Active Clubs

Amnesty International is a non-profit organization that operates worldwide with over 8 million members around the world. This club will advocate for the protection of individuals and is focused on the promotion of human rights. UW’s amnesty international chapter strives to provide awareness to students, faculty, and alumni about the human rights violations that occur globally. By being a member, you would actively be working to take a stand against the abuse to one's freedom.

We are a UW DIY campus club that seeks to spark creativity. Every term we host a couple of workshops teaching you how to make cute plushies, polymer clay charms, and more- we will provide the materials and instructions, all levels are welcome! We often sell our handmade crafts to raise money for various charities, so keep your eyes peeled for us on campus!

The purpose of this club is to promote the exchange of language and culture between students on campus by creating spaces for thoughtful engagement, practical application, and mutual learning opportunities. By engaging with one another in various contexts, students will be able to develop a well-rounded worldview as future global citizens. We hope to be a place where you can practice a language you’ve been learning, ask questions to native speakers, make new friends, and engage with the many...

Engineers Without Borders (EWB) Canada is a non-profit national organization that was founded by two University of Waterloo students. This mission statement of the organization is to bring people and ideas together to tackle the most crucial causes of poverty and inequality. The organization consists of chapters from across Canada, with members from all academic backgrounds (not just engineering), that use long-term development and systemic innovation to raise awareness and create change.

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Fashion for Change is a non-profit organization that unites students at the University of Waterloo, Conestoga College and Wilfrid Laurier University to host the largest student-run charity fashion show in the K-W region. Over the past 10 years as a club, we have raised over $125,000 for charity! With over 130 executives and models yearly, our family is full of passionate students that use our talents to change the world! We use fashion, dance, film, music, and other mediums to promote...

Global Business Brigades UW, part of the Global Brigades family, is an international movement of university students and professionals building economic opportunities in the developing world.
We work alongside promising entrepreneurs and experienced year-round staff to create financial opportunities in remote, rural, and under resourced areas of Panama, Honduras and Ghana.
GBBUW is the first organization at the University of Waterloo to offer students the opportunity to volunteer abroad to...

Global Brigades is the world’s largest student-led global health and sustainable development organization. Since 2004, Global Brigades has mobilized thousands of university students and professionals through nine skill-based service programs to improve quality of life in under-resourced communities through partner organizations in Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panama.

Medical Brigades
​University of Waterloo Global Medical/Dental Global Brigades (UW GM/DB) is a non-profit club led by dedicated...

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UWaterloo Greek Council is an umbrella organization that collectively represents all the Fraternities and Sororities at UWaterloo. Greek Life is a community where we strive to improve our school and community by hosting philanthropic events and supporting school events. Strong bonds and lifelong friendships also formed within individual chapters and the Greek community in general. Come out to a Greek Council meeting and see what it's all about!

• HOSA is an opportunity for undergraduate students to explore different health professions along with gaining personal experience and knowledge to be used in future health settings or even in day-to-day activities such as networking, and leadership.
• HOSA U is an organization of which branches out to several different universities (Western U, McMaster U, UofT, U of Guelph etc.) and the different branches meet annually at the SLC- Student Leadership Conference (March) to compete in a wide...