Finding the Right Balance
Eating a balanced diet is vital for good health and wellbeing, and also supports your academic success! Our Registered Dietitians support students in residence at UBC Vancouver by providing resources and guidance for various food and nutrition topics.
Nutrition Tools
UBC’s residence dining rooms have tools like menu icons, allergen lists, nutrition information and online menus to help you make educated choices about the food you eat.
Online Menus
View nutrition and allergen information, menu schedules, and filter by dietary preferences for all three residence dining rooms online and in the Nutrislice app.
Food Allegeries
While we do not have allergen-free facilities and cannot guarantee a completely allergen-free environment, we take steps to minimize the risk of exposure.
Meet Our Dietitians
Melissa Baker, MHSc, RD
Manager, Nutrition and Wellbeing
Melissa Baker completed her dietetics degree at UBC and a Masters of Health Science at Ryerson University in Toronto. She is an AllerTrain Certified Master Trainer, and works hard to support students at UBC with allergies. Melissa is passionate about ensuring the university residence environment supports a healthy lifestyle and helps young adults create healthy habits for life. Melissa has worked in many different practice areas including clinical, retail, industry, media, HR and consulting.
Tamara Paetsch, RD
Food & Nutrition Coordinator
Tamara Paetsch completed her nutrition degree and dietetics training at the University of Manitoba. She is passionate about helping students build healthy lifestyles, and ensuring students have positive and safe dining experiences at UBC.
Need Support?
Book an Appointment
Talk to our dietitians one-on-one about a variety of food and nutrition questions. Book an appointment below or get in touch by email.
Drop-In Office Hours
Drop-in office hours are normally held 1-3pm Thursdays in room 2118A in Orchard Commons, but are currently suspended due to COVID-19.
Get In Touch By Email
No time to meet up? Students in residence can email our dietitians with food or nutrition questions.
Nutrition Blog
Helpful articles about special diets, cooking, budgeting and more!
Dietary Guides
Veganism
Vegetarianism
(coming soon)
Gluten-Free
Lactose-Free
