Services and supports

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At Waterloo, we're dedicated to your success. Hundreds of people across campus are ready to help you define and achieve your goals.

And it pays off. Waterloo's graduation rate is higher than the Ontario average, and our student loan default rate is less than half the provincial average, which means our students are getting good jobs after graduating.

Strength in diversity

Racial Advocacy for Inclusion, Solidarity, and Equity (RAISE)

RAISE lifts students up by addressing the impacts of racism and xenophobia in our community.

The Glow Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity

The Glow Centre supports all sexual orientations and gender identities through peer support, discussion groups, social events, and resources.

International and Canadian Student Network

With the goal of making all students feel at home, this network connects local, international, and exchange students through weekly events.

Chaplains

Representing 11 faith traditions, Waterloo's chaplains can provide you with support and help as you explore spiritual questions.

Indigenous services

The Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre supports a variety of Indigenous student needs, from cultural to academic.

Wellness

Health Services

The on-campus Student Medical Clinic offers a range of services, from providing prescriptions and immunizations to addressing your mental and sexual health concerns.

Counselling

Counselling Services supports your personal, social, and academic experiences through one-on-one counselling, group therapy, and skills seminars.

Mates

Focused on student well-being, Mates offers one-on-one peer support and a wellness lounge, where you can participate in wellness activities.

Empower Me

Empower Me is a confidential mental health and wellness service available to you 24/7 through phone, video call, or in person.

Special Constable Service

The Special Constable Service patrols the campus 24/7 to maintain a safe and secure environment for all.

Student support

Student success

The Student Success Office provides academic support programs, leadership workshops, and peer coaching.

Career advice

Advisors in the Centre for Career Development can help you research and prepare for summer and co-op jobs, your career, or further education.

Academic advisors

Need help selecting courses or specializations? Advisors in each faculty are ready to help you get the most from your degree.

Entrepreneurship

Have an idea? Our support for student entrepreneurs includes mentorship, funding, courses, workshops, and incubators.

Accessibility

AccessAbility Services designs and facilitates academic accommodation plans if you have a permanent, temporary, or suspected disability.

Sustainability Office

The Sustainability Office helps build a more sustainable campus through academics, operations, and engagement programming.

Staying active

As home to one of the largest campus recreation programs in Canada, we have lots of ways to get moving, from intramural leagues to sports clubs and fitness classes.

Moving to Canada?

Friendly and supportive staff are here to help you transition to life in Canada, including help with immigration consulting and an international student peer community.

International Experience Centre (IEC)

The International Experience Centre provides free immigration consulting, community events, and exchange and study-abroad opportunities.

Equity, Diversity, and Anti-Racism (EDI-R)

Our EDI-R Office advances equity across campus through policies, practices, and programs

Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office (SVPRO)

The SVPRO provides support to anyone who has experienced or been impacted by sexual violence.

President's Anti-Racism Taskforce (PART)

PART works to amplify the voices of Black, First Nations, Inuit, Métis, and other Peoples of Colour and address racism at Waterloo

From the Missing Manual

Visit our Missing Manual website for tips and advice from Waterloo students and staff. Topics include

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How to deal with stress in healthy ways

Dealing with stress can be stressful on its own. You have to figure out how to cope with it while also looking for ways to eliminate it, not to mention dealing with the thing that’s actually causing the stress.

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Looking after your mental health

Being a healthy human being is about a lot more than just eating healthy and being physically active, although those are a big part of it.

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Ways to counter self-doubt

Self-doubt is a feeling that can be all too familiar to students at all levels. This is a mental state where you are caught between believing you can and believing you can’t do something.