At Waterloo, we're proud to host a wide variety of events for the campus community and our larger community. Find out what's happening on campus, from free public lectures to workshops and information sessions.
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Events
Zotero is our friend, and it can be your friend too
Zotero is citation management software that takes (most of) the pain of writing papers with citations.In this hands-on session, we will provide an overview of the software and help participants develop a level of familiarity with it so that they can begin working on their academic projects more efficiently.
In-person Grad Writing Cafés
Grab a coffee and get writing. Join our network of graduate student, postdoc, and faculty writers at the Grad Writing Café! Meet other writers, stay on track, and make progress on your work. Writing doesn't have to be solitary!
Cornerstone
What is Cornerstone? Cornerstone is Velocity's two-week sprint for students and researchers from any faculty who want to explore an idea they have or even just an area of interest with a supportive community.
Co-op Workplace Simulation
In this interactive simulation, you will act as a co-op student at a healthcare company, work with peers to uncover the organization’s key challenges, and learn how to communicate your proposed solution clearly and confidently. The company is fictