Tag: mental health
Are conservative parents a threat to our mental growth?
As students, we know that strict parents are hardly uncommon. Unlike the lucky ones, we had curfews and rules, and some of us were...
Mental health program launching in Waterloo region
On May 21, Explore Waterloo Region and the Region of Waterloo announced that they are launching a mental health and well-being pilot program for...
Projections of the pandemic’s impact on mental health in the Waterloo...
18 months into the COVID-19 pandemic, the Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA) has reported a 44 per cent increase in the number of people...
UW students investigate how COVID-19 impacts nurses’ mental health
As the pandemic continues to affect everyone’s lives, it is evident that the lives of frontline healthcare workers such as nurses, doctors and first...
Mental Health of Those 18-24 Most Affected by COVID-19, Study Finds
The challenges presented by the pandemic have caused a decline in mental health for the general population starting in March 2020. A recent study...
Community through Crying—Waterworks
When Queenie Wu and Leslie Xin started having weekly calls to catch up and make art during the pandemic, they were not planning to...
Online “concussion” course launches to speed up athlete recovery and get...
The launch of a new concussion management training course, Concussion Awareness Training Tool (CATT) was created to get athletes back to playing sports safely...
The Science Behind: Loneliness
The Science Behind: Loneliness
The definition of loneliness can be subjective depending on the perspective, but it is a feeling that is likely to overtake...
UW alumnus uses tech to help tackle mental health challenges
An unexpected path led UW engineering alumni Yuri Quintana from being a professor at Harvard Medical School to developing software to help teens take...
Winter term classes delayed by one week at University of Waterloo
The University of Waterloo (UW) is delaying winter term classes by one week to acknowledge the importance of mental health during times of uncertainty...