Wait… am I covered for this? A guide to your UW student insurance

Have you ever broken a bone doing a party trick? What about getting a cavity filled after shotgunning one too many chocolates over the holiday season? Do you find yourself going to the optometrist every year for a […]

2025-08-21T13:42:58-04:00August 27, 2025|Sports & Health|

UW introduces mental health platform to support employees

The UW Employee and Family Assistance Program (EFAP) introduced Sentio, a counsellor-assisted internet-based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (iCBT) platform, on July 22. This platform aims to provide accessible and flexible mental health support to employees and their eligible family […]

2025-08-21T12:47:08-04:00August 21, 2025|Sports & Health|

A practical guide for staying fit as a math/CS student at UW

I’m Honglin, a fourth year computer science student, and together with my friend Bradley, a math student and powerlifter, we’ve found different ways to balance fitness alongside demanding coursework at UW. This guide shares some strategies based on […]

2025-07-05T12:02:31-04:00July 5, 2025|Sports & Health|

Faculty of Health hosts UW’s second on-campus citizenship ceremony

The Faculty of Health hosted a citizenship ceremony in the Health Expansion building on May 30, making it the second on-campus ceremony at UW. The event was co-run by UW and Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCD).

2025-06-09T14:51:22-04:00June 9, 2025|Campus News|

GSK invests $300,000 in new School of Pharmacy immunization initiative

Global biopharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) has pledged $300,000 to UW’s School of Pharmacy for its new Pharmacy Innovation in Immunization Research Collaborative (PIIRC) initiative.

On Friday, June 8, the UW School of Pharmacy in Kitchener hosted an […]

2025-06-07T19:37:09-04:00June 7, 2025|Local News, Sports & Health|

How is Campus Wellness keeping the UW community safe during the measles outbreak?

Yesterday, the Region of Waterloo’s Public Health unit added Conestoga College’s Doon Campus to the list of potential public exposure locations, which now has more than 68 locations. This is Conestoga College’s first […]

2025-05-30T11:08:48-04:00May 30, 2025|Campus News, Local News, Sports & Health|

Public Health opens measles vaccination clinics as outbreak spreads

The Region of Waterloo announced that those belonging to high priority risk groups are now eligible to book measles vaccine appointments at two public health clinics in Cambridge and Kitchener.

In a news release earlier today, Dr. […]

2025-05-26T17:08:05-04:00May 26, 2025|Sports & Health|
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