Events - 2022

Please participate in Bridge: Honouring the Lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit People, an annual installation for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence at the University of Waterloo.

Join the inaugural community outreach event of the Longhouse Labs, a program that aims to offer the most prestigious Fellowships for Indigenous artists in Canada, providing a destination for Indigenous knowledge sharing, skill development, and creative practice.

Please participate in Bridge: Honouring the Lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit People, an annual installation for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence at the University of Waterloo.

The Faculty of Arts and the Balsillie School of International Affairs co-present this conversation with George Elliott Clarke (BA '84 English at UWaterloo) and Dr. Wendell Adjetey (McGill University) exploring the complexities of identity and the question, “Who do you think you are, and who gets to decide?”.

Join the celebration of a decade of achievement at the Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business. Start your day with professional development sessions from Sun Life, Velocity, Google, and leaders in innovation and new business. Connect with students and see their work in the project showcase, and join us for a lunchtime celebration.

Schedule

9:00 AM: Doors open, light refreshments provided 

10:00 AM: Professional Development Sessions - Choose one

Join us in remembering and demanding justice for University of Waterloo alumna, Sarah Inam (MA ’07), who lost her life to intimate partner violence.

A brilliant student, Sarah completed both her undergraduate (2005) and graduate (2007) degrees in Economics from Waterloo and went on to have a successful international career in public policy and economic development.

Bodo Hell and Peter Gruber are poets, writers – and shepherds. These two long-time members of the Austrian literary scene spend their summers tending sheep and cattle in the Austrian Alps, an experience with the land and landscapes that informs their modern and contemporary prose and poetry. Each has multiple publications to his name.

Are you interested in working in Public Service?

Join us as we chat with Arts alumni, about how they turned their Arts degree into a career in Public Service. 

Hear from Arts alumni about how they've been able to navigate the public services industry as an Arts degree holder, and what opportunities lie within the government and beyond.

This panel event will feature Faculty of Arts alumni working in the field of Public Service. They will share their first-hand experience in navigating the sector, share their personal experience and tips on finding jobs and discuss ways you can make the most out of an Arts degree AND MORE!

Panel will be followed by short breakout sessions.

Are you interested in working in Tech?

Join us as we chat with Arts alumni, about how they turned their Arts degree into a career in Tech. 

Are you curious about career opportunities in Marketing and Communications?

Join us in a conversation with Arts alumni who are leading the way in Marketing and Communications roles across various sectors.

Register to join the next PART Anti-racism Book Club facilitated by Professor Frankie Condon from English Language and Literature, who will be joined by Professor Vershawn Young (aka dr. vay), of Communication Arts and English Language and Literature. They'll be discussing Dr. Young's book, Your Average Nigga: Performing Race, Literacy, and Masculinity. The conversation promises to be riveting as Condon and Young delve into the book’s controversial title and its provocative argument.

Join the Global Engagement 2022 Desmarais Family Summit at the St. Paul's Ceremonial Firegrounds. This is an outdoor, public event featuring projects by our Global Engagement Seminar students, and contributions from our six distinguished 2022 Jarislowsky fellows.