Health Services provides self-care information and guidelines on various diseases such as colds, flu, influenza, etc. These are guidelines only and if for any other reason you feel that further attention is necessary, contact Health Services at 519-824-4120 x52131.

• What To Do If Your Roommate Is Sick [1]
• Crisis Intervention [2]
• Colds and Flu [3]
• Infectious Mononucleosis [4]
• Healthy Living in Residence [5]
• First Aid Information [6]
• Gastroenteritis [7]
• Prevention of Ear Wax Build-up [8]
• Your Immunization Records [9]
• Sexual Assault Support and Information [10]
• ILI (Influenza-Like Illness) [11]
• UTI (Urinary Tract Infection) [12]
• Build Your Own Medical Kit [13]

Additional resources for LGBTQ2IA+, sexual health, sexually transmitted infections and birth control (including the emergency contraceptive pill and intra-uterine devices)

• Sexual Health Ontario [14] - Find a clinic, chat and access resources
• Sex & U [15]
• Sex Fluent [16]
• SHORE Centre [17]
• University of Guelph, Student Experience [18]
• Gender Affirm Guelph [19]
• GetaKit.ca [20] (Free at-home self-testing kits and laboratory-based testing for sexually transmitted infections including chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis and hepatitis C (18+ with an OHIP card), and HIV at-home self-testing kits (16+ with an OHIP card))

HIV and Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP), see the above resources and: 

• Arch Guelph [21]
• Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) [22]
• Go Freddie [23]
• Julius MD [24]

For information on transitioning and trans health care, please see Sherbourne’s Guidelines for Gender Affirming Primary Care with Trans and Non-Binary Patients [25] and

• Rainbow Health Ontario [26]
• Arch Guelph [21]
• Fenway Health [27] (American)

Self-administration of hormone therapy:

• Fenway Health Hormone Injection Guide [28]
• Please know that we have all supplies you need for safe IM/SC injections at no cost available at Student Health Services – call x56277 to pick up/drop off

Additional helpful health-related resources:

• Poison Ivy [29]
• Bed Bugs [30]
• Lice [31]
• Scabies [32] 
• Strep Throat [33]
• Ear Infections [34]
• Norovirus [35]

For information on Influenza, Covid-19, opioids/naloxone, vaccinations, travel, tobacco/e-cigarettes, cannabis, beauty and body art, animal bites/rabies, ticks/lyme disease, Mpox, sexually-transmitted infections and birth control, please see the Wellington-Dufferin-Guelph Public Health website [36]