The impact of nutrition on physical and mental health
As students reach the halfway point in the term, they tend to feel a sense of burnout and stress due to exams and assignments....
UW Valorant Gold team off to a strong start, wins its first series at...
This year, on Oct. 5, the University of Waterloo’s Valorant Gold team played their first game of the season with ConferenceOne Esports (CF1), a...
Student Athlete Spotlight – Varun Kuo
For fourth-year University of Waterloo mechanical engineering student Varun Kuo, playing baseball is what teamwork is all about.
“I like baseball because it’s a team...
Good mental health a prerequisite for good athletic performance
There is growing evidence that good mental health correlates with good athletic performance and that mental health disorders in athletes are more common than...
Removing insult from injury
Playing sports is largely beneficial for overall health, including physical and mental. However, there are associated risks as well, the most common of which...
Student Athlete Spotlight: Kinzey Brosseau
For incoming psychology co-op student and women’s rugby team recruit, Kinzey Brosseau, rugby represents opportunity. The sport helped bring her into a positive headspace...
Study projects decrease in girls returning to sports post-pandemic
At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics this summer, women representing team Canada won the country’s first 13 medals. In total, women won 18 of Canada’s...
UW at the Canadian Olympic Trials
Two members of the University of Waterloo’s swim team — third-year student Lukas Wormald and first-year student Aidan Iapicco — competed at the Canadian...
UW students develop mental health tracker
With reports of the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact on mental health, the need for mental health resources is being advocated for on a large scale....
Student Athlete Spotlight: Philippa Reid
Philippa Reid, a second-year biomedical engineering student, committed to the University of Waterloo women’s rugby team in May 2020, just as she was finishing...
