Hallman Lecture: Health and Happiness – Prescribing Beyond Medicine

Wednesday, November 5, 2025 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)
Illustrations showing the many social, physical and lifestyle aspects of health.

How we can foster healthier lives across our communities?

Our panel of experts will offer a timely and engaging conversation, exploring the vital interplay between physical activity, nutrition, and social connection—not only as key components of well-being, but as meaningful and preventative health strategies.

Kate Mulligan, Felix Cheung, and Gary Bloch.

Dr. Kate Mulligan

Canadian Commonwealth Fund Harkness Fellow in Health Care Policy and Practice at the City College of New York, the first free public institution of higher education in the United States

Dr. Felix Cheung

Assistant professor and Canada Research Chair in Population Well-being at the University of Toronto

Dr. Gary Bloch

Family physician with St. Michael’s Hospital and Inner City Health Associates, and an associate professor at the University of Toronto

This event takes place on campus at the University of Waterloo. For full details, speaker bios and to register, visit the Hallman Lecture: Health and Happiness web page.

About the Hallman Lecture Series

The Hallman Lecture Series brings leading thinkers to University of Waterloo to engage the public on topics of health, well-being and health behaviour change. Established through a generous professorial endowment, this series aims to foster intellectual curiosity and the exchange of ideas amongst the general public, students, public health practitioners, educators and other professionals.