Exploring Faculty Wellbeing: Stories and Strategies for Academic and Personal Wellbeing

Stress is a common part of being a faculty member, but how are you coping? Do you feel your wellbeing is under siege and not sure what to do about it? In this panel session, faculty at different career stages will share stories, surface relatable challenges, and suggest creative strategies and resources they have used to address stressors encountered as part of everyday practice. Come listen, discuss, and share your stories, and leave with strategies to de-stress common challenges faced by educators in higher education.This panel will:Develop your awareness of resources and communities that support faculty wellbeing on campus. Help you identify strategies to address different stressors that are common to the faculty experience.

Give you opportunities to explore current strategies that address faculty stressors in your own practice.

Facilitators:

• Jenna Usprech, Associate Professor of Teaching, SBME, UBCV
• Gail Hammond, Associate Professor of Teaching in Food, Nutrition and Health, UBCV
• Negar Harandi, Assistant Professor of Teaching, SBME, UBCV

Note to Non-UBC Participants:

In order to register for this program, non-UBC faculty, staff, and students will need to create a UBC Basic CWL. To do this, please go to the CWL page and scroll down to the accordion tab that reads “Basic”. Follow the instructions there for creating and activating a Basic CWL, then please return to this page to register for the program.