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Friday, April 6, 2018 9:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Current Challenges in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics

The 2018 Waterloo Economics Workshop addresses Current Challenges in Environmental and Natural Resource Economics and welcomes members of the university community to join for all or part of the day. Issues to be examined include: Climate Change, Carbon Pricing, Fossil Fuels, Ground Water Challenges and more. 

Friday, May 4, 2018 9:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

The Role of the Imagination in German Educational Thought, a two-day workshop

The Waterloo Centre for German Studies (WCGS) is pleased to present a two-day workshop on The Role of the Imagination in German Educational Thought. From the eighteenth century to the present, German-speaking pedagogues (e.g., Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Friedrich Schiller, and Hannah Arendt) have emphasized the importance of educating the imagination for the pursuit of social justice. Join us as we revitalize this important intellectual tradition for the Canadian university!

Saturday, May 5, 2018 9:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

The Role of the Imagination in German Educational Thought, a two-day workshop

The Waterloo Centre for German Studies (WCGS) is pleased to present a two-day workshop on The Role of the Imagination in German Educational Thought. From the eighteenth century to the present, German-speaking pedagogues (e.g., Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang Goethe, Friedrich Schiller, and Hannah Arendt) have emphasized the importance of educating the imagination for the pursuit of social justice. Join us as we revitalize this important intellectual tradition for the Canadian university!

Wednesday, September 26, 2018 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Workshop: Mapping digital inscriptions and traces in the commodification of ‘security’

The Department of Sociology and Legal Studies is pleased to co-host Adam Molnar from Deakin University, Australia. In addition to his CrySP Privacy Series talk, Professor Molnar is giving this two-hour hands-on methods workshop that is open to all - faculty, students, and staff.

Tuesday, October 2, 2018 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Arts consultation for the University's 2020-25 Strategic Plan

Doug Peers, Dean of Arts, invites faculty, staff and students to an Arts-specific consultation meeting on October 2 for the University’s Bridge to 2020 strategic planning process. This is an important opportunity to speak about particular Faculty-level perspectives and issues that should be addressed in the 2020-25 University Strategic Plan. The meeting will be facilitated by Dean Peers, President Feridun Hamdullahpur and Jim Rush, Provost.

Friday, January 11, 2019 1:00 pm - 2:20 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Uberland: How Algorithms Are Rewriting the Rules of Work

Hear about ethnographer Alex Rosenblat’s firsthand experience of riding over 5,000 miles with Uber drivers, daily visits to online forums, and face-to-face discussions with senior Uber employees. Uberland goes beyond the headlines to reveal the complicated politics of popular technologies that are manipulating both workers and consumers.

Wednesday, March 13, 2019 11:00 am - 12:50 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Transnational Talks: Enhancing the quality of campus climate survey data

Only a few fields have moved as far and fast as research on various types of crime on North American institutions of higher education. Despite major empirical advances that have been made since the mid 1980s, obtaining accurate estimates of the prevalence of violence against women and other harms on the college campus is still one of the biggest methodological challenges in survey research.