Menstrual Equity Program

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The menstrual equity program aims to ensure all Laurier students with capacity for menstruation have access to free period products across our campuses. The program helps to address financial barriers to menstrual products, and provides you with options in case you don't have your products with you.

Free Period Product Locations

Plastic-free pads and tampons made with organic cotton are available in 14 locations in Waterloo, Kitchener, and Brantford. Here's where you can find these products on campus

Waterloo Campus

  • Science Building (washroom across from Dean’s office, gendered women’s washroom)
  • Library (main floor, gender-neutral washroom)
  • Martin Luther University College (main floor, gender-neutral washroom)
  • Fred Nichols Campus Centre (second floor in 24 Lounge by vending machines, gender-neutral washroom)
  • Bricker Academic Building (first floor, gendered women’s and men’s washrooms)
  • Arts Building (second floor, gender-neutral washroom)
  • Peters Building (first floor by Frank’s Coffee Haus, gender-neutral washroom)
  • Lazaridis (first floor, gendered women’s and gender-neutral washrooms)
  • Athletic Complex (downstairs in Kinesiology Hallway, gender-neutral washroom)

Kitchener Location

  • Faculty of Social Work (second floor, gender-neutral washroom)

Brantford Campus

  • Grand River Hall (basement, gendered women’s and men’s washrooms)
  • One Market (near lounge, gender-neutral washroom)
  • RAC West (basement, gendered women’s and men’s washrooms)
  • Student Centre (first floor, gendered women’s and men’s washrooms)

Other Ways to Access Free Period Products

  • select Laurier departments: Wellness Education, Indigenous Student Centres, and the Centre for Student Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
  • LSPIRG offices
  • weekly Distro program run by LSPIRG, Martin Luther, and Wellness Education
  • Laurier Food Bank run by the Students’ Union (request them to be added to parcel)

Partnerships

Initiated by the Laurier Students' Public Interest Research Group (LSPIRG) and in partnership with Aunt Flow, the menstrual equity program is overseen by the Sustainability Office under the direction of the Menstrual Equity Committee.