Health & Wellness

Health Services

Student Health Services provides students with access to medical care covered by OHIP for domestic students and Green Shield for International students. 

When Student Health Services is closed, emergency care is available via the campus Student Medical Response Service or students can visit the nearby medical clinics or emergency rooms. Students can have prescriptions filled by the University Pharmacy located in the lower level of the CAW Student Centre or a nearby Shoppers Drug Mart. 

Students who are sick during critical academic periods should contact their professors and/ or Student Accessibility Services to ask for accomodations for handing in assignments or rescheduling tests and exams.

 

Wellness and Counselling Supports

The Wellness Office is the central hub on campus for student mental health promotion, psychoeducation, stigma reduction, suicide preventation and awareness, resource awareness, and training that supports student coping, psychological safety, and well-being. 

There is free, confidential counselling from professional staff and a Peer Support Centre with trained student volunteers to help yoru student navigate the ups and downs of university life. 

 

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Student Health, Counselling, and Wellness