Active Clubs

Menstruation is often stigmatized across diverse cultures and communities and is associated with negative connotations. UW Empower Cycle is an organization that is committed to uplifting and empowering marginalized women in period poverty, which is a crucial public health concern. Period poverty refers to the inability of women to access menstrual products due to financial constraints. It is estimated that Canadian women spend up to $6,000 in their lifetime on menstrual hygiene products. At...

UW Operation Smile is a club affiliated with Operation Smile Canada, an organization that aims to raise awareness and provide medical assistance and surgeries to countries around the world for cleft lip and cleft palate. UW Operation Smile works to raise awareness of these conditions in the Kitchener-Waterloo region, and hosts a variety of fundraising events to help raise donations toward this cause.

UW SafeTails Initiative is a student-run, non-profit initiative that supports animal rescues and shelters in the KW region as well as in the GTA. So many animals live in shelters and they deserve to have the best possible care before finding their forever homes. UW SafeTails strives to support these rescues by raising money so that they can provide shelter animals with the best care during their stay at the rescues. Through informational campaigns, social media posts and club events, UW...

UW Stem Cell Club is a club focused on raising awareness about bone marrow stem cells, while working on increasing the number of registered stem cell donors in our nation, starting with the University of Waterloo.

UW against Child Abuse is a club that aims to raise awareness and funds for the Child Rescue Coalition and other organizations with similar interests. This organization works to protect and rescue children from sexual abuse and child sexual abuse material.

To the University of Waterloo, we are your connection to Vietnamese culture, Vietnamese traditions, and the Vietnamese community. UW VSA strengthens the campus community through organizing social events, cultural events, and collaborations.

United for Literacy - University of Waterloo is considered the “Kitchener/Waterloo Chapter” of United for Literacy (formerly known as Frontier College), a national, non-profit organization that aims to improve literacy across Canada. We work to promote literacy awareness in the Kitchener/Waterloo community and help students get involved in United for Literacy programs as volunteers.

The University of Waterloo Canadian Association on Gerontology Student Connection (UW CAG) is a club whose purpose is to promote interest in aging research. Our goal is to provide opportunities for undergraduate students to explore current aging research, learn more about careers in the field of gerontology, and engage in professional development.

Global Brigades in 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.

University of Waterloo Global Dental Brigades (UW GDB) is a non-profit club led by determined students interested in the fields...

WPA is a club that is designed to bring cultural diversity to the Waterloo community by being an organization that strives to express the Punjabi culture through various activities that are based on cultural events, holidays and traditions.