The Kaleidoscope Mental Health Support Society
Supporting mental wellbeing through peer support and mental health education
And just like that, term 2 is over, and summer has arrived. Kaleidoscope will be running twice a week and be here to lend a listening ear!
Tuesdays: 5-6pm @ BUCH D205 (pizza)
Wednesdays: 12-1pm @ BUCH D204 (sushi)
Please note the following Wednesday location changes:
July 9th: BUCH D205
July 23rd: BUCH D228
July 30th: BUCH D228
Never hesitate to email us if you have any questions or concerns 🙂
Hi everyone!
We are still holding regular meetings 3 times a week through exam season. Drop by and relax while enjoying pizza or sushi!
Tuesdays: 5-6pm @ BUCH B216 (*note recent change in time and space here*)
Wednesdays: 12-1pm @ BUCH B218
Thursdays: 12:30-1:30pm @ BUCH B218
(Stay tuned for summer times and locations starting May 1st.)
Hope everyone is well. Be sure to check out Off and Running! Take care 🙂
Our weekly support group meetings are resuming this week.
Jan 7 (Tue) 5-6pm – CSI small meeting room (pizza provided)
Jan 8 (Wed) 12-1 – BUCH D209 (sushi provided)
Jan 9 (Thur) 12:30-1:30 – BUCH D209 (sushi provided)
We are temporarily cancelling our Thursday group until we have facilitators whose schedule works with that time slot. That should be soon (a couple of weeks), and we’ll post here again to let you know when we are starting up again.
In the meantime, you are welcome to attend group on Tuesdays 5-6pm or Wednesdays 12-1pm.
Thanks for your patience while we adjust to the new semester.
-The Kaleidoscope team
Dates: Thursdays starting September 19
Time: 4:30 pm – 6 pm
Location: Koerner Library Room 167
Website: http://connectivitygroup.
Registration is required to ensure we will have the right amount of space.
Did you know Kaleidoscope has a film library? Check out the titles and ask a facilitator at group if you are interested in borrowing a DVD!
To support you through exams, Kaleidoscope will continue to meet at the regular times* straight through til the end of April! Stay tuned to hear our schedule for May.
*Tuesdays: 5-6pm | Wednesdays-&-Thursdays: 12-1pm in the small meeting room in the Centre for Student Involvement (CSI) in Brock Hall
This is great news! To accommodate more people’s schedules, Kaleidoscope has added another weekly meeting: Thursdays, from 12-1pm in the same location (the small meeting room in the CSI). First meeting is next Thursday, the 28th!
Hope you’re all enjoying the start of Reading Break! For those of you on campus, Kaleidoscope meetings will still be happening this week at the regular times. Enjoy your time off class!
Three young adults – two of which are Kaleidoscope’s own facilitators! – will share their stories about living with mental illness or mental ill-ability. As part of the Mental Health Network anti-stigma campaign, this event is an opportunity for the UBC community to learn about living with major depression disorder, bipolar type 1 and bipolar type 2. We will also have an open mic for students, staff and faculty in the audience to share their stories and ideas about mental health.
Date: Monday, January 28th, 2013
Time: 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
Location: Irving K. Baber Learning Centre – Room 182
Admission: $2
Refreshments will be provided!
ILL-A•bil•i•ty: \ˈil-ə-bi-lə-tē\ n.
The opposite of disability: adaptation of power, strength, and creativity. Anything one puts their mind to, will be done. Creating advantages from disadvantages: A physical or mental “handicap” that one adapted themselves to, to pursue living a full, normal life.
– Luca “Lazylegz” Patuelli
More info here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGxlZFhIamQwakw5UHd5VVh0RzMwN0E6MA#gid=0
RSVP directly here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?formkey=dGxlZFhIamQwakw5UHd5VVh0RzMwN0E6MA#gid=0
Members of Kaleidoscope will be at the Open Your Mind Mental Health Symposium this Saturday, January 26th! Come learn more about mental health services at UBC and engage with us in meaningful discussion about how we can make the UBC campus environment more conducive to mental wellness. Registration closes tomorrow so please RSVP asap!
Date: Saturday, January 26th, 2013
Time: 10:00 am – 3:00 pm (includes refreshments in the morning and full lunch)
3:00pm – 4:30pm Splatter Art
Venue: Brock Hall (map)
Registration deadline: Thursday, January 24th, 2013
Full details: http://www.ubcmhn.com/events/mental-health-symposium/
We are happy to announce that this fall, The Kaleidoscope will have two support groups available on campus on Tuesdays from 5-6 pm and Wednesdays from 12-1 pm. Meetings will still be held in the same place (small meeting room in the Center for Student Involvement in Brock Hall).
