In the Fall 2023 term, the Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association (WUSA) sent out a survey on the topic of Student Safety and Mental Health to University of Waterloo Undergraduate students as part of the Representative Survey Platform. The survey was available for students to complete from October 16 to 27, 2023. The goals of this survey were as follows:
• Understand the extent to which students feel safe on campus
• Identify gaps in student safety on campus
• Understand the connection between student safety and mental health
• Explore ways to create a more connected and inclusive UW community
The survey received a total of 651 responses; 45 incomplete responses were removed, leaving 606 responses for analysis. With a total of 931 students signed up for the program in Fall 2023, the survey had a response rate of 65%.
To begin the survey, students were asked to select the University of Waterloo campus they would be
referencing while taking the survey. 2.04% of respondents selected the Kitchener campus and 0.51% selected the Stratford campus. The following report only reflects the answers of the 97.45% of students (n=580) who selected the Waterloo campus.