2025 Teaching Awards!
The recipients of the 2025 Distinguished Teacher Awards and the Amit & Meena Chakma Awards for Exceptional Teaching by a Student have been announced....
The recipients of the 2025 Distinguished Teacher Awards and the Amit & Meena Chakma Awards for Exceptional Teaching by a Student have been announced....
We are excited to announce that the 2025 Certificate in University Teaching (CUT) Award has been awarded to Christine Eagles, a PhD student in Pure Mathematics studying model theory.
The Learning Innovation and Teaching Enhancement (LITE) Seed grants program is seeking reviewers to assess proposals for these upcoming June and October 2025 competitions.
16th Annual University of Waterloo Teaching and Learning Conference
April 30, 2025 - Online | May 1, 2025 - In-person
Disruption and Uncertainty as Drivers for Change
The Centre for Teaching Excellence (CTE) held its Winter 2025 Professional Development Day for CTE staff.

The deadline for the Amit & Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student is approaching: Friday, February 7. Click the title for details.
16th Annual University of Waterloo Teaching and Learning Conference
April 30, 2025 - Online | May 1, 2025 - In-person
Disruption and Uncertainty as Drivers for Change
Highlights of our work in 2023-24, including stories about supporting faculty development, promoting student engagement, and supporting ongoing and emerging needs are now on our website.
Recipients of the June 1, 2024 LITE Grants have been announced!
On June 18, CTE held its annual PD Day in the relative coolness of the E5 building! Our staff delivered presentations on the theme of “gathering” — how we do it, how to keep gatherings meaningful, what less obvious purposes do gatherings serve — and included sessions ranging from “What Does Community Mean To You” to “Street Art.” Staff members brought their own lunches and contributed to a gathering of homemade cookies, rhubarb muffins, and tarts.