Events

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!

Join in viewing Chelsea’s Story - an upcoming virtual production from February 22^nd-25^th, 2023, presented by SASC & MT Space, for National Human Trafficking Awareness Day - February 22.

Join in viewing Chelsea’s Story - an upcoming virtual production from February 22^nd-25^th, 2023, presented by SASC & MT Space, for National Human Trafficking Awareness Day - February 22.

Join in viewing Chelsea’s Story - an upcoming virtual production from February 22^nd-25^th, 2023, presented by SASC & MT Space, for National Human Trafficking Awareness Day - February 22.

Visit the art installation at the Student Life Centre on Tuesday, February 28^th from 10 am to 8 pm or Wednesday, March 1^st from 10 am to 5 pm which showcases student-survivor descriptions of clothes they were wearing during an experience of sexual violence.