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CORONAVIRUS (COVID-19) AND UBC’S RESPONSE: For updates, FAQs and resources, visit ubc.ca. For UBC Okanagan-specific updates, visit ok.ubc.ca/covid19.

  • 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

 

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To integrate a safe, healthy and environmentally responsible culture into the working and learning experience at the University of British Columbia.

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What's Noteworthy?

  • Home Office Ergonomics

  • COVID-19 Health and Safety

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  • 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


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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...

Environment

Environmental Programs support departments across the University in meeting their environmental obligations as prescribed by UBC Policy #6 - Environmental Protection Compliance and UBC Policy #9 - Hazardous Materials Management. More...

Health, Safety and Environment
Okanagan Campus
LIB016 - 3287 University Way
Kelowna, BC Canada V1V 1V7
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