Lecture

We invite you to a unique and empowering event that blends the themes of climate anxiety, the UWaterloo Healing Forest, Truth and Reconciliation, Indigenous healing and health, and Land Back. This gathering offers an opportunity to explore the deep connections between land, climate, and healing, while reflecting on our shared responsibilities. 

The event will feature a fireside chat between Dr. Kelsey Leonard and Elder Myeengun Henry, who will share wisdom on the importance of land in Indigenous healing and cultural resilience. The conversation will also focus on how Indigenous perspectives can offer guidance in navigating the growing concerns around climate anxiety, particularly among young people. 

Following the fireside chat, attendees will be invited to walk through the Healing Forest exhibit, a space dedicated to reflection on the impacts of colonialism and the resilience of Indigenous people. This immersive experience will provide an opportunity to connect and engage deeply with the themes of the day.  

Together, we will walk a path of hope, guided by the wisdom of Indigenous knowledge, the strength of community, and the power of the land. 

Date: Thursday, November 14 

Time: 5:00-6:00PM 

Location: Arts Lecture Hall, Rm 116 

Explore global exchange programs, co-op placements, and field courses to add adventure to your degree. 

What does Happiness mean to you and what is the science behind it? Join Dr. Sanginter Signh Rekhi for a public lecture to learn about the Science of Happiness, and how that can be brought to the Faculty of Environment.

Dr. Denis Aheto will discuss a holistic approach to caring for the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers. Using examples from African countries, he will explore how the global community can transform the challenges facing our oceans into opportunities for growth to bolster sustainable development and stimulate socioeconomic transformation.

Dr. Denis Aheto will discuss a holistic approach to caring for the world’s oceans, lakes and rivers. Using examples from African countries, he will explore how the global community can transform the challenges facing our oceans into opportunities for growth to bolster sustainable development and stimulate socioeconomic transformation.

Join the Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-racism for Beyond the "pipeline": Evaluations, values and allyship in academia. Offered as part of the Gender Equity Lecture Series, it will explore ways that we can work toward greater gender equity once more demographically and value-diverse folks have made it onto our campus. All Faculty of Environment staff, faculty and post-grads are invited to attend. 

In a journey inspired by climate change, Ken Ilungas walked nearly 2,000 miles across North America following the proposed route of the Keystone XL pipeline from Hardisty, Alberta, to the Gulf Coast of Texas. He joins the University of Waterloo on November 7 to share his experience and perspective on eco-anxiety, climate change denial and the evolving fossil fuel versus renewable energy landscape.

The Rekhi Foundation for Happiness extends a warm invite to an interactive session on happy Classrooms to be delivered by Dr. Aneel Chima, an authority in the field of happiness and well-being, with guest Dr. Bruce Frayne, dean of Faculty of Environment.

The talk will address issues like challenges in understanding happiness as a construct, observed evidence in scientific domain and establishing happiness as a transdisciplinary field of study. Staff, faculty and students are welcome to attend. 

The Meaning of Ice: Co-production of knowledge and community action in a changing Arctic

Drawing on experience from over two decades of close collaboration with Inuit communities in the Arctic, Dr. Fox will illustrate the powerful ways our understanding of the changing Arctic climate can be advanced when we link Inuit knowledge and visiting science.