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Alumni Horizon Award recognizes Waterloo EDI director
Dr. Leslie Cove, Director of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) in Research, International & Commercialization.
A message from the Office of Research.
Dr. Leslie Cove, the University of Waterloo’s Director of Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) in Research, International & Commercialization, has won an Alumni Horizon Award from the University of Alberta. This prestigious award recognizes the outstanding contributions to the community and exceptional professional achievements of University of Alberta alumni in their early career.
Since completing a doctorate in Sociology in 2013, Dr. Cove’s work has produced myriad initiatives that make the world more equitable. These include government policies to improve the safety of children in foster care, the first national Pride week celebrations by the U.K.’s National Health Service, and legislation that makes access to cultural industries more accessible to Indigenous women.
In 2021, Dr. Cove joined Waterloo to fill the new position of Director, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion in Research, International & Commercialization. Over the past two years, she has developed and implemented Waterloo’s Inclusive Research Strategy, which aims to make research more inclusive by removing barriers to equity, eliminating bias in research design, and making certain areas of research more welcoming for under-represented groups.
“The product of research goes out, and it influences policy, technology, and people – it matters,” says Dr. Cove.
Creating the EDI Learning Library and Inclusive Research Resource Hub is another of Dr. Cove’s initiatives that further equity and inclusion at Waterloo. The library contains materials that help researchers with EDI strategies and conversations, and was designed to allow researchers to access materials that match their learning needs. The Hub is a part of a broader strategy called Building Inclusive Research Capacity, which focuses on both research design and research delivery, and connects researchers with examples, guides, and training resources. Overall, these resources support faculty and graduate researchers in being inclusive research leaders and changing how we see their roles in the research enterprise. Demand for these resources continues to grow, as faculty seek to advocate for their disciplines and implement changes within their departments.
Dr. Cove received the Alumni Horizon Award last night at the University of Alberta Alumni Awards event in Alberta. When asked how she felt about winning the award, Dr. Cove said, “I’m so honoured to be considered among this amazing cohort this year, especially given all the other great work going on and all the impact I see from it. I hope that by bringing more attention to equity through an award like this, we will keep growing forward.”
United Way Photo Contest winner announced (and there's still time to give)
A message from the University of Waterloo United Way campaign.
It’s been a great campaign month – with plenty of events, bake sales, and silent auctions to raise money for the United Way.
Our campus-wide photo contest showed us some amazing spirit and creativity – it was hard to choose a winner! The campaign committee sent their top five photo selections to President Vivek Goel, who picked our winner.
Drum roll please….
Our winner is:
Chemical Engineering
This team showed us some serious love for the colour red and Waterloo energy. Congratulations on winning this year’s photo contest!
Runners up are:
Athletics
Marketing & Undergraduate Recruitment
All submissions can be viewed on our website.
Did anyone catch our Deans on Instagram and their flash mob for United Way? Check it out through the uofwaterloo account. And it’s not too late to make a financial contribution to our campaign! The month isn’t over and we’re still trying to reach our goal.
Thank you to all who participated in the photo contest! We had fun looking through all of the creative photos. We’ve got an awesome campus community!
SJU presents the Lectures in Catholic Experience featuring Joe and Stephanie Mancini
A message from St. Jerome's University.
As part of this year's theme, "Legacies and Lessons," St. Jerome's University has invited Joe and Stephanie Mancini from The Working Centre to come and speak about their life's work serving the region's unemployed and people experiencing homelessness. As graduates of St. Jerome's University in 1982, a federated partner at the University of Waterloo, they attribute their time at university to creating the foundation for their life's calling with the creation of The Working Centre, which offers several services to the local community.
"St. Jerome's is so pleased to welcome Joe and Stephanie Mancini to our Lectures in Catholic Experience," said Peter Meehan, president and vice-chancellor. "Dare I also say that we are immensely proud that they are alumni. They have shared with me that their experiences here, both academic and formational, played an important role in shaping their vocation, and their selfless commitment to serving the needs of others embodies the very highest values of our university and serves as a powerful example for our graduates."
This lecture, "Living the Virtues in the Face of Homelessness," seeks to explore the ongoing tension between serving the most marginalized in our society while grappling with the continued social conditions on the ground deteriorating, the role of bureaucracy and how it impacts their work and the practices that help to hold the virtues of this work in a secular culture.
The Working Centre was founded by Joe and Stephanie Mancini in 1982 as a direct response to the unemployment crisis of the 1980s. They saw the potential for a collaborative approach to build a community of interest to respond to the growing unemployment and poverty crisis and the need for social analysis to respond to these challenges with creative action. The Working Centre has created projects that allow people to envision their work, incorporating new learning and collaboration methods. The Working Centre has developed projects in six key areas: the Job Search Resource Centre, St. John's Kitchen, Community Tools, Access to Technology, Affordable Supportive Housing and the Waterloo School for Community Development.
The Mancinis have been globally recognized for their commitment to this work through the creation of The Working Centre. They received the Benemerenti Medal from Pope Francis in 2014 and the Order of Canada in 2016. They were also awarded honorary doctorates from the University of Waterloo in 2019.
This lecture is on Thursday, November 9 at 7:30 p.m. in the Notre Dame Chapel at St. Jerome's University. The event will be live-streamed for people who cannot attend in person. Please register for the event, as space in the Notre Dame Chapel is limited.