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A new partnership in Kelowna is focusing on mental health and work-life balance.
UBC Okanagan is partnering with Third Space, a non-profit group in Kelowna to help grow health services in the city.
The five-year partnership will see UBC social work students do a clinical placement in a non-profit mental health clinic. It will also see nursing students help local businesses develop work-life supports for employees.
“As an institution that has benefited a great deal from the generosity of Okanagan residents, we are excited to find a way to incorporate these kinds of services to the community and into our curriculum,” said Gord Binsted, dean of the Faculty of Health and Social Development.
“We also look forward using Kelowna’s newest living lab to give our students the opportunity gain real-world experience with local health practitioners.”
UBCO has been provided with space for the partnership in the Landmark group of building in Kelowna.
“We are thrilled and honoured with the relationship our team has been building with UBCO leadership and students, collectively they bring a tremendous amount of experience and vision to Third Space,” said Ken Stober, Third Space founder.
“The students who have been working at Third Space are bright, enjoyable and inject energy into our space, we are incredibly excited as to what the future holds.”
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