Health, Safety and Environment: UBC's Okanagan Campus

COVID-19 Rapid Screening
UBCO is offering COVID-19 rapid screening at on-campus clinics from July 5 to August 27, 2021 as part of a pilot project supported by BCCDC. Learn more here.
COVID-19
For additional infection control guidance from HSE visit COVID-19 Health & Safety
First Aid
First Aid is available to staff, faculty & students 24 hours a day, 365 days per year. Read More
Training
Online training is available through CANVAS. Learn more
Health and Safety Committees
For information on the Joint Occupational Health and Safety Committees visit hse.ok.ubc.ca/committee

What's Noteworthy?

Home Office Ergonomics

COVID-19 Health and Safety

Emergency Procedures

Online Course Registration

During the current Coronavirus situation, many people are working from home. We are excited to let you know that UBCO is offering virtual home office ergo assessments, has home office set-up and posture guides, and UBCV will be offering a home office ergo webinar. This live webinar will be offered on multiple dates. Click on ergonomics for more information. Ergonomics

Following appropriate health guidance during the current COVID-19 response will reduce your risk of infection. For more information on prevention, working safely at home and on campus, and reporting exposure, click here

Learn what to do in case of an emergency at UBC's Okanagan campus. Please visit emergency.ok.ubc.ca.

Centralized training through HSE is in place to ensure compliance and to support supervisors in ensuring that employees are appropriately trained to safely perform their work activities Register for courses here

Health

The protection of community health is focused on the management of risk factors in the environment. This includes risk exposure identification, assessment and control, as well as proactive interventions including educational campaigns, musculoskeletal injury prevention, immunization clinics, respiratory protection, hearing conservation, infectious disease control and pandemic planning. More...

Safety

UBC strives to send every employee home healthy at the end of each day. To this end, the University has instituted a safety management system built on comprehensive and structured programs designed to reduce accidents and eliminate injuries. This includes research safety, emergency and disaster planning, chemical safety, and general safety programs. More...

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