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An illustration of musician Tomson Highway against a flowered orange background

Tuesday, November 19, 2019 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Indigenous Speakers Series: Songs in the Key of Cree

Tomson Highway's Songs in the Key of Cree is a collection of Cree and English songs written by one of Canada’s most renowned authors. Part of a larger Indigenous language revitalization project, this integrated performance-speaker event presents the captivating vocalist Patricia Cano, guitarist Kevin Barrett, saxophonist Marcus Ali, and fiddler Nathan Halcrow, joined by artist Emma Rain Smith and historian Susan Roy.

The Faculty of Arts is proud to share that Professor Winfried Siemerling of the Department of English Language and Literature is among five University of Waterloo researchers who have been named fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), just announced today.

Graduate school flies by in a flurry of seminars, dissertation chapters and conference papers. While it may feel fast-paced, that time frame is crucial for students to build up their curriculum vitae and gain skills and experience suitable for future academic or industry roles.

illustration of Jesse Thistle with thistle plant and other design elements

Wednesday, September 18, 2019 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Indigenous Speakers Series presents Jesse Thistle

The Indigenous Speakers Series proudly presents Jesse Thistle, a Métis-Cree-Scot from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, whose bestselling memoir, From the Ashes (Simon and Schuster Canada), chronicles his life on the streets and how he overcame trauma and addiction to discover the truth about who he is. His scholarship is focused on intergenerational and historic trauma of the Métis people, and also reflects on his own past struggles with homelessness. Jesse is widely recognized in the scholarly community and beyond.

Professor of medieval history Steven Bednarski leads a seven-year, $2.5 million SSHRC Partnership-funded project with an interdisciplinary team of 30 Waterloo experts and numerous external partners, including Queen's University's Bader International Study Centre (BISC) at Herstmonceux Castle.

A team of Global Business and Digital Arts students developed Virtuous Waste, an alternative to plastic packaging made of seaweed. Their winning solution at World Vision Social Innovation Challenge will receive $25,000 in funding.

Professor Ashley Rose Mehlenbacher studies how science communication online enables scientists and citizens to engage in new and accessible ways.

Our adroit and long-suffering Dean of Arts for the past eight years received a suitably irreverent and sincerely appreciative send-off celebration. Arts and University members gathered in the Hagey Hall Hub to share memories, razzing, accolades and plenty of shared laughs honouring Dean Peers’ singular style as a senior administrator and leader.

The Faculty of Arts is proud to share the news that Aimée Morrison, associate professor in the Department of English Language and Literature, has been awarded one of five 2019 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Fellowships. Morrison is the second Trudeau Foundation Fellow from Waterloo Arts in the past four years

When foreign powers try to interfere with the politics of another country by spreading strategic disinformation, there is no real effect on policies or the balance of power in the targeted country, according to research by Professor Alexander Lanoszka.

Alumni

Indigenous Speakers Series: Songs in the Key of Cree

Professor Siemerling named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

Giving back through teaching, advocacy, mental health support and collaboration

Indigenous Speakers Series presents Jesse Thistle

Multi-million-dollar medievalists: interdisciplinary project digs into climate and culture of late Middle Ages

GBDA Students win funding for social venture to reduce reliance on plastics

Understanding new ways to communicate science online

Dean Doug Peers honoured with fond send-off and send-up

Professor Aimée Morrison named Trudeau Foundation Fellow

Political Science researcher says disinformation campaigns are not as threatening as you think