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Meditation Mondays
Meditation has been shown to reduce stress, increase balance and stillness, increase awareness, and even expand acceptance and compassion for yourself and others. Each week will vary slightly. “Practices” include breathing, mindfulness, body awareness, earthly grounding, spacial awareness, centring, and more.
Seminar - Optometry Panel
Join us for a special optometry panel with Dr. Ben Thompson, Dr. Andre Stanberry, Dr. Tammy Labreche, and Dr. Jennifer Hunter. Mediation provided by Dr. Stan Woo, Director of the School of Optometry.
Esch Pitch Competition
Watch as 12 outstanding Capstone teams compete for over $100k in prizes. These teams were shortlisted from over 50 entries representing most programs in the Faculty of Engineering. The Esch Awards support creative and entrepreneurial students in the pursuit of research and development and its commercialization for the benefit of Canada.
Igor Random Acts of Kindness Day
In memory of Dr. Igor Ivkovic, the Department of Systems Design Engineering (SYDE) holds Igor Acts of Kindness Day annually on April 2. On this day, we invite you to brighten someone’s day in his honour through a small gesture of kindness.
Socratica Symposium
Socratica hosts weekly co-working sessions for you to work on your passion projects with likeminded people.
We are hosting our Symposium event on April 2. Come by, see demos, ask questions, meet cool friends, and have dinner on us! We have 25+ diverse and high-effort passion projects at varying stages of completion from throughout the term.
2024 Desmarais Family Summit
We invite you to join us on Wednesday April 3, 2024 for our annual Desmarais Family Summit.
Waterloo RoboHub Spring Symposium
Join us on campus on April 4th for a full-day symposium: an interdisciplinary event where a variety of people and organizations across the private and public sectors will come together to discuss and learn about the opportunities and challenges provided by robotics over the coming 5-10 years.
We will have several keynote talks from experts in various fields related to the future of robotics, as well as exhibitors and lightning talks from across the robotics ecosystem.
Building a Connective Ethnography with Children Engaged in the Digital Age
Children are seeking their place in contemporary digital cultures, notably through the use of mobile devices, playing a variety of games with friends and accessing social networking platforms, resulting in interconnected performances in the digital setting. Therefore, it was necessary to base this lecture on connective ethnography to track the interactions of a group of children between physical and digital spaces during playtime with peers.
Creation - a Kanienkeha’:ka teaching by Tehahenteh (Franklin W. Miller)
Tehahenteh (Franklin W. Miller) will use an understanding of the Kanienkeha’:ka (Mohawk) language, breaking apart each word to teach the Creation story.