Alumni feel new role will make a difference to Waterloo Engineering 2SLGBTQ+ community
By Carol Truemner
Faculty of Engineering
Michelle Liu and Allie Kennington were thrilled when Waterloo Engineering introduced a senior position intended to ensure all students feel respected and empowered to pursue their aspirations.
They both feel the new role of associate dean of outreach, equity and diversity will make a difference to the Faculty’s 2SLGBTQ+ and other marginalized communities.
“It’s definitely a step in the right direction,” says Liu, who holds undergraduate and master’s degrees in Civil Engineering from Waterloo.
Liu, a current joint law student and engineering doctoral student at the University of Ottawa, and Kennington, a civil engineering doctoral student at Waterloo, wish there had been leadership support for 2SLGBTQ+ students when they were undergraduate students several years ago. Click here to continue reading this article.