Sustainable Development Goal 3

Co-op and Career Services supports SDG 3 by offering paid work experiences for students within Health institutions and projects locally and around the world.

UVic´s Student Wellness Centre offers free sexual health services and information to people of all genders, identities, orientations and abilities, including sexual health visits, contraception/birth control, pregnancy testing & counselling.

UVic advances SDG 3 by providing collaborative mental health support with counsellors, doctors, nurses and spiritual care providers, such as SWC clinical counselling, Indigenous counselling, workshops, among other free services to students.

Dr. Charlotte Loppie leads the BC Network Environment for Indigenous Health Research, fostering capacity development as well as knowledge sharing and mobilization among British Columbia’s Indigenous Peoples.

A community collaborative research program working together with local, national and international partners to develop resources and tools, programs, and services aimed at improving access to quality care for people facing the end-of-life and who also face social inequities.

Amongst the new UVic’s Royal Society of Canada fellows, the county’s highest academic honour, were five scholars working in the fields of Health and Wellbeing, joining the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.

The Victoria Hand Project is a UVic based initiative delivering prosthetic arms and care for those who need it the most around the world. It also provides education and training in new, high-tech tools and skillsets, improving capacity of Canadian and international clinics.

Voices in Motion is a multigenerational choir that intersects the worlds of research and music. People of different ages sing together with life-changing results thanks to a supportive community where they experience love, connection and support

Self-Management BC developed at UVic and supported by the Province of British Columbia, offers free health programs for adults of all ages with one or more ongoing health conditions, offered in person, virtually, online, by telephone, or by mail.

UVic is committed to providing a safe and healthy environment for students, employees and visitors, only allowing smoking on campus in designated areas. The Smoking Policy follows an evidence-based approach to reduce smoking and second-hand smoke.

UVic's approach on cannabis use includes prevention, harm reduction and health promotion using evidence-based information, only allowing adults to smoke or vape in designated areas on campus.