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Centre for Community, Clinical and Applied Research Excellence

CCCARE is a multidisciplinary team that strives to improve the overall health of our community

Let UW Fitness share our passion for exercise and health with you! Our certified and experienced staff can help you achieve your health and fitness-related goals. We offer individualized assessments and programming services for a variety of populations including individuals living with the effects of stroke, individuals experiencing a form of dementia or mild cognitive impairment, and individuals

being treated for, or recovered from cancer. Contact us or check out our website for more information or to get started!

12/23/2024

As we wrap up the year, we want to wish all our members and their families a joyful holiday season. A huge thank-you to our amazing co-op students, Nick and Paige, for all their hard work and dedication this term, and to all our members for making a difference with generous donations and food bank contributions. We can’t wait to resume our clinical exercise programs starting Thursday, January 9th. See you in 2025!

10/11/2024

Today we’re celebrating 8 years of innovation and discovery at CCCARE! Thank you to our incredible team and community for pushing the boundaries of knowledge and exercise in the Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences. Here’s to many more years of teaching, collaboration and outreach!

09/20/2024

Join our in supporting Cyndy McLean's Grand River Hospital fundraiser for new chemotherapy chairs. Cyndy will be completing 10 handcycling rides of 21km each, with the Waterloo ride launching from on September 24th.

Learn more about Cyndy and donate to her cause at:
www.cycling4chemochairs.ca

08/22/2024

We want to extend a heartfelt thank you to our departing co-op students Rhiannon and Hannah, and our MKin students Grace and Karum for their outstanding contributions this Spring term! Your collective dedication, hard work, and fresh perspectives have made a significant impact on our programming and CCCARE community. We truly appreciate your enthusiasm and commitment, and we wish you continued success in your future endeavors. Thank you for being such an integral part of our team!

07/15/2024

Stop by our lobby this week to meet Hannah, a student in Dr. Sheereen Harris' lab, to learn about their new study! They are recruiting older adults for a study examining people’s decisions related to engaging in physical activity of different intensities and durations. The study will be online, and you will receive $10 for your participation. For more information, please email khspsych@uwaterloo.ca.

06/10/2024

This past weekend Ella (left, Steps and Brain & Body Volunteer), Hannah (middle, Spring 2024 Co-op Student), and Nikita (right, Stay-Fit Volunteer) participated in the MUDGIRL 5km obstacle race! This run is dedicated to empowering women and is united with the for breast cancer awareness, fundraising and to extend support for breast cancer patients and survivors.

06/05/2024

We want your input!

We are interested in learning more about our participants wants with regards to our social media.
Click the link and fill out our survey to let us know your thoughts!

05/16/2024

Interested in learning about nutrition, receiving cooking tips, cooking with others, and sharing a meal or snack? Volunteers wanted to participate in an 8-week cooking program starting Wednesday, May 22, 2024! Study has been reviewed and received ethics clearance through a Office of Research Ethics Board.

If you would like to hear more about the Cooking Together Phase 3 study or have questions, you can email nutriage@uwaterloo.ca or leave a message for the Nutrition and Aging Lab with your contact information at 519-888-4567 ext. 41470.

04/25/2024

As we come to the end of our co-op term we want to say thank you to the co-op students Femke and Rhiannon for all their help the past 4 months! Fem is done with her co-op position and will miss all your smiling faces, however, Rhiannon will stay for the spring term. She looks forward to continuing with her position at CCCARE.

04/19/2024

It's
To all of our volunteers, our programs would not be able to function without your support. Our participants and staff appreciate you more than you could ever know!

04/12/2024

This past Tuesday and Wednesday our Fitness Staff and Students hosted a fun and interactive information session on the in the CCCARE Nutrition center! Participants learned about why the , specifically the importance of reducing sedentary time, moving more and getting the proper amount of sleep.

Check out the guidelines to learn more: csepguidelines.ca

03/27/2024

To wrap up , we took inspiration from
Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging Nutrition in Disguise recipes and made our own mini quiches in our Nutrition Center! These quiches are easy to make and are packed full of protein and nutritious ingredients like spinach and kale, both rich in vitamins A, C, & K, iron, magnesium, and more. Click the link for the recipe and feel free to customize it with your preferred spices:
https://the-ria.ca/resources/nid/
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Welcome to CCCARE - the Centre for Community, Clinical and Applied Research Excellence

Let our multidisciplinary team of researchers, exercise specialists, students and staff share our passion for exercise, health and innovative research with you! Our certified and experience staff can help you with any or all of your health and performance related goals. UW Fitness services provide assessment and programming services from general overall fitness to high performance based measures. Based at the University of Waterloo, CCCARE also provides specialized exercise programs for cancer patients, teens with weight management difficulties and UWaterloo staff and faculty members. Contact us today for more information or to get started.