Resources for Trans Students

• How to update your name and student ID
• Gender update form, (for Quest account)
• Update preferred name & email (through WatIAM)
• Update WatCard at WatCard office (complete preferred/legal name change first)

• Counselling Services provides the option to request a queer/trans counsellor at intake.
• OK2BME KW provides counselling,youth groups and education services for queer people in Waterloo Region

• Inclusive Washrooms Project
• All-gender washrooms list

• Glow Centre Trans Resources
  • Trans Student Bursary –Application Form
  • Shared Google Drive of Transition Resources
  • Anonymous Feedback Form for google drive folder
• As straight as the ring road – a Walk and Talk, Outdoor, Therapeutic Group for Queer and Trans Students
• Spectrum Waterloo provides peer support and social activities for queer people in the Waterloo Region
• Rainbow Pages is SPECTRUM’s compiled list of businesses and services that are queer-owned and queer-friendly in Waterloo region
• Queer and Trans Graduate Students Wellness (QTWELL) is an open drop-in group for any graduate student who is a sexual and gender minority or identifies as part of the 2SLGBTQIA+ communities
• Gender Journeys is a supportive psychoeducational group specifically designed to support gender diverse UW students.

• Health Services continues to offer Gender- Affirming Care . The aim to is to provide gender identify supports, coordinate transition related care all delivered in a safe space. Currently, transition related primary care at Health Services is supported by a team of physicians, nurse practitioners, nurses and a dietician.
• Insurance coverage is available through UHIP and OHIP for healthcare appointments at Health Services for gender diverse students. UHIP covers fees for some gender-affirming surgeries but students must apply for coverage individually. Submit the Restricted Drug Use Form to Health Services for student plan coverage of HRT costs. 
• For more coverage information, check Student Care OR phone: 1-866-369-8794 OR visit the on-campus Health and Dental Plan office located in Health Services (Room 1006).
• Vocal coaching - feminizing & masculinizing sessions.
• CAMH Toronto is a teaching hospital with a gender identity clinic, that you can be referred to through a doctor.
• Rainbow Health Has has various resources and helps connect patients to information about queer-friendly healthcare providers.

Residence Living

• On-Campus Residences: Contact UWaterloo Housing at housing@uwaterloo.ca OR
  519-888-4567 ext. 32679 to let Housing know about washroom or privacy requests.
• University Colleges
  • Conrad Grebel University College
  • Renison University College
  • St. Jerome’s University
  • United College