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The Mush Hole Project is an art and performance event at the former Mohawk Institute Indian Residential School in Brantford

A former residential school for First Nations children in Brantford, Ont. — a site where children were physically, sexually and emotionally abused for more than 140 years — has become a space where artists will help visitors connect to the stories of pain,  trauma, survival and empowerment.

Douglas Hunter, a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow in History working under Susan Roy, has won the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies (CAGS) Dissertation Award for his work on the lore surrounding Dighton Rock, a 40-ton, petroglyph-covered boulder in a Massachusetts riverbed.

The Globe and Mail recently featured a story on the fascinating and contentious history of Berlin, Ontario's renaming in 1916. The story includes comments by the Department of History's Professor Geoffrey Hayes and Professor Emeritus Ken McLaughlin.

Welcome to the revolution. That’s how Ginny Dybenko greeted the Class of 2020 Tuesday at the University of Waterloo Stratford campus.

Congratulations to Colin MacLeod, professor and chair of the Department of Psychology, one of three University of Waterloo scholars named as new fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), announced today.

Sociology doctorate Emily Milne (PhD '15) has received nationwide media coverage when research from her dissertation on family-school relationships among Indigenous peoples was recently published in two journals, including the Canadian Review of Sociology.

UWaterloo proudly cheers for Liberal Arts student Mandy Bujold as she competes in Women’s Boxing for Team Canada at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

“It seems that we are in a transitional moment - individuals and institutions are starting to grapple with the fact that PhD training must be modified in order to remain maximally rewarding and relevant,” says Masa Torbica, PhD candidate in English.

Congratulations to English doctoral candidate Emma Vossen who has just won the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council's (SSHRC) annual Storytellers competition. Vossen is one of five national winners - the same winning spot fellow English PhD candidate Steve Wilcox held in 2013.

What does it mean to say a quantum system is in superposition? And more important: Why should we care?

The reality is - from highly secure communications to ultra-sensitive devices and super-powerful computers - quantum mechanics will change the way we live, work and play. And while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau grabbed media attention recently when he delivered a one-minute quantum lecture, many of us don’t have even a basic understanding of the science that’s driving this technological revolution.