| Overall Rating | Silver |
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| Overall Score | 55.02 |
| Liaison | Rob Williams |
| Submission Date | July 2, 2024 |
Capilano University
PA-14: Wellness Program
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0.75 / 1.00 |
Rob
Williams Project Manager Facilities |
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Part 1. Wellness program
Yes
Does the institution have a wellness and/or employee assistance program that makes counseling, referral, and wellbeing services available to all academic staff?:
Yes
Does the institution have a wellness and/or employee assistance program that makes counseling, referral, and wellbeing services available to all non-academic staff?:
Yes
A brief description of the institution’s wellness and/or employee assistance program(s):
STUDENTS:
YES (Your Early Support) is a CapU program that provides students with an opportunity to receive support for academic and personal challenges early on – or at any other stage – in their academic journey.
A referral to the YES program connects you to trained student support advisors at the Office of Student Affairs who can meet with you to discuss your identified needs and connect you to a variety of supportive resources both on and off campus.
Common reasons to connect with the YES Program include: Academic and learning challenges in a course or program, well-being and mental health concerns, other life challenges impacting student success such as food, housing or financial insecurity, legal issues, social isolation, crisis situations and more.
Our Student Support Advisors work alongside students to understand their current challenges, explore options and support with referrals and access to on-campus and community-based services and resources.
ACADEMIC AND NON ACADEMIC STAFF:
Capilano University offers Wellness programs for Academic staff and Non-academic staff through independent providers including the following:
1. Employee & Family Assistance - provided by Homewood Health provides professional, confidential, and voluntary counseling support and programs for employees and their immediate family members. EFAP includes free short-term counseling, telephonic Life Smart Coaching including childcare, Eldercare, financial, legal, and grief/loss resources as well as assistance with nutrition, smoking cessation, career coaching, and pre-retirement planning.
2. Teledoc - assistance with another expert medical opinion, finding a doctor, helping to locate specialists or facilities outside of Canada for treatment/condition needs, and personal health navigation.
3. Healthcare Spending - all permanent academic and non-academic staff have the opportunity to allocate money to a healthcare spending account that can be used to bridge the cap for expenses not covered under the basic extended health and dental plan.
4. Pensions BC Workshops - Capilano University collaborates with the College Pension Plan and Municipal Pension Plan to offer workshops to all eligible employees to get to know their Pension and to plan their retirement.
5. Financial Health workshops - offered through the CapU benefit provider, Canada Life and hosted by CPA Canada
6. CapU is a member of the Canadian Centre for Diversity & Inclusion (CCDI), a unique national charity that promotes diversity and inclusion in places of work and places of learning. CapU employees have access to their tools, knowledge, information, and education to create more inclusive workplaces in Canada.
Capilano University also offers Wellness programs internally including the following:
1. Centre for Sports & Wellness - all CapU employees have full access to this facility which includes a weight room, gymnasium for drop-in activities, equipment rental, and access to fitness classes like boxing and yoga.
2. Ergonomics Assessments & resources
3. Annual Wellness Week - a week devoted to Employee and Student Wellness. Activities, speakers, and resources are highlighted to introduce and remind employees and students of ways to boost their overall wellbeing.
Capilano University also promotes Wellness by offering periodic workshops such as:
1. Plan for Resilience Workshop - Scheduled offerings throughout the year and can be requested for entire Departments. Developed by the Workplace Strategies for Mental Health, the Plan for Resilience workshop will help you move from merely surviving to actually thriving by helping you build resilience and plan for stressful situations.
2. Therapeutic Yoga - CapU faculty member supports wellbeing by offering weekly sessions each term.
CapU has many social avenues that bring employees together through hobbies and interests:
CapU Knitters, CapU Runners, CapU Strava Club, CapU Formula 1 Fan Club, and CapU Readers.
CapU provides ways for employees to engage and appreciate each other:
1. Gratitude Cards - Employees who want to give thanks to a colleague can do so by making a card from a supplied template and having it printed by the Print Shop.
2. Cheers for Peers - a recognition program where employees nominate one of their peers and fellow colleagues for the terrific work they are doing
Part 2. Smoke-free environments
Yes
Does the institution restrict outdoor smoking?:
Yes
Does the institution prohibit smoking and tobacco use across the entire campus?:
No
A copy of the institution's smoke-free policy:
The institution’s smoke-free policy:
Smoking (including vaping) is restricted within all buildings on campus. Smoking and vaping is allowable only within the two designated external smoking shelters located on campus. Smoking elsewhere is prohibited and supported by an organizational policy, signage and general monitoring. see attached policy for further details.
Optional Fields
Additional documentation to support the submission:
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Data source(s) and notes about the submission:
Wellness programe URL:
Students:
Employees (academic and non-academic):
https://www.capilanou.ca/student-services/community/well-being/
The information presented here is self-reported. While AASHE staff review portions of all STARS reports and institutions are welcome to seek additional forms of review, the data in STARS reports are not verified by AASHE. If you believe any of this information is erroneous or inconsistent with credit criteria, please review the process for inquiring about the information reported by an institution or simply email your inquiry to stars@aashe.org.