Building a Respectful and Welcoming Environment in Recreation

We revisited our Intramurals Participation Structure policies in an effort to improve the inclusivity of our programs. There are different team categories that depend on the gender expression and identity compositions of a team. We have updated the names and descriptions of these different categories to better describe the competition environments in each. For specific details on these different team categories, please review our Intramural Team Structure Guidelines.

• The UBC Aquatic Centre offers a universal change room for everyone. Includes private change cubicles and private washroom and shower stalls as well as lockers.
• It allows participants to share the common amenities while having a private space to change and also provides parents the ability to bring children of all genders in the common room.
• It is also intended for people with disabilities who have an attendant of different gender.

•  2 single-user washrooms (including 1 with a baby change table) that are large enough to change in are located on the first floor, near the BirdCoop Fitness Centre entrance, very close to the other main change rooms.
• These do not include shower facilities.

• The ARC offers a universal change area room which includes 11 private change cubicles (including 1 with a baby change table), and 5 private washrooms (including 1 accessible) and 8 individual shower stalls (including 1 accessible) as well as lockers.

• Three single-user change rooms with showers are available
• One is located directly beside the Proshop, labelled R1. The other two are labelled R3 & R4, which are on the south side of the Protrans arena at ice-level.

• Three single-user change rooms with showers are available
• These do not include shower facilities

• 1 single-user washroom is located at the Gerald McGavin Rugby Centre, which is large enough to change in, but does not have a shower
• There is also one single-user washroom in the Old Rugby Pavillion in the Southeast locker room

• There is one universal washroom on the lower level that can accommodate changing, but there is no shower.
• Storage is available in the gendered change rooms on the upper level

• There are two single-user washrooms which have room to change in.
• These do not include shower facilities

• There are 2 staff change rooms (one located in the Women's public change room and one located down the north wing hallway - both on the ground level) that can be used as gender neutral change rooms and spaces.
• Both options have washroom and shower facilities and are lockable for privacy.

• There is 1 single user washroom which is spacious enough to change in. It is located on the east side of the building.
• It does not include shower facilities.

• Our Intramural Leagues staff have worked hard to change the structure of our Leagues, shifting away from the traditional gender binary. Check out this visual for a full breakdown of the new team structure.

• Unfortunately our registration system requires gender to be indicated and it is currently unable to offer other gender options beyond the binary (male or female).
• We sincerely apologize for our current registration system and its limitations, as we hope to change to a new system in early 2018. The new system will allow us to better recognize the diversity of our community.

After a participant has registered for a program, we ask that participants stick to what they have filled out as part of the registration process. We do recognize, however, that gender is fluid and can change from day-to-day, so we will do our best to accommodate any changes after registration upon special request. In order to make a special request, you should connect directly with the Program Manager. Please note that it can be problematic for us to implement these changes with late notice simply due to scheduling and organizing the events/programs but we will do our best to accommodate your request.