Student Affairs Divisions: Student Wellness Centre
The Student Wellness Centre provides health care and support to enhance McMaster students’ emotional, physical and personal well-being.
Division priorities:
- Increase access to mental health care for McMaster students by decreasing the waiting times for all appointments and delivering a solution-focused approach to mental health.
- Maintain personalized service to address the students’ mental and physical health needs within our model of care.
- Direct students within the Stepped Care Model through facilitated consultations with a mental health nurse or counsellor.
- Focus on health promotion by providing diverse and equitable wellness prevention and awareness campaigns, programs, and events to improve student health and connect students with information, resources and services in the McMaster and Hamilton communities.
- Evaluate programs with data to support the uptake and continued delivery to address diverse student needs.
Director, Student Wellness Centre
By the Numbers
| Description | Total |
|---|---|
| Total counselling appointments (including psychiatrist visits) | 14,042 |
| Undergraduate full-time student appointments | 10,897 |
| Graduate full-time student appointments | 1,573 |
| Part-time student appointments | 572 |
| Total visits to the clinic | 51,506 |
| Undergraduate full-time student visits | 43,747 |
| Graduate full-time student visits | 6,841 |
| International student visits | 9,686 |
Learn More About the Student Wellness Centre
How it works: Use this interactive 360-degree video to take a tour of our space on campus. Navigate by clicking and moving your mouse in the frame while the video is playing. You can also interact with the space when the video is paused. If you are using a phone, you can navigate by moving with your device based on where you want to go.
