Resources for students who are parents
Guide to Resources and Supports for Parents
This year, we changed the title of the guide from Single Parents on Campus: Guide to Resources & Supports to Guide to Resources & Supports for Parents. With this change, we hope to gain a larger campus audience and reach a broader population of parents at UBC. The resources in this guide are relevant to all parents on campus.
While the title has changed, the content and intent of the guide – to raise awareness of the unique experiences of single parents on campus – have not. It's important to be conscious of the barriers faced by single parents pursuing higher education.
We would like to thank the AMS’s Innovative Project Fund for their support in helping make this project a reality.
If you have any suggestions, comments, or additions for next year's guide, email CJ Rowe at cj.rowe@ubc.ca.
Guide to Resources and Supports for Parents (4.1MB PDF)
Housing for student parents at Acadia Park
Acadia Park offers year-round student family housing for families with one or more children, or for couples. This residence area is alive with the frolic of children. With its nearby schools, shopping, and day care, Acadia Park and University Apartments are perfect neighbourhoods for your family to live, study, and work
Single Parents on Campus (SPOC)
SPOC is an AMS group on campus who come together to socialize, build community, and work toward positive social change at UBC. To learn more about SPOC, email them at spoc.ubc@gmail.com.
Student Parents Support Network
While not UBC specific, the Student Parents Support Network is a virtual space intended to give student parents, researchers, and student services personnel a chance to connect with one another to develop programming, share ideas, and to advocate for student parent research and supports.
UBC child care services
Learn more about the child care services offered at UBC.
UBC’s seasonal hamper program for student single parents
Access & Diversity has taken the lead in organizing a seasonal hamper program for student single parents in need each December. For more information about this program, email CJ Rowe, Diversity Advisor – Women at cj.rowe@ubc.ca.
Parents on Campus Blog
This blog is intended as a support and place of connection for all student parents on campus. Primarily facilitated by SPOC (Single Parents on Campus), UBC Wellness and Access & Diversity, this forum is open to all parents to share ideas, concerns, upcoming events and to network.
