Community Resources
Building connections through community engagement.
You will find a wide variety of community resources below to help you get involved and connected with your community.
It is important to note that this is by no means an exhaustive list of resources and organizations. Please feel free to reach out to the UBC Dietetic Student Community team (dc.ubccampus@gmail.com) if you would like us to add a resource/organization to this page.
On Campus (UBC Vancouver)
Getting engaged within your faculty and greater campus community is a great way to help you meet new people and experience new opportunities.
Off Campus
Venturing out and exploring your community can lead you to opportunities and connections that you may have never thought were possible.
Volunteer Opportunities
To find current opportunities, call an organization you know, contact your local volunteer centre, look in your neighbourhood newspaper, or check out websites or databases for volunteers.
Community/Nonprofit Organizations
Reaching out and supporting the local community and nonprofit organizations in any way can help strengthen your community and improve others' quality of life as well as your own.
United Way Lower Mainland (Search out for your local United Way)
Kitsilano Neighbourhood House (Community Meals Program)
Evidence-based Nutrition Information
With the multitude of varying information at the tips of our fingers, it is important to seek out evidence-based information and be critical of information especially in the topic of food, nutrition and health.
UnlockFood (Recipes)
Serious Eats (Recipes)
Dietetic Specific Resources
The field of dietetics is diverse and varied which allows for expertise and knowledge to be shared in many different ways.
Indigenous Food Sovereignty and Ways of Knowing
Indigenous food sovereignty is a growing movement that is built on respect, dignity and action. Indigenous food sovereignty is a policy approach that aims to address underlying issues of ongoing colonial policies and practices that impacts Indigenous peoples ability to respond to their own needs for healthy, culturally appropriate Indigenous foods.