The Waterloo Engineering Endowment Fund, believed to be the first and largest student-run endowment fund in Canada, has just passed the $10 million plateau. To mark the milestone students and others celebrated with cake in the foyer of Carl Pollock Hall on November 17. The fund, better known by its acronym WEEF, was created in 1990 by engineering students John Vellinga and Avi Belinsky to help fund student projects and support student teams above and beyond what was provided by the university.
Funding announced for 10 new CERCs
The University of Waterloo was the site of the federal government’s announcement that $54 million will be committed to fund 10 new Canada Excellence Research Chairs. The announcement was made November 28 at the Institute for Quantum Computing. In 2010, the program spread about $200 million among 19 researchers, including two at the University of Waterloo. Minister of State for Science and Technology Gary Goodyear said the federal government recognizes the importance of supporting leading-edge research and world-class researchers.