Events

August 6-21, Bingeman's is proud to host the Neebing Indigenous Art Fair. The exhibition will feature a collection of Indigenous art celebrating the Grand River. Featured artists include Thomas Sinclair, Autumn Smith, Luke Swinson, Alanah Jewell Morningstar, Blake Aneconeb and Chief Lady Bird.

August 6-21, Bingeman's is proud to host the Neebing Indigenous Art Fair. The exhibition will feature a collection of Indigenous art celebrating the Grand River. Featured artists include Thomas Sinclair, Autumn Smith, Luke Swinson, Alanah Jewell Morningstar, Blake Aneconeb and Chief Lady Bird.

We are pleased to welcome Norma Jacobs, Wolf Clan, Caugga Nation of the Great Haudenausaunee Confederacy to speak to us on the two row wampum.

Her Ongwehonwe “the real people” name is Gae Ho Hwako “ancestral females holding the canoe before me” carries a profound responsibility. She is a Longhouse Faithkeeper and Elder. She has held strong through the onset of colonialism to her culture, language, values and beliefs.

oSTEM @ UWaterloo would like to invite you to their International Day of 2SLGBTQ+ People in STEM Panel on November 18th at 7PM, held online! If you don't already know, oSTEM or Out in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (oSTEM) is a chapter-based organization focused on 2SLGBTQIA+ people in STEM with over 100 student chapters at colleges and universities. oSTEM @ UWaterloo aims to create space for 2SLGBTQIA+ students to thrive professionally, academically, and socially.

This virtual event will allow attendees to hear more about what it is like to be queer and trans in the field, and the work that these folks do in mechanical engineering, physiology and medicine, climate science, and biochemistry. To receive the link to join the event, and submit questions for panellists, please register here: https://forms.office.com/r/t8eU3M0fFp. This event is open to anyone who is interested.

The Indigenous Speakers Series is honoured to present Dr. Talena Atfield, member of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation of the Six Nations of the Grand River. Focusing on her work with Hodinohso:ni basket weavers, Dr. Atfield will speak about Western notions of the origins of Indigenous artistic practices versus the importance of arts and creation within the community.

The Rohr Chabad Centre for Jewish Life, along with the University of Waterloo's Jewish Students' Association, would like to invite members of the University of Waterloo community to the 2nd Annual Menorah Lighting Ceremony. The ceremony will take place on the SLC Patio.

Consent Week, January 23 - 27, 2023, is an opportunity for campus community members to engage in conversations, activities, and events focused on consent, in an effort to build a #ConsentCulture.  

On Wednesday January 25, 2023 at 12:45pm in the Cambridge Architecture Auditorium, our Elder In Residence, William Woodworth of the Bear Clan, Mohawk, Six Nations of the Grand River, will be speaking on the role and nature of a native Elder based on his experience with Chief Jacob Thomas, perhaps the most important Haudenosaunee Elder of the twentieth century.

This workshop is hosted by the University of Waterloo Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office in collaboration with the Sexual Assault Support Centre of Waterloo Region as part of Consent Week at the University of Waterloo.

Come by the multi-purpose room in the Student Life Centre on Monday February 13^th from 2-3 pm to hang out with our furry, friendly therapy dogs! While you’re there, visit with SVPRO and the Sexual Assault Support Center (SASC), and take home some fun swag. If you can’t make it for the doggos, be sure to come by any time after 10 am to say hello, and spin SVPRO’s new wheel, complete with prizes!