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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. 

All are welcome to join the annual Desmarais Family Summit — an interactive exhibition that gives our Global Engagement students the unique opportunity to share their research projects on this year’s theme, “Me and my Robot.”

Please join us for a  hoop dance performance and workshop with Feryn King on Wednesday, March 20. Feryn King is an Indigenous (Mohawk) artist, professional international hoop dancer, and member of the Wolf Clan in Akwesasne, Quebec. 

The 2024 Silversides guest speaker, Samer Al- Saber, is an artist/scholar and Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies at Stanford University. His work concerns identity, race, and ethnicity at the intersection of Islam and the arts.

Join the Critical Tech Talk series to hear guest speaker Kari Zacharias, Assistant Professor in the Centre for Engineering Professional Practice and Engineering Education, University of Manitoba. Her talk looks at how engineers can work towards responsibility, sustainability, and equity in design by practicing humility as respect of other ways of knowing, doing, being, and making. 

The Global Engagement Seminar Speaker Series presents a talk and Q&A with robotics law and policy expert Kristen Thomasen. 

The Global Engagement Seminar Speaker Series presents a talk and Q&A with digital rhetoric expert Heather Woods.