Anyone is welcome!
The Kaleidoscope will be meeting throughout the summer every Tuesday from 4-5PM at the CSI in Brock Hall. More detailed instructions on the location here: http://the-kaleidoscope.com/about/
We would like to wish everyone a great summer and also say a big thanks to all who have connected with us this past school year. We look forward to seeing you if you would like to be a part of The Kaleidoscope this summer!
For up to date notices on news, announcements, and events, join the kaleidoscope mailing list here: http://the-kaleidoscope.com/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi
If you have any questions, don’t hesitate to contact us at [email protected]
We also are on twitter and facebook!
The Kaleidoscope is very proud to be a part of the UBC Mental Health Network. The Ubyssey recently did an interview with Josh about the network, and you can read it here:
http://ubyssey.ca/news/mental-health-network-works-to-connect-health-initiatives-at-ubc-495/
UBC reports has recently put up an article talking about the new “Early Alert” campus wide program to provide early support and services to students struggling with their mental and academic wellbeing. Victor from the kaleidoscope makes a guest appearance and quote as well!
Check out the article here: http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/2012/02/29/early-alert-comes-to-ubc/?src=email
The full issue is available here: http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/ubc-reports/
The Kaleidoscope is currently meeting on Tuesdays 4:00-5:00pm in the small meeting room of the CSI in Brock Hall. (on the main floor. If you have trouble finding us just ask at the CSI help desk – they are super nice).
If you’re interested in attending the group but this time doesn’t work for you please send us an email (below). We are thinking of trying to get an additional meeting time going, so if you would be interested and Tuesday afternoons do not work, let us know what time normally works for you.
The Mental Health Network will be hosting an event for those interesting in volunteering towards the promotion of mental health at UBC. The event runs from 4-6pm on Jan 17th. Unforetunatly this conflicts with our Kaleidoscope meeting next week at 4-5pm but both will still be going on.
For more information and to register visit the new MHN website.
Click here to register:
The Kaleidoscope will reconvene on Tuesdays 4:00-5:00pm in the small meeting room of the CSI in Brock Hall. (on the main floor, if you have trouble finding us just ask at the CSI help desk – they are super nice).
Out first meeting is set for Jan. 10th 2012.
If you’re interested in attending the group but this time doesn’t work for you please send us an email. We have been thinking of setting up an additional meeting time and may be able to work out something 🙂
Portrayals of Madness in Film
Wednesday Oct. 19th,12:00-12:45 and 1:00-1:45
@ the Norm Theatre in the SUB (next to Bernoulli’s Bagels)
There will be time for questions and discussion as we screen depictions of mental illness in clips from Donnie Darko, A Beautiful Mind, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest and Little Miss Sunshine to more obscure and foreign films.
Come at 12pm, come at 1pm or stay for both! Refreshment provided!
For more information contact [email protected]
On the first day of the upcoming year, Tuesday Sept. 6th, we will be having our own booth at the Imagine Day fair! Come meet some of the members, find out information about our group, and pick up some free Kaleidoscope schwag! Our booth will be in in the Equity & Diversity section between the Earth & Ocean Sciences building and the Beaty Biodiversity Centre.
Regular group meeting on that day will be CANCELLED, and will continue Sept. 13th at our new time: 5:00-6:00PM, same location in Brock Hall.
The Canadian Press has written an article about mental health support services in university and the Kaleidoscope is featured. Take a read and share the link!
http://ca.news.yahoo.com/universities-watch-signs-distress-more-students-under-stress-143842993.html
The Kaleidoscope is proud to have been a part of the founding of the UBC Mental Health Network. The Network hopes to bring together the various mental health-related initiatives at UBC in order to share resources, work together on projects, connect ideas, and promote mental health on campus. We are having a meeting on Thursday, May 26th 4:30PM at the Wellness Centre in the SUB. At present, anybody who is interested in being a part of this is welcome to come to our meetings and see what we’ve got in the works!
Hi friends,
As the winter academic year comes to a close, we are happy to let you all know that the kaleidoscope will still continue to meet throughout the summer semesters. The only difference is that our meeting time will now be 4:00-5:00, half an hour earlier than what we have right now. We will still be in the same location at the Centre for Student Involvement at Brock Hall.
Good luck on your end of term deadlines everyone, and have a great summer!
