SDG 3: Good Health and Wellbeing

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Are you dedicated to improving health and well-being for everyone? Check out the information below to see how we are advancing health initiatives at Laurier, and discover how you can get involved to be a Changemaker for SDG 3 – Good Health and Wellbeing.

Learn About Good Health and Wellbeing

Programs

Find information about program requirements and how you can get involved for the programs below through the Programs pages.

  • Health Sciences (BSc)
  • Health Studies (BA)
  • Health Studies (BA) + Public Health / Global Health (MSc), Brighton and Sussex Medical School
  • Music Therapy (BMT)
  • Music Therapy (MMT)

Research Centres

Faculty Making a Difference

  • Melody Morton Ninomiya whose research focuses on Indigenous health and wellness, community and culturally-defined indicators of wellness, knowledge mobilization principles, mental health and addiction, critical public health, and decolonizing research methodologies.
  • Stephanie DeWitte-Orr whose research focuses on the innate antiviral immune response of animals.
  • Robert McLeman whose research focuses on the human dimensions of environmental change, with particular attention to the relationship between environment and human migration; community adaptation to climatic variability and change; and, fostering citizen participation in environmental science.
  • Sandra Danilovic whose research focuses on storytelling through digital game design. She organizes game jams (creative workshops) to study game design practices rooted in lived experiences with mental health, addiction, and disability.
  • Marcia Oliver whose research focuses on the intersection of global governance, sexuality and gender, and inequality and justice, including moral conservatism and neoliberalism in HIV/AIDS development practices; new governance regimes and civil society. 
  • Vanessa Oliver whose research focuses on young people and anti-racism, sexual health education and the social determinants of health.

Try: Start Your Changemaking Journey Today

Clubs

You can find information on the clubs below on the Students' Union clubs page.

  • Allied Health Professionals

Activities

Check out these resources and activities that you can complete to start your changemaking journey in working towards Good Health and Wellbeing.