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The communications team can help you spread your message to internal and external audiences. Get in touch with us to discuss the best strategy for your goals.
Explore our strategies
Digital screen promotion
We have TV screens in EV1, EV2 and EV3. Send your promotional poster in JPG format 16x9 in dimension to env-comm@uwaterloo.ca with the start date and end date you'd like it to run.
Guidelines
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Digital signs must be 16x9 in dimension, 1920x1080 pixels and saved as a .jpeg. Tip: You can create the sign on a PowerPoint slide if you don't have access to design software
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Keep content short! Use titles – no paragraphs – and add a photo
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Use large text
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Add the time and place
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Add a short URL or QR code for more information
Mailing lists
The mailing lists are designed to help the Faculty of Environment community stay informed about academic-related information and are moderated to ensure that only relevant information is sent.
All faculty, students and staff members are automatically subscribed to the mailing list:
- Faculty: env-faculty@lists.uwaterloo.ca
- Staff: env-staff@lists.uwaterloo.ca
- Graduates: env-grads@lists.uwaterloo.ca
- Undergraduates: env-undergrads@lists.uwaterloo.ca
There may also be mailing lists specific to your department or school, which you may automatically be a member of. Please contact the administrative manager for your department/school to inquire.
Sending an email to a list
To send an email to the faculty, staff, graduate or undergraduate lists, please follow these formatting rules or your emails will not be distributed.
- Send from an @uwaterloo.ca email account.
- Do not use "RE:" or "FW:" in the subject line.
- Do not include attachments. Put all the relevant information in the body and link externally where possible.
- Do not send email to mailing lists asking for the email to be distributed.
- Do not CC: or BCC: when sending messages.
- Craft a separate email for each list.
Please be aware that if you send an email to the mailing lists, it will be delivered from your email address.
Approved content for mailing lists
The Faculty listservs will only be used as tools to communicate messages from the University, Faculties or Academic Support Units. Specifically, we will only release messages to the lists from or on behalf of ENV leadership, leadership in another Waterloo academic or academic support unit, or an ENV or Waterloo staff member sending out information as part of their job (e.g. the Registrar sending out important dates or ENV advancement sending out a notice for an event they organized on behalf of the Faculty).
Contact Harminder Phull, communications manager, with questions.
MS Teams
Requesting a new website
Do you need a website? Submit a Jira ticket to request for a new WCMS 3 website.
To gain site access, you must complete the "WCMS 3 Essentials: Level 1" training. When you have completed the training, please submit a Jira ticket.
Social media promotion
We currently manage three main accounts:
| Account | Manager |
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| Digital Communications Asssitant and Chantal Vallis | |
| Harminder Phull | |
| YouTube Channel | Harminder Phull |
While we utilize Twitter and Facebook, our top priority remains the three main accounts listed above.
We welcome submissions for potential content to share on our channels. Feel free to contact us to discuss how we can best share your message, news, or events.