The Faculty of Applied Health Sciences is committed to supporting and exchanging ideas with the Waterloo and broader community through an exciting array of events, programs, and research.
UW WELL-FIT
UW WELL-FIT is a unique group exercise program for individuals undergoing chemotherapy, radiation, or hormonal therapy treatment for various cancers.
UW Fitness initiated the program in partnership with oncologists at the Grand River Regional Cancer Center in January 2002.
The main objectives of UW WELL-FIT exercise program are to minimize the negative side effects that individuals experience with cancer treatments, as well as improve quality of life for cancer patients.
Teens in Motion
Teens In Motion (TIM) are free exercise programs for clinically obese children and teenagers, respectively. The aim of both programs is to encourage participants to be more active and give them the confidence and skills to try new activities in their school or community. Both programs encourage positive lifestyle choices with respect to physical activity and nutrition without putting the focus on weight loss.
Positive body composition changes will occur over time as the participants come to understand the importance of regular physical activity and healthy eating as a lifestyle choice; not as changes they adopt for a short time frame.
Hardy Hearts
Hardy Hearts provides supervised cardiac rehabilitation for patients recovering from heart attacks, cardiac interventions and high blood pressure. By providing continuous care to patients, Hardy Hearts has enabled its members to benefit from this program to maintain a healthy lifestyle for many years.
Hardy Hearts is about education, exercise and support for lifestyle choices to rebuild and maintain healthier bodies.
Kinesiology Lab Days
Kinesiology Lab Days is an annual high school outreach event for grade 12 Exercise Science and grade 11/12 Biology classes. Held in early-mid December, it features a one-day program of mini-laboratory sessions on assessing, treating, and preventing movement-related illness and injury.
Canadian Medical Hall of Fame/TD Discovery Day in Health Sciences
Discovery Days in Health Sciences are one-day workshops that give secondary school students and teachers the opportunity to explore a variety of career options in medicine and the health sciences.
Held at universities and colleges across Canada, these inspirational days are comprised of a dynamic keynote lecture, hands-on workshops and a career panel discussion. Students gain a clear picture of what it would be like to be a health professional by interacting with researchers, clinicians and educators in their real-life work setting.
