Family Friendly Resources

Employee and Family Assistance Program

UBC’s Employee and Family Assistance (EFAP) Program is a confidential and self referred counseling service that is available to faculty and staff and their family or household members. This service may help out with any problem that affects your family life, your work or your general wellbeing. For more information please visit the UBC Employee and Family Assistance Program website.   

Kelowna Campus Daycare Society

For more information on daycare services, please visit the Kelowna Campus Daycare website.

Breastfeeding Spaces

UBC’s Okanagan campus is supportive of, and acknowledges the family responsibilities of all of our constituencies, including students, staff, faculty and visitors. There are many aspects to this, including providing appropriate and welcoming environments for breastfeeding mothers.

The ability to breastfeed in public without harassment or censure is a right protected under both UBC’s Policy on Discrimination and Harassment and the BC Human Rights Code. UBC supports the right of women to breastfeed their children in a safe and comfortable environment that is free from discrimination or harassment, whether they choose to do so in public or in a more private location.

While breastfeeding in public is protected by law and women are welcome to breastfeed anywhere on campus, some women may prefer to breastfeed their children in a private location. There is a network of breastfeeding-friendly spaces across UBC’s Okanagan campus where a mother can go to breastfeed her child in a more discrete location. The locations are:

• FIN 351B (private)
• SCI 398 (private, please check-in with Deans' Office Sci 200)
• ARTS 279Z (semi-private, check-in with receptionist)
• Gym (semi-private, check in at equipment desk, lower level)
• Fipke Building (FIP246C)
• UNC (please check with reception at the Health & Wellness Office UNC337) 
• LIB314B (private please check with reception)
• Administration Building (semi-private, check in with Human Resources, lower level)

For more information about breastfeeding or integrating breastfeeding when returning to work or school please visit:

• La Leche League Canada
• Public Health Agency of Canada

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Last reviewed 9/12/2011 9:02:57 AM