Wednesday, May 25: Beyond Consent Culture: Creating Community Accountability 
• June 22, 29 and 30: The Working Mind for Managers
• Starting May 12: MindWellU's 4-week program: Financial Freedom
  • Sign up for this program and more by logging into your MindWell account and visit drop-in classes > monthly programs.
  • Don’t have an account? Sign up today.

Self-paced Webinars

• NEW: Emotional Intelligence – A guide to how it works with LifeWorks: Available until April 18, 2022
• NEW: Conflict Resolution in the Workplace: Available April 18 – June 18, 2022

Take a look at all of our upcoming events

Event focus: Indigenous Rights, Reconciliation, and Climate Change with Kyle Whyte

Open to UBC students, faculty, and staff, this discussion will focus on how Indigenous-guided solutions to climate change can make a difference, but require an end to colonialism and racism.

Date and Time:  Thursday, April 19, 2022, 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. PST

Format: 40-minute lecture format and 20 minutes Q&A .

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Moose Hide Campaign Day — May 12

Moose Hide Campaign Day provides each of us an opportunity to contribute to our collective healing journey and foster positive change in our country.

Join the ceremony on Thursday, May 12 to create a safer Canada for all women and children.

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UBCO ProPass is back

Until April, 30 faculty and staff at UBCO can enrol for ProPASS

Enrolment for the summer 2022 ProPASS period is now open. Register by the end of April to purchase discounted transit passes for May to August 2022. Save money with a 15 percent discount off regular adult passes.

Find out more and register

Reminder: Help create a healthy workplace with HWIP funding

Applications are now being accepted for the Healthy Workplace Initiatives Program (HWIP) until 4 p.m. on Friday, April 22. Units and departments can access HWIP funding for various health initiatives to create and maintain healthy work environments.

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What is consumption costing you?

When we think of reasons to cut down on alcohol or other substances, saving money isn’t always the first thing that comes to mind. But the potential to save money can actually be a great motivator if you want to reduce your consumption or stop altogether. This article from ALAViDA, Free up your finances – how cutting back on consumption makes sense, explores the following:

• The connection between financial stress and alcohol/substance use
• The hidden costs of substance use, such as absentminded spending and the “morning after money pit”
• The positive ripple effect of cutting down on spending by limiting consumption.

Take a look at the article on the ALAViDA site