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Wednesday, July 3, 2019 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Conversations on Complex Systems with Dr. Bill Sutherland

Complex Systems students, staff, faculty and friends are invited to this open-format seminar with Dr. Bill Sutherland. Bring your lunch and your ideas, and see where the conversations take you.

Monday June 3 & Monday, July 8

STC 1019 from 12-1:30

"Common ground, public space, a commonwealth: The Agora of ancient times – A gathering and holding for diversity of disagreement, dilemma, dialogue, discussion, dramaturgy, and dialectics.

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

Announcing the Winners from our Student Complex Systems Project Symposium

Judges reviewed a total of 24 complex-systems presentations and chose seven winners at April's Student Project Symposium. Choosing the top three in each category was not an easy task! Thank you to all who participated to make this event a success, and a special thanks to Kirsten Wright for her hard work in organizing and promoting the event. Congratulations to our winners!

Graduate Session Winners Undergraduate Session Winners

1st Prize - Kathryn Fair

'Climate change & the future of forest-grassland mosaics'

1st Prize - Erica J. McDonald 

'Examining the association between marginalization and emergency room wait times in Ontario'

2nd Prize - Hazem Ahmed

'Addressing barriers to adoption of source-control stormwater management practices on private residential yards in Kitchener/Waterloo'

2nd Prize - Amanda Pereira

'Quality of care for persons with concurrent substance use and mental health'

3rd Prize (tied) - Ajar Sharma

'Cauvery River: Path dependencies and feedbacks in water sharing conflicts'  

3rd Prize (tied) - Julia Goyal

'Navigating health and safety in Airbnb’s self-regulating system'

3rd Prize - Mona Qutub

'Potential unintended consequences of co-operative education: Food insecurity among undergraduate students at the University of Waterloo'

Graduate Session prize winners, from left to right: Hazem Ahmed, Kathryn Fair, Julia Goyal (missing from photo: Ajar Sharma)

Undergraduate session prize winners (left to right): Erica McDonald, Amanda Pereira and Mona Qutub

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Tuesday, January 29, 2019 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

WICI Workshop: Demystifying language and breaking down barriers in complexity science and methods

Complexity science and related methods draw from multiple theories and disciplines. As a result, the application of complexity science and methods can potentially help build bridges across disciplines. However, the use of different language and concepts across disciplines can also act as a barrier to achieving transdisciplinary collaborations to address complex challenges.

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Tuesday, March 26, 2019 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

WICI Talk: Dr. Noelle Eckley Selin : Systems Approaches to Sustainability: Climate, Air Pollution, and Toxic Substances

Managing air pollution, toxic substances, and climate change is a complex, linked sustainability challenge. To better inform efforts to address these issues, we need to understand how policies to address emissions translate into societal benefits. In this talk, Dr. Selin will present work from her research group, using a systems approach to better understand air pollutants such as particulate matter, ozone, and mercury.

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

WICI Open House

Please join us for the Waterloo Institute for Complexity & Innovation's Open House on Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018, in DC 1301, "The Fishbowl" from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.  Network with faculty and students interested in complex systems.

  • Meet WICI's Director Dr. Dawn Parker and other WICI Members.
  • Learn about upcoming events and initiatives.
  • Light refreshments will be provided.