The Fairmount Foundation has made a $1-million donation to Western University's Wellness Education Centre.
University officials say students now have a central, safe, supportive environment to access even more health and wellness resources.
The Fairmount Foundation gift supports new health and wellness programming, including an annual lecture series that brings speakers to campus on the topic of health and wellness.
In addition, the Foundation has established an international learning bursary to provide students facing financial difficulty with the opportunity to study abroad.
The wellness centre opened earlier this year and provides support for those seeking mental health and wellness resources and programming, nutrition information and advice and sexual violence prevention education and survivors’ support.
“Western is dedicated to ensuring that our students are as successful as possible and part of that is providing them with the support and information they require to lead healthy lives,” said Jana Luker, Western’s Associate Vice-President of Student Experience.
“It is my hope, with this gift, to directly impact the lives of Western’s students in a positive manner. I want all Western students to feel like they are a part of this community and to feel as though they have had lots of opportunities for personal and academic growth,” said Heidi Balsillie, founder of the Fairmount Foundation.
