The evening will feature a panel of past and present Warriors, moderated by Mike Farwell (BA '97) Host, 570 News, including Mandy Bujold, Dr. Kim Dawson, Tre Ford, and Garrett Rank.
ALUMNI SPEAKER SERIES "Autonomous Vehicles: The Hope and Hype of Self-Driving Cars"
Energy economist and author Mark Jaccard will deliver the 2021 University of
Waterloo Hagey Lecture on October 27.
Join Dr. Lennart Nacke and Dr. Daniel Harley on October 28th to learn how engaging narratives can be used to enhance audience experiences when pitching your ideas.
Please join us for Abolishing property as architectural care, the second of five conversations on the theme of attention, with speakers Rinaldo Walcott, Professor, Women and Gender Studies Institute, University of Toronto, and Thandi Loewenson, Royal College of Art. Their short presentations will be followed by a discussion moderated by Ella den Elzen, University of Waterloo.
Please join us for Building a domestic revolution, the third of five conversations on the theme of attention, with speakers Jennifer Chan, Department of Imaginary Affairs, Sakiko Sugawa, Centre for Reproductive Labor, and Melanie Escaño, FILMIS, FNV Migrant Domestic Workers Union. Their short presentations will be followed by a discussion moderated by Tara Bissett, University of Waterloo.
Please join us for Caretaking, the fourth of five conversations on the theme
of attention, with speakers Annmarie Adams, McGill University, and David
Theodore, McGill University. Their short presentations will be followed by a
discussion moderated by Fiona L. Kenney, PhD student, McGill School of
Architecture.
As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Erin Mahoney,
Commissioner of Environmental Services for York Region and Douglas Wright
Engineer-in-Residence will present: York Region’s One Water Story…
recognizing the value of water in all its forms.
Co-hosted by the Water Institute and The Turkstra Chair in Urban Engineering.
We’ve all been taught the 3Rs from a young age: reduce, reuse, recycle. But we tend to focus too much on that last R. While recycling is important, less than 10% of plastics in Canada are recycled, which means it does little to reduce how much of it we consume. We may even use more because we think what we’re using is being recycled. This brings us to a missing “R”: reimagine.
Whether we like it or not, whether we realize it or not, applications of Artificial Intelligence have quickly become a ubiquitous part of everyday life. The Google Maps we all rely on, your daily newsfeed, and the conversations you have with Alexa or Siri are all driven by AI. Some worry that over-smart AI-driven computers will one day control us, or that AI-driven social media apps threaten personal welfare, science-based truth and democracy. Other observers maintain that AI will free people from mundane, repetitive tasks and rapidly facilitate rapid socioeconomic development.