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Why Pink?

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Pink Shirt Day 2025 is Friday 16th May –  Kōrero Mai, Kōrero Atu, Mauri Tū, Mauri Ora – Speak Up, Stand Together, Stop Bullying!

This year we are inviting the whole UC tīma to join us in marking the occasion.

Bullying is an issue that occurs across the community, including in workplaces and classrooms. We are all responsible for addressing the bullying around us.

This Friday, wear pink, take a stand against bullying in our community, and show your commitment to creating a safe and inclusive environment for our ākonga, kaimahi, and communities to thrive.

Why Pink?

Pink Shirt Day originated in Canada in 2007 after two high school students (David Shepherd and Travis Price) witnessed a fellow student experience homophobic bullying for wearing a pink shirt. They responded by buying and distributing pink shirts to show solidarity with the bullied student. Their actions sparked a global response, and in 2012 Aotearoa’s Mental Health Foundation adopted Pink Shirt Day as an annual antibullying campaign.

Want to look into it further?

The Pink Shirt Day website has a range of awesome resources, including information on bullying, being an Upstander or applying things at mahi!

Check out UC Wellbeing’s Instagram to see the advice we are giving our ākonga this year, and check out what we have on next week 🙂

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Building Condition Surveys – 9-15 May

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Facilities Management Building Surveyors are planning to undertake surveys on  Puaka-James Hight; Okeover; and UBS (the Bookshop) between Friday 9 May and Thursday 15 May.

If you see staff on the roof during that time it is likely that they will be the surveyors who will be following all working at heights safety protocol. If you are at all concerned, please contact UC Security tel:0800823637.

The purpose of the UC Building surveys is to complete a full visual assessment of the condition of the interior and exterior of the building. Surveyors will ensure that any photographs taken during the assessment are of the building and that persons are not identifiable in the photographs.

 Please direct any enquiries to fmassist@canterbury.ac.nz.

Thank you for your consideration as we undertake these required building surveys.

Facilities Management.

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Have your say today!

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UCount is UC’s big annual course-taking student experience survey — and your voice helps shape real change. It only takes 10–15 minutes, and your feedback goes straight to the teams working to improve student life at UC.

Research Masters & PhD students – this one’s not for you! Look out for the UC Postgrad Experience Questionnaire later this year. 

Take the survey by 9am, Wednesday 7th May and you’ll triple your chances to win a $200 Pak’nSave voucher. There are also spot prizes from Uni Pharmacy, Ancestral, and UCSA Café.

To participate, click the link below or scan the QR code or find your link in your UC email inbox.

Take the survey now!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Any issues, please email surveys@canterbury.ac.nz