Future undergraduate students

Wednesday, November 23, 2022 11:45 am - 2:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Velocity $5K Finals

The Velocity $5K pitch competition offers the opportunity for University of Waterloo student-led teams with innovative solutions and high potential business ideas to showcase their hard work and compete for grant funding.

Thursday, November 10, 2022 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00) Thursday, November 10, 2022 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Velocity $5K Semi-Finals

This is your opportunity to be in the audience as UWaterloo student teams pitch their startup ideas to a panel of judges from the local community. The top 8 teams from across night one and night two will move on to the Velocity $5K Finals on November 23rd to compete for a chance at one of four $5,000 prizes in grant funding to help turn their concept into a reality.

Waterloo professor David Correa, James Clarke-Hicks and Isabel Ochoa will deliver a keynote address at the 2022 BE-AM Symposium being held at Formnext in Frankfurt, Germany as well as being viewable via an online stream.

Wednesday, October 26, 2022

David Fortin recognized as top innovator

Waterloo School of Architecture professor Dr. David Fortin and Waterloo Engineering professor Dr. Tizazu Mekonnen have been named to a list of leading innovators by a national anti-racism organization.

The inaugural edition of Canada’s Top 20 Aspiring Innovators of the Year, released by the Coalition of Innovation Leaders Against Racism (CILAR), recognizes Black, Indigenous and People of Colour winners who are positively impacting their communities, the world and future generations through the innovation ecosystem.

Tuesday, November 1, 2022 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Projects Review 2022

Projects Review is an annual exhibition of undergraduate and graduate projects from the University of Waterloo School of Architecture. The exhibition celebrates student works that critically engage a wide variety of architectural discourses. The projects on display were produced between May 2021 and April 2022.

Dezeen School Shows has included Maria Luiza de Souza Oliveira Ottoni's thesis project WaterWoven: Living on the margins in the Roncador River region, Brazil alongside six student projects showcased on Dezeen School Shows that present design solutions to rising sea levels and flooding.