Current students

Released just over 1 year ago, the 7-volume report as well as the Calls to Action of Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission in many ways focused on language.  

Wednesday, March 29, 2017 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Idle No More founder on Nationhood Interrupted: Revitalizing nêhiyaw Legal Systems

The Indigenous Speaker Series presents Sylvia McAdam (Saysewahum) citizen of the nêhiyaw Nation and co-founder of the Idle No More movement. She is a recipient of numerous awards and remains active in the global grassroots Indigenous-led resistance.

Thursday, March 2, 2017 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

DNA and the Racial Re-Articulation of Indigeneity

The Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA) is hosting an exciting public lecture by Dr. Kim TallBear, Associate Professor and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience and Environment at the University of Alberta.

Tuesday, February 28, 2017 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Phil Monture: Global Solutions for the Six Nations of the Grand River

The Waterloo Aboriginal Education Centre and the Faculty of Arts are pleased to announce a new Indigenous Speakers Series highlighting the voices of Indigenous artists, writers, activists, and leaders from across Turtle Island.

Thursday, February 9, 2017

Arts Three Minute Thesis draws crowds

Two students will go on to university-level competition

With topics as far-ranging as video games, urban design, refugees and the Franklin Expedition, graduate students from across the Faculty of Arts enthralled the audience at the Three Minute Thesis competition, held on Feb. 8 and 9. The departments of English Language and Literature, Psychology, Religious Studies, Germanic and Slavic Studies, History, Philosophy, Anthropology and the Balsillie School of International Affairs were all represented.