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When: Wednesday, February 8, 2023 | 6:30pm - 7:50 pm ET
Hybrid - online via Zoom, and in person at REN 1918

Featuring: John Price, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Victoria

Sponsored by the Eurasia Foundation and with support from the Keiko and Charles Belair Centre for East Asian Studies

Learn more and register here.

Throughout Valentine's Day week, from February 13-17, the Renison Wellness Committee will have Kindness-Grams available at Moose Tracks. The fee for each Gram is $2 each (or pay what you can), all of which will go to support Students First.

Belair Centre Speaker Series: Making Amends: Addressing Historical Errors and Injustices

When: Wednesday, February 1, 2023 | 6:30pm - 7:50 pm ET
Online

Speakers: Ken Coates, Canada Research Chair in Regional Innovation at the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy and Carin Holroyd, professor of political studies at the University of Saskatchewan

Unjust Laughter: Representations of Equity-Deserving Groups in Contemporary Iraqi Comedy

The Belair Centre Speaker Series, with EASIA 291R: Special Topics in East Asian Studies - Reconciliation and Symbiosis from Comparative Perspectives, is proud to present Where are we now? Reconciliation in Canada, Churches, and Universities (Development and Challenges), featuring Dr. Wendy Fletcher, President and Vice-Chancellor of Renison University College.

You are invited to attend an upcoming live poetry event at Renison University College. This live poetry event will feature two notable Canadian poets from different generations, bill bisset (described by Jack Kerouac as "one of the greatest poets") and MLA Chernoff.

Please join us on Wednesday, November 16th from 2:30-4:00pm in the Chapel of St. Bede at Renison University College.

This event is offered in conjunction with our very own Dr. Daniel Bratton's two sections of ARTS 130, titled "Refuse: Canadian Literature in Ruins" and is open to anyone.

Newly published research by Julia Williams, in collaboration with James Corcoran and Kris Johnston reports the results of a national survey of English for Academic Purposes (EAP) instructors (n = 481) to reveal program characteristics and instructor perceptions of a profession that is often occluded. Research questions for the survey were guided by information gaps made explicit during the last program review for English Language Studies which required a comparison to similar programs. The research was funded by a Renison Research Grant, as well as grants from SSHRC and York University. Many thanks to the EAP instructors in both English Language Studies and the English Language Institute who completed the survey to share their insights into their profession. The article can be found here.

On September 22, 2022, the Indigenous peoples of the University of Waterloo will ask Vivek Goel, President and vice-chancellor, for a full commitment to reconciliation, Indigenization, and decolonization at the institution. 

The ceremony will commence with a Sunrise Ceremony at 7:00 a.m. at the Ceremonial Fire Grounds at United College. A Cedar Circle is scheduled to start,, later that same day, at 10:30 a.m. at B.C. Matthews Hall (BMH) green, which will be immediately followed by a Pipe Ceremony and a traditional feast. The entire University community is welcome to attend and observe all of the ceremonies. 

*This story originally appeared in the Renison Newsletter.

September 30, 2022 marks the 2nd annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and Waterloo's Office of Indigenous Relations has a number of events and learning opportunities available for the University of Waterloo campus community. Coming up: