Canadian Campus Wellbeing Survey

The Canadian Campus Wellbeing Survey (CCWS) is a new health survey developed by researchers at UBC. The CCWS aims to help post-secondary institutions better assess student health and well-being, identify priorities for intervention, and increase the capacity to link research with policy and practice. The health survey is similar to the National College Health Assessment (NCHA) survey, which was implemented at the University of Waterloo in 2013, 2016 and 2019.

Purpose

The CCWS is an assessment tool to collect data to inform policies and practices that support student health and wellbeing. This data can be used to prioritize campus needs, develop programming, allocate resources, design strategies for intervention, and identify factors associated with academic performance. 

Survey Content

The ten core areas assess mental and physical health factors that impact the well-being, academic performance, and campus life. These topics include:

1. student experience

2. academic achievement

3. mental health assets

4. mental health deficits

5. health service utilization/help-seeking

6. physical health/health behaviours
7. sexual health behaviours
8. substance use
9. food security
10. demographics

UW Sample and Response Rate

• The CCWS was administered at Waterloo from February 7 to March 4, 2022.
• A random sample of 12,000 University of Waterloo undergraduate and graduate students were invited to participate in the confidential web survey.
• The overall response rate was 37%, or 4,482 students. The finished response rate was 32%, or 3,807 completed surveys. Students who completed the survey received $5 on their WatCard.

Report

2022 - University of Waterloo Executive Summary Winter 2022

Data Requests

If you would like to request data from the 2022 CCWS survey, please complete a Data Request Form and email it to Sean Ruby (scruby@uwaterloo.ca).

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