Tuesday, February 25, 2025

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• Submit the Electronic IP Disclosure Form by March 31

• Campus Plan community consultations begin Wednesday, March 5 with open house

• Visiting Fulbright scholar aims to close trust gaps in healthcare

• Waterloo’s next Menopause Café is coming up on March 4

Submit the Electronic IP Disclosure Form by March 31

A message from the Office of Research.

The deadline for faculty members to disclose and update their Intellectual Property (IP) and commercialization activity using the Electronic IP and Commercialization Activity Disclosure Form is March 31, 2025.

In order to provide the most accurate information, faculty members must complete and update the form each year. If you don’t have any IP/commercialization activity to disclose, you must still complete the form which will take less than a minute.

The form was designed to facilitate annual collection of IP and commercialization information to meet Policy 73 requirements. Completion of the form allows the University to capture a more comprehensive picture of IP/commercialization data at Waterloo and respond in a robust manner to requests for such information from government and agencies that rank Waterloo’s performance and commercialization in Canada and globally.

More information about disclosure of IP/commercialization activity is available on the Policy 73 webpage. Please email policy73form@uwaterloo.ca if you have any questions.

Campus Plan community consultations begin Wednesday, March 5 with open house

By Sam Toman.

As UWaterloo embarks on an ambitious journey to shape the future of our campus through the development of the Campus Plan. This plan will serve as a roadmap to improve buildings, public spaces, mobility, sustainability, and the overall campus experience for students and employees.

Please join us in the Student Life Centre, from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Wednesday March 5 to contribute your perspective on campus development. At the open house, attendees will have the opportunity to engage with the planning team from Prime Consultant Brook McIlroy, discuss the current state of the campus, highlight areas for improvement, and provide input on future developments.

This is the only public consultation opportunity in Phase 1 of the Campus Plan’s development.

Location: Multipurpose Room, Student Life Centre (SLC)
Date: Wednesday, March 5
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Unit-specific consultations

In addition to the open house, strategic private consultations with specific campus groups are scheduled throughout February and March. These sessions will facilitate focused discussions tailored to the unique needs of different faculties, services, and stakeholder groups.

Upcoming private consultations

• February 25, 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.: Library Services and Student Life
• February 26, 11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.: Faculty of Mathematics
• February 28, 3:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m.: Faculty of Health
• March 7, 1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.: Faculty of Arts
• March 7, 2:30 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.: Faculty of Engineering
• March 7, 3:35 p.m. to 4:20 p.m.: Cambridge School of Architecture
• March 10, 10:00 a.m. to 10:45 a.m.: Faculty of Science
• March 10, 11:00 a.m. to 11:45 a.m.: Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business
• March 10, 1:00 p.m. to 1:45 p.m.: Kitchener Health Sciences campus

These sessions are designed to gather targeted feedback that will inform the planning process and ensure that campus spaces effectively support academic, research, and community needs.

The importance of your input

By participating in these consultations, students, faculty, and staff will have a direct role in shaping a more accessible, sustainable, and inclusive campus environment.

The Campus Plan comes at an important time. By strategically planning during this period of financial change, the UWaterloo will ensure resources are allocated to priority areas, immediate needs and long-term investments are balanced as to continue attracting top talent and students. Importantly, the plan enables investments today that will lead to future cost savings and revenue generation, positioning UWaterloo for continued success even in a constrained fiscal environment.

How to get involved

All members of the university community are encouraged to attend the open house on March 5 or participate in a unit-specific consultation. Additional engagement opportunities will be announced in the coming months. For more information, please visit the Campus Plan Events page.

Visiting Fulbright scholar aims to close trust gaps in healthcare

A message from the Faculty of Arts.

The Faculty of Arts is fortunate to host Dr. Robin McCrary, Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Anti-racism and BIPOC Communities. Based at Syracuse University where he is an associate teaching professor in the Writing and Rhetoric Major and the Health Humanities Integrated Learning Major, McCrary’s research while at Waterloo is focused on improving patient trust in healthcare.

“My main goal is to discern how we might use health humanities in undergraduate health professions education to address trust gaps in care,” he says.

McCrary points to post-pandemic research showing an increased likelihood of patients feeling distrust in healthcare, especially those from marginalized communities.  As Fulbright Canada Research Chair, McCrary is working with both academics and local community members to advance understanding of what trust means in family and community health, in clinical practice, and in public health.

“I hope to envision reconciliation and repair in health(care) relationships," says McCrary, "while also practicing models of shared health advocacy, agency, and even activism toward improving outcomes for marginalized patient communities most commonly experiencing the trust gap.”

The draws to Waterloo for pursuing the Fulbright Chair, he says, are the interdisciplinary Health Humanities Diploma, based at St Jerome’s University, and scholars across campus, including, from the Department of Communication Arts, Drs. Smita Misra, Shana MacDonald, and Emma Brandt (AMTD postdoctoral fellow), from the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Drs. Lisbeth Berbary and Kimberly Lopez, and from St Jerome’s, Drs. Andrew Deman and Sylvia Terzian – “all of whom have helped me think more deeply about patient trust.”

McCrary is also teaching Cross-Cultural Care Traditions (HHUM 312/COMMST 491), which is part of the Health Humanities program and open to any Waterloo student and non-degree students such as healthcare professionals. “Because UWaterloo benefits from a diverse learner population, in class we’ve had many rich opportunities to discuss how care looks where so many people and their families have come from.”  

Completing his Fulbright Canada Research Chair in early May, McCrary says “I’d like to add how grateful I feel to the folks at Fulbright Canada, the University of Waterloo, and St. Jerome’s University, all of whom have helped me so far.”

Waterloo’s next Menopause Café is coming up on March 4

A message from the Sexual Violence Prevention & Response Office (SVPRO).

Join SVPRO – the Sexual Violence Prevention & Response Office – at UWaterloo’s next workplace Menopause Café.

At a Menopause Café people gather to eat, drink and discuss menopause. Join the UWaterloo Community in the DC Fishbowl to do just this!

Menopause can be an isolating experience; our hope is that a menopause cafe can provide some of the support and care people deserve. This event is open to all, regardless of gender or age. There's no intention of leading people to any conclusion, product or course of action.

No registration is required, just drop in.

For more information about Menopause Café visit the Menopause Café website. Contact Stacey Jacobs with any questions or concerns.