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Make Your Snacks at Home (+ Healthy Options You Can Buy)!

Make Your Snacks at Home (+ Healthy Options You Can Buy)!

Feeling bored at home? Looking for some fun activities to do? It’s the perfect time to step into your kitchen and try making some snacks! Store-bought snacks may be tasty and convenient, but homemade ones can take your indulgence to

Bath Time Fun & Skills

Bath Time Fun & Skills

By Adrian Greszata
Program Coordinator, Red Cross Water Instructor Trainer
UBC Aquatic Centre

Bath time can be a stressful chore in getting your child cleaned and ready for bed. But bath time can also be play time, and an opportunity

Tips for Parenting Teens

Tips for Parenting Teens

By UBC Camps

Being a teenager is hard, but being a teenager at home 24/7 is filled with particular joys and trials.

Many families are experiencing greater connection and involvement with their teen’s lives than ever before (and likely ever …

No Playgrounds? No Problem.

No Playgrounds? No Problem.

By UBC Camps

With playgrounds closed, and structured team sports suspended, families are enjoying more undirected time outdoors!

And, there is still lots of fun to be had that doesn’t involve playgrounds or structured team sports. In fact, unstructured play …

And That’s a Wrap: Recap of the UBC TSC Equestrian Team’s 2019-20 Season

And That’s a Wrap: Recap of the UBC TSC Equestrian Team’s 2019-20 Season

Sadly, the UBC TSC Equestrian Team’s season was cut short due to COVID-19 with Zone and National Championships being cancelled along with the TSC Awards Banquet. However, we are thankful for everything we were able to accomplish during the earlier

The Magic of Board Games

The Magic of Board Games

By UBC Camps

Enjoy screen-free fun and adventure with the simplicity of board games!

Board games can transport us to other worlds! They are also an excellent way to practice adaptability and decisiveness, utilizing strategy to attain specific goals. Many …

Get active with this 7-Day Movement Challenge!

Get active with this 7-Day Movement Challenge!

Looking for a challenge to motivate yourself to be more physically active? Look no further! UBC Recreation is challenging you to participate in our 7-Day Movement Challenge. For one week, from April 22nd to April 28th, we …

How to incorporate movement while working or studying from home

How to incorporate movement while working or studying from home

We’ve heard it many times over the past couple of weeks, but it is truly a crazy time to be alive. We have all undergone a handful of changes to our life’s structure and routine, making this a challenging time …

How to Get Stronger… At Home

How to Get Stronger… At Home

Gyms are closed, fitness classes are cancelled, and you may be thinking about pushing your summer body goals to 2021, but we’re here to tell you that there are ways to progress and reach your fitness goals at home!

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UBC TSC Artistic Swimming Wrap-up!

Happy end of the semester! Although the TSC Awards Banquet and End of Year Watershow may have been cancelled, it has been one of UBC TSC Artistic Swimming’s best seasons yet. Alongside hosting nationals to 23 clubs across Canada, the …