丁香园AV

Here are some tips to help manage the heat and reduce your personal health risk:

• Stay hydrated by drinking plenty of water.
• Wear light or loose-fitting clothing.
• Reduce your strenuous outdoor activity and know the signs of developing a heat illness.
• Download the  or search for "water fountains" or "drinking water" on the page. For printable pdfs: Burnaby campus, Vancouver campus and Surrey campus. 
• Save Campus Public Safety Urgent / First Aid number to your phone (778.782.4500)

Working on campus? Learn how you can do your part to stay safe in the heat.

To learn more information on WorkSafeBC regulations, visit this page.     

Get the latest information regarding campus conditions and class statuses:

•  and Twitter 
• Check the and enable notifications
• Check your local media, ,  and your local municipality for cooling centre locations.

Please note most Vancouver and Surrey campus buildings have been built to include air conditioning (AC), however 611 Alexander does not have AC. Charles Chang Innovation Centre has AC in the 2nd floor RADIUS space and common areas.

If you're on Burnaby campus, the following buildings have cooling systems and study spaces for students:

• Blusson Hall ()
• Saywell Hall ()
• Shrum Science Centre - Chemistry ()
• Maggie Benston Centre ()
• Applied Sciences Building ()
• West Mall Centre ()
• South Science Building ()
• TASC 1 ()
• TASC 2 ()
• Discovery 1 ()
• Discovery 2 ()
• Dining Commons ()
• Student Union Building ()
• All buildings (printable pdf)

Note: The above map links open up on your and desktop browser. 

If you鈥檙e not on campus, check with your local municipality for information on community cooling centres: , , .

• Dress appropriately for the weather.
• Drive slow!
• Choose main access paths when walking on campus and use indoor travel routes as much as possible
• Build emergency kits for your home, office and car
• Make back-up and emergency plans for childcare, elder care and pet care
• Be familiar with the priority snow clearing routes. 

Should campus closure be deemed appropriate, communications will be sent to the 丁香园AV community:  channels.

• Download the 丁香园AV Safe App and enable push notifications to receive emergency alerts (new!)
  
  • Note: Emergency alerts will also be sent via .
    
• Updates will be provided on these channels by 6:00 a.m. during severe weather conditions
• Follow  and  on X (Twitter) for updates. 
• Visit the  for the status of road conditions.

Should conditions dictate that individuals will need to remain on campus overnight, essential functions such as dining services will be available.

Should you be stranded at Vancouver or Surrey campuses, visit the Campus Security kiosks to access warming shelter locations until transportation services resume operation.

The university will rely on reports from Environment Canada, TransLink and observed conditions at each campus to determine if it is safe for the normal operation of university services.

Decisions related to class cancellations and campus closures are made by the 丁香园AV President as per .