Faculty

Thursday, June 27, 2024 - Friday, June 28, 2024 (all day)

From Targeting in Academia to Promoting Trust and Understanding

This international, interdisciplinary conference will explore and underline how we engage in cooperative academic conversations, share approaches that work well, and cultivate openness and freedom of expression. The conference is part of the University of Waterloo’s commitment and actions for a campus culture that values both freedom of expression and the safety and wellbeing of our community members. 

The Government of Canada has just announced that Dr. Talena Atfield has been named a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Tentewatenikonhra'khánion (We Will Put Our Minds Together). Dr. Atfield is of Kanien'kehá:ka of the Grand River and mixed settler backgrounds and is an assistant professor in the Department of History.