News archive - 2021

Friday, July 30, 2021

Wellness Champions: Teaching Team for REC 373 Work to Provide Respite for Students

Through the pandemic, online learning, and the saddening events occurring globally, a focus on respect, mental health, and well-

For the teaching team of Dr. Lisbeth Berbary, Michela Pirruccio, Akua Kwarko-Fosu, Melanie Sean Lim, and Alex Silver of the Recreation and Leisure Studies Department teaching REC 373 – Qualitative Approaches to Leisure Research, these aspects were critical to the creation and usefulness of the course. Read more.

Monday, May 17, 2021

Wellness Champions: Dr. Sharon Kirkpatrick’s work prioritizing her students’ wellness during remote learning

Two pictures of Dr. Sharon Kirkpatrick's LEARN course and a section of the article written below

Creating a community within a course of over two hundred students can be difficult in the best of times and is even more challenging during a global pandemic that forced teaching and learning online.

Monday, May 3, 2021

Centering Indigenous engagement in the work of wellbeing and health promotion

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May 17th, 2021

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Friday, April 23, 2021

Chronic Disease Club is creating safe spaces, connections, and awareness

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Wellness Champions: Chronic Disease Club is creating safe spaces, connections, and awareness

Wednesday, February 17, 2021

Wellness Collaborative Advisory Committee At-large Positions for Students Who Identify as Black, Indigenous, and/or a Person of Colour

Purpose

By signing the Okanagan Charter and the Healthy Workplace Statement, University of Waterloo has committed to take action in embedding wellbeing into everyday operations, business practices and academic mandates. The Wellness Collaborative will transform the health and sustainability of our current and future societies, strengthen our community, and contribute to the well-being of our people, places and the planet.