Laurier Recreation - Waterloo Campus

Fit Centre

Come in and use our two floor fitness centre! Featuring a turfed free-weight area, cardio machines, cable machines, squat racks, and more! 

Hours of Operation, and Women's Only Hours Information can be found here. 

Open Gym

Open Gym time allows students access to the Gymnasium in the Athletic Complex for unstructured recreational fun! From pick up basketball games, to volleyball, and badminton, the gym is open for leisure play! 

For more information on Open Gym and the weekly hours of operation, click here!

Group Exercise

Get your workout in, in a group setting with our staff of trained instructors! From Cyclefit, to Bootcamp, to HIIT, Yoga, Muscle Pump, and more, there is a Group Ex class for everyone! Group Ex classes are offered free to all Laurier students. 

Claim your free Group Ex pass here!

Check out the Fall 2025 Group Ex Class Schedule here!

Dance

We offer a wide variety of instructional dance classes featuring many styles and levels to suit a multitude of participants. This is a great way to try something new or enhance your own abilities while receiving a great weekly workout.  Classes run for approximately 10 weeks, are an hour and 15 minutes in length, and all classes participate in the semester end Dance Showcase! 

Try out the Recreational Dance Program during RecFest at the start of each semester, for more information on RecFest, stay tuned to the WLURecreation Instragram Account.

Popular class types we offer include Acro, Advanced Ballet, Burlesque, Dancehall, K-Pop, Lyrical, Jazz, Jazz Funk, Tap, and a variety of non-performance classes as well. For more information on each class style, as well as a full listing of class types, click here!

Dance returns in Fall 2025. Registration opens on a rolling basis the week of September 8, 2025

Intramurals & Tournaments

Intramural league offerings vary each semester, and sign ups open at the start of each term. 

Intramurals can be a great way to meet new friends, by signing up as a Free Agent, or you can register as a team. 

Some popular intramural leagues are Basketball, Soccer (outdoor and indoor), Volleyball, Ice Hockey, Ultimate Frisbee, Inner Tube Water Polo, Badminton, Dodgeball, Ball Hockey, Table Tennis, Squash, Spikeball, Handball, and more! 

To register for Fall 2025 intramurals, click here!

To register for Fall 2025 tournaments, click here!

Swimming/Aquatics

Our Olympic length pool features six lanes and can be set up in long course or short course configuration. Home to the Laurier Golden Hawk Swim Team, the Region of Waterloo (ROW) Swim Club, the pool provides over 30 hours of recreation programing every week to students (lane swim, masters swim, lifeguard hiring, and intramurals).

For more information on lane swim, click here!  Lane Swim is not an additional cost, and is open to all students and members. 

For more information on swimming lessons, lifeguard hiring, and masters swim click here! 

Climbing Wall

Our climbing wall is specifically designed for teaching basic climbing and mountaineering skills. Our indoor rock climbing wall is a great place for new climbers to start improving their upper-body strength or for experienced climbers to fit regular workouts into their week! Use of the climbing wall is offered free to all Laurier students.

For more information, and hours of operation click here! The climbing wall reopens on September 2, 2025.

Sport Clubs

Sport clubs are run by the students, for the students, with a heavy emphasis on student leadership in competition, performance, and team management. A sanctioned sport club provides a program of instruction, recreation, and/or competition in a specific sport or physical activity. 

We have sport clubs that compete against other universities, as well as some clubs that compete only within their membership group. Students are able to create their own sport clubs if the sport they wish to participate in is not currently available. 

For more information on Sport Clubs click here. 

To view sport club tryouts click here.

To view the Clubs Directory click here. 

Personal Training

With our team of certified Personal Trainers, individuals within a wide variety of knowledge, ability, and comfort levels can sign up for a variety of different service levels. 

For more information on the variety of programs we offer within Personal Training, click here! 

Varsity Games

Cheer on the Golden Hawk Varsity Teams as they take on opponents from other universities in the Fall and Winter terms! 

View the full composite schedule here. 

Get Tickets to Hockey, Basketball, and Football here. 

Athletic Therapy Club

Get hands on experience and learn from our own Golden Hawk Athletic Therapists. 

Students interested in participating in Athletic Therapy club, and learning more about it are encouraged to email Jenn Childs, Athletic Therapist at jchilds@wlu.ca

Employment

We are the largest employer of students on campus, with over 300 students employed. Our facility runs on students. Our success is found within their dedication and excitement towards our facilities and our programming. 

From Hawk Desk attendants, to sports writers, Personal Trainers, Intramural referees, Lifeguards, marketing, dance instructors, and more, every aspect of our daily operations rely on students. 

Most hiring is done in the months of January - March for the following school year, and is done through Navigator. 

For more information on employment within Laurier Athletics and Recreation click here.