Category: Health and Wellness

BLISS is a gender-inclusive club that opens its arms to all walks of life. Our club focuses on lifestyle and how to foster/grow self-esteem using different facets like skincare, self-reflection, and self-care. With a previous focus on makeup, we aim to eradicate the stigmas surrounding such self-care practices to create a safe and inclusive space for our members and promote a healthy way of living.

Western Wildlife Conservation Society (WWCS) is a student organization dedicated to educating and increasing involvement of the student body in wildlife conservation. WWCS aims to raise awareness of how to lower ecological footprints and create a healthy and sustainable planet. WWCS pairs up with local organizations such as the London Environmental Network and Salthaven Wildlife and Education Center to educate students on how they can get involved locally to help our environment and the wildlife that live in it.

Students Fight Parkinson’s (SFP) is a student-run group, established in 2010 at Western University. We work to raise awareness for Parkinson disease and funds for the Parkinson Society Southwestern Ontario. Membership is open to all undergraduate students. Mission Statement – To raise awareness of the effect Parkinson’s disease has on patients, their families, and their friends – To raise money for the Parkinson Society Southwestern Ontario for Parkinson Disease Research – To create solidarity between the students of Western University and people with Parkinson’s in the greater London community

The Organ Advocacy Initiative (OAI) seeks to engage the community, educate, and encourage student advocacy in an effort to address challenges of the organ donation and transplantation system. The OAI aims to promote the importance of organ donation by sharing the diverse perspectives of patients, donors, clinicians, and policymakers on their experiences related to organ donation and transplantation. We also focus on issues pertaining to the illicit organ trade as a means of encouraging support for organ donation. Through our unique storytelling campaign and educational activities, members of the OAI will become knowledgeable of the challenges in organ transplantation, and help to increase awareness of organ and tissue donation on campus. E: [email protected]

Western’s Cancer Awareness Society is a non-profit student organization aimed at raising awareness, providing support, and raising funds for cancer. We strive to create an environment for peers to feel comfortable coming to for support and education. Our club year is filled with fun and informative events, guest speakers and more! We welcome anyone to join us in our fight against cancer!

Women in Fitness (WIF) is an organization for Western students who identify as a woman who have a passion for physical fitness and healthy eating. The goal of WIF is to motivate, educate, and encourage its members in their fitness journey to be the healthiest they can be through exercise, food and community. Participation can be weekly or monthly with events such as a trying out a group exercise class, participating as a team in a charity run/walkathon, attending guest speaker sessions (nutritionists, personal trainers, cooking class, etc), all focused on creating a community of friends to ask questions, share recipes and nutrition knowledge, encourage exercise, and support each other.