The Associate Vice President Students (AVPS) portfolio comprises multiple unique and interconnected student service units grouped into eight directorates listed below. Collectively, these units contribute to an environment in which all students can navigate and fully participate in their UBC experience.
Learn about each of the AVPS directorates
Associate Vice-President, Students Office
The Office of the AVP Students (AVPSO) provides holistic, centralized leadership and support for the portfolio in the areas of Administration, Communications, Strategic Initiatives, and Student Support & Case Management.
The AVPSO plays a leadership role in ensuring the portfolio fulfills its mission, achieves its vision, and lives its values through supportive and collaborative partnerships, strong institution-wide relationships, assessment, and improvement initiatives, and the development of student supports.
Core areas
- Administration
- Student Communications
- Strategic Initiatives
- Student Support and Case Management
Academic & Career Development
Academic & Career Development (ACD) provides holistic, centralized academic and career support for students focusing on both curricular (academic) and co-curricular offerings (experiential education).
ACD collaborates closely with our faculty partners to deliver the academic mission and develop on-campus co-curricular learning opportunities. ACD creates meaningful and reciprocal relationships within the local and global community while connecting them to the UBC Okanagan community to foster co-curricular and post-graduate career pathways.
Core areas
- Academic and career advising
- Employer relations
- Career development
- Work study
ACADEMIC & CAREER ADVISING
Helping students navigate their degrees, achieve academic goals, and plan their careers.
CAREER DEVELOPMENT
Providing guidance for career advice, resume support, interview skills, as well as events, opportunities, and workshops.
Athletics & Recreation
Championing sport, physical activity and wellbeing to contribute to the holistic development of UBCO students, student-athletes, faculty and staff, that create a sense of belonging and community for the campus and its connection to the Okanagan.
Core areas
- Varsity Athletics
- Recreation and physical activity
Athletics
To create an experience, as well as significant moments and memories, around varsity sport to contribute to the holistic development of the student-athlete while at the same time being the largest contributor to the sense of belonging and community for the entire campus and its connection to the Okanagan.
RECREATION
Because we care about our students and their wellbeing, we inspire active lifestyles by providing programs, services, and facilities where they can be a part of a social, physically active community—contributing to a fulfilling university experience where everyone can feel like they belong.
Global Engagement Office
The Global Engagement Office (GEO) works to foster a global campus community where inclusiveness, equity, open-mindedness, curiosity, and humility are nurtured at home and abroad. GEO includes three units, International Student Advising, Go Global, and Intercultural Programming that work together to provide support to students as part of comprehensive internationalization on the UBC Okanagan campus.
GEO oversees international student advising, support & settlement, student mobility & international research (VIRS), safety abroad, intercultural learning and faculty-led programing for all UBC students. They coordinate student exchange and research and on-campus programming such as intercultural learning, international career programming, professional development, language exchange, IRCC advising (including PR advising) and post-graduation transition programs for all UBC students. GEO also collaborates with partner institutions and develops orientation and settlement sessions as well as inbound and outbound summer programs.
Core areas
- International Student Advising
- Go Global: International Learning Programs
- Intercultural Programming
- Summer Programming
GO GLOBAL
Offering programs for UBC students learning abroad and international students looking to come to UBC from abroad.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ADVISING
Assisting students with immigration documents, health insurance, transitional support, and much more.
INTERCULTURAL PROGRAMMING
Helping students build cross-cultural skills and intercultural fluency.
Indigenous Programs & Services
Indigenous Programs & Services widens participation and access to post-secondary education for First Nation, Métis, and Inuit students, along with providing community and culturally appropriate programs and services to serve Indigenous students at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan.
Core areas
- Access and widening participation
- Indigenous community relationships
- Services and programs for Indigenous undergraduate and graduate students
INDIGENOUS STUDENT ADVISING
Providing advising from the time of application and throughout your academic journey.
INDIGENOUS RESEARCH MENTORSHIP PROGRAM
Opportunities for undergraduate students to gain practical research and laboratory experience.
INDIGENOUS STUDENT ORIENTATION
Discover your new campus, develop connections, and begin building community.
ACCESS STUDIES PROGRAM
An entrance program to prepare and transition Indigenous learners into degree programs at UBC.
TUTORING & LEARNING SERVICES
Providing integrated, holistic support for your learning.
PATHWAYS TO GRADUATE STUDIES
Prepare for graduate studies and explore unique pathways in a supportive, holistic environment.
Sexual Violence Prevention & Response Office
The Sexual Violence Prevention & Response Office (SVPRO) provides confidential, trauma informed, identity affirming, and culturally safer support to UBC students, staff and faculty of all genders who are affected by sexualized violence, harassment, domestic violence or harm regardless of where or when it took place.
We actively create opportunities for people to explore safety, healing, accountability, justice, community and leadership. SVPRO delivers innovative programming, supportive workplace trainings, and comprehensive prevention education in order to disrupt the root causes of violence; address incidents as they occur; challenge rape culture on campus; and build empathy and understanding of trauma to support survivors.
Core areas
- Support Services
- Experiential Learning
- Prevention Education
Student Engagement & Learning
Student Engagement & Learning provides a wide range of holistic opportunities and services, which facilitate students’ personal and academic development as they transition into, progress through, and advance beyond university life.
We strive to deliver inclusive, responsive, and barrier-free opportunities that promote feelings of belonging and deep connections to the community, enhance students’ approach to studying and learning, and engage the student community in peer-to-peer and experiential education.
Core areas
- Student Engagement
- Orientation and Transition
- Learning Supports
- Community Service Learning
COMMUNITY SERVICE LEARNING
Opportunities to connect in-classroom learning with real-life experiences in the community.
LEARNING RESOURCES
Free and flexible services, events, and workshops to help students transition into and excel in university-level learning.
ORIENTATION & TRANSITION
Events, activities, and spaces to help students transition into and through university.
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT
Facilitating connections to on-campus communities, events, activities, and leadership opportunities.
Wellbeing & Accessibility Services
(Formerly Student Wellness)
We convene multi-disciplinary teams of professionals and student leaders to co-create wellbeing on an equitable and sustainable campus.
We are committed to working with campus and community partners to remove barriers that impede wellbeing so that students can meaningfully participate in experiences that shape their future and contribute to sustainable, kind, and just societies.
Core areas
- Campus Wellness and Education
- Disability Resource Centre
- Multi-Faith and Chaplaincy
- Student Counselling Services
- Student Health Clinic
EARLY ALERT
Early Alert allows faculty, staff, and TAs to identify their concerns about students sooner and in a more coordinated way.
COUNSELLING SERVICES
Access UBC counselling services, community services, and mental health resources.
DISABILITY RESOURCE CENTRE
Facilitating disability-related accommodations and programming initiatives.
HARM REDUCTION TEAM (HART) DRUG TESTING AND EDUCATION
Engaging our campus community in discussions about the opioid epidemic and substance use, and build on existing strategies to strengthen harm reduction services.
SPIRITUAL & MULTI-FAITH SPACE
A space created to welcome the diverse spiritual and multi-faith practices of the UBC Okanagan campus community.
STUDENT HEALTH CLINIC
Providing treatment, consultation, and information for any student health concerns.
PICNIC
A space for students to develop holistic wellbeing and community on campus.
VOICE CAMPUS HEALTH PROJECT
Campus Health works with students, staff, faculty, and other community members to improve the wellbeing of our campus community.