Winter 2025

The Waterloo Leadership Academy is now open for registration. The Waterloo Leadership Academy is an in-person intensive retreat for Waterloo academic leaders and is set to take place across three days from May 7 to May 9th, 2025 at the Stratford campus. Intended primarily for department chairs and school directors, the Academy provides highly engaging executive education and opportunities for interaction with colleagues from across campus. Topics to be covered  include Leadership, Change Management, Negotiation, Leading Team Decision-making, Thinking Strategically, and more.

Please click on the session title for details about Waterloo's Leadership Academy. 

The Waterloo Leadership Academy is now open for registration. The Waterloo Leadership Academy is an in-person intensive retreat for Waterloo academic leaders and is set to take place across three days from May 7 to May 9th, 2025 at the Stratford campus. Intended primarily for department chairs and school directors, the Academy provides highly engaging executive education and opportunities for interaction with colleagues from across campus. Topics to be covered  include Leadership, Change Management, Negotiation, Leading Team Decision-making, Thinking Strategically, and more.

Please click on the session title for details about Waterloo's Leadership Academy. 

The Waterloo Leadership Academy is now open for registration. The Waterloo Leadership Academy is an in-person intensive retreat for Waterloo academic leaders and is set to take place across three days from May 7 to May 9th, 2025 at the Stratford campus. Intended primarily for department chairs and school directors, the Academy provides highly engaging executive education and opportunities for interaction with colleagues from across campus. Topics to be covered  include Leadership, Change Management, Negotiation, Leading Team Decision-making, Thinking Strategically, and more.

Please click on the session title for details about Waterloo's Leadership Academy. 

Attend the Academic Leadership Program's breakfast session on Waterloo's Tenure, Permanence, and Promotion Process. 2025 is an interesting year to be a Department Chair at Waterloo as it is the first time Chairs will receive files for permanence and promotion of teaching stream faculty. 

Please secure your spot for this session by registering.  

Among the legislated responsibilities of the university, we are required to provide a safe environment for learning and working and one which is free from discrimination, harassment, and violence and to accommodate students who have a disability. It is important for leaders of academic units and supervising employees, and those working directly with students to understand what it means to meet these obligations. In this session, we will learn about two sets of responsibilities. Kate Windsor, Director of Safety will discuss the role of units in ensuring compliance with legislation, programs and standards, particularly Policy 34 and the Health, Safety and Environment Management System (HSEMS). Jennifer Gillies, Vice Associate Provost, Campus Support and Accessibility will build awareness around our obligations stemming from the Ontario Human Rights Code, the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act, and other statutory requirements, noting the supports available to uphold these requirements, describe our duty to accommodate as defined by the Ontario Human Rights Code, and the limits to student accommodation. Both will be available to answer questions and to direct you to additional supports. Breakfast provided.

As we formulate a plan to bring the operating budget back to balance, we know that there are questions and uncertainty. We want to support academic leaders in making decisions and responding to their colleagues’ questions and concerns and to hear about the issues that leaders are facing in their units. Join Martin Cooke and Mark Weber for an open discussion and mutual support in this challenging moment. Light lunch provided.

Join us for two sessions with Dr. Liane Davey, psychologist and expert in workplace dynamics. Liane is the author of The Good Fight: Use Productive Conflict to Get your Team and Organization Back on Track, and many of you expressed your appreciation of Liane’s two sessions last year on managing conflict. She is a UW alum and knows us well. We have invited Liane back to help support our academic leaders in times of change.

Join us for two sessions with Dr. Liane Davey, psychologist and expert in workplace dynamics. Liane is the author of The Good Fight: Use Productive Conflict to Get your Team and Organization Back on Track, and many of you expressed your appreciation of Liane’s two sessions last year on managing conflict. She is a UW alum and knows us well. We have invited Liane back to help support our academic leaders in times of change.