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Monday, March 2, 2020 7:00 pm - 9:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Beyond the Headlines: Who's Defending Democracy?

Join the University of Waterloo for an engaging conversation on current affairs straight from the headlines. Who's defending democracy? will be hosted by Dean of Arts, Sheila Ager and President Feridun Hamdullahpur, and features three experts from the Faculty of Arts in a conversation moderated by CBC-KW host Craig Norris. 

Howler Monkey in Costa Rican forest
Thursday, January 9, 2020

Anthropology research finds deforestation is changing animal communication

Deforestation is changing the way monkeys communicate in their natural habitat, according to a new study led by Laura Bolt, an adjunct professor in the Department of Anthropology. The research offers the first evidence in animal communication scholarship of differences in vocal behaviours in response to different types of forest edge areas, particularly areas changed by human activity.

Illustratraion of Jean Becker
Wednesday, January 29, 2020 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Indigenous Speakers Series presents Jean Becker

Meet Jean Becker, UWaterloo’s first senior director of Indigenous initiatives, in conversation with Lori Campbell. Over many years, Jean has built reciprocal and respectful relationships between post-secondary institutions and Indigenous communities, and now we’re so lucky to have her back on campus.

Sheila Ager
Friday, January 24, 2020 7:30 pm - 7:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

You've Come A Long Way Baby! Or Have You? (lecture by Dean Sheila Ager)

Sheila Ager, Dean of Arts and Professor of Classical Studies, argues that, when it comes to the status of women, the ancient world is not as far away as one might think.

Tomson Highway playing piano with Patricia Cano singing
Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Preserving Indigenous languages: Songs in the Key of Cree artists visit campus

Indigenous languages are critically endangered throughout the world. This is more than a loss of words: Indigenous languages embody sets of relationships and ways of being in the world that are powerful, transformative, and sometimes very funny. The Songs in the Key of Cree performance highlights the global importance of Indigenous languages.

detail of Milton's notes in Romeo and Juliet of the First Folio
Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Marginalia scholarship leads to discovery of Milton's relationship to Shakespeare

Serendipity and scholarly expertise came together this fall to solve a puzzle about two giants of the English literary canon. “It’s like if you discovered that Milton was a woman – it would be unavoidable to address that in future studies,” says Katherine Acheson, a professor of English who edited Early Modern English Marginalia, the collection that led to the discovery of how Milton met Shakespeare.

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.

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.