The Catalyst

In this issue:

• President Goel reflects on Asian Heritage Month 
• President Goel receives the PART report
• Manh-Kien Tran builds a smart cloud-based battery management system
• Meet Anne Galang, associate director, Executive Communications
• Preparing for the next pandemic
• Susan Shu Chang (BA '17) wins the Arts 2021 Young Alumni Award
• Bulletin Board

In this issue:

• President Goel reflects on the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
• ARTS Prof to facilitate Anti-racism book club in May
• Celebrating the remarkable experiences of our Black alumni
• Tackling Black girl environmentalism and equity
• Meet Savannah Sloat, project manager of Indigenous Initiatives in the Office of Research
• Meet Eugenia Dadzie, winner of the 2022 GRADflix Competition
• Introducing LiftOff: a Black-led business accelerator and incubator for Black Entrepreneurs

In this issue:

• Message from Dr. Charmaine Dean, executive-designate (PART)
• PART invites you to the March Anti-racism Book Club
• Black history at Waterloo in photos
• Reflections on two years of impact with the Office of Indigenous Relations
• Meet Akua Asare-Amin, International Student Recruitment specialist
• Addressing racial disparities in osteoarthritis research
• LiftOff Black Entrepreneurship Program
• An Experiential Job Shadow Program
• Lantern Festival closes out Lunar New Year celebrations

In this issue:

• Celebrating Black History Month 
• Using data to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion
• Supporting Belonging and Inclusion 
• Supporting Indigenous research at UWaterloo
• Elevating voices of food insecurity

In this issue:

• Message from Charmaine Dean, PART Executive Designate
• An update from the new Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Anti-racism office
• Registration opens for the January Anti-racism book club
• Hec of a Warrior: Tre Ford named Canada's most outstanding player
• Meet Dr. Anita Taylor
• Working group update
• The Career Starter Program

In this issue:

• Message from Colleen Phillips-Davis, Co-chair of the Educational Environment and the Development of Learners working group (EEDL)
• Black Studies and Anti-racism diplomas launch in 2022
• Canadian universities work together to increase diversity in engineering and technology
• Meet Veronica Sila Nhio-son, WUSA representative on the Health and Mental Health working group
• Student Success Office and AccessAbility Services Anti-racism Initiatives (SAARI)
• Black Faculty Collective (BFC)
• A brief history of Black experience at Waterloo, 1960s-1990s
• New AI brings the power of natural language processing to African languages
• Working group update
• Avenue: The Black Undergraduate Law Internship Program

In this issue:

• Message from Kalpita Gaitonde, co-chair of the Health and Mental Health working group
• University responds to Human Rights, Equity and Inclusion review
• PART and Thrive invite you to talk about mental health at the intersections
• November Anti-racism book club
• Meet Olivia Fuju Taylor, PART research analyst
• Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Margaret Mutumba, PhD candidate, Public Health Sciences
• Working group update
• Avenue: The Black Undergraduate Law Internship Program

In this issue:

• Message from Robin Stadelbauer, co-chair of the Race, Culture, and Ethnicity Awareness working group
• October anti-racism book club
• University of Waterloo equity survey: Q&A with Jermal Jones, manager, Equity
• Meet Jaydum Hunt, interim director of Shatitsirótha (Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre)
• Department feature
• Working group update
• Mental Health and Anti-racism with Anthony McLean

In this issue:

• Message from Naima Samuel, graduate student, School of Environment, Enterprise, and Development and co-chair of the Educational Environment and the Development of Learners working group
• Maawanji-idiwag (They come together): Institutional Approaches to Decolonizing Curricula
• Meet Tracelyn Cornelius, Anti-racism Communications Manager, University Relations
• Department feature
• From Cindy Yeung, GSA representative
• Past events

In this issue:

• Message from Katrina Di Gravio, former Director, Organizational & Human Development
• Message from the President
• Anti-racism Book Club
• Student feature
• Department feature
• Race, Culture and Ethnicity Awareness working group work
• Past events

The President's Anti-Racism Taskforce (PART) Black Studies Implementation Team has published a report on the development of a Black Studies program at the University of Waterloo. In addition, two Black Studies Diplomas are making their way through the approvals process with the plan that they will be offered at Waterloo beginning Fall Term 2022.

In this issue:

• Message from Nigel Henriques, Associate Director, Systems
• Message from the President
• Anti-racism across campus
• Meet Waterloo's Senior Manager, Anti-Racism Response: Jennisha Wilson
• The Educational Environment and Development of Learners working group
• The Truth is hard. Reconciliation is harder. Indigenous History Month Keynote Speaker
• Anti-racism Book Club
• Past events
• Catch up on community stories