Events

The University of Waterloo Department of Fine Arts invites you to the 51st Senior Undergraduate Exhibition hosted by the University of Waterloo Art Gallery. This annual exhibition captures the students’ creativity and the diversity of practices that they have been exploring in the studio arts program.

The Indigenous Speakers Series is honoured to present katherena vermette, a Michif (Red River Métis) award-winning writer from Treaty 1 territory, the heart of the Métis Nation, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

Divided postwar Berlin was home to people of different non-binary genders. They found or made spaces for living dignified lives, even in the deeply queerphobic societies of Cold War Germany. In her talk, Andrea Rottmann will introduce us to some of them and to the pleasures and problems of writing their histories.

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, “Finding our Future City.”

Join us for an engaging discussion with Tess Chakkalakal, author of A Matter of Complexion: The Life and Fictions of Charles W. Chesnutt, as she speaks with moderator Dr. Vay.

This talk will explore how a reproductive justice framework can inform our thinking about abortion, and bodily autonomy more generally, in the current authoritarian context of the United States.

This lecture will explore the role of poetry in capturing and contextualizing the realities of contemporary Palestinian life and cultural expression in the West Bank, Gaza Strip, and beyond. 

The Indigenous Speakers Series is honoured to present Mary Spencer, member of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation and WBA super welterweight world champion.

Explore student-led projects from ARTS 450: The Future of Connection, examining how digital platforms shape privacy, connection, and public life.  Engage with research imagining ethical, human-centered digital futures, and hear closing reflections from Dr. Heather Suzanne Woods, 2025 Jarislowsky Fellow

The Indigenous Speakers Series is honoured to present Dr. Kim TallBear, professor, author, and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience, and Society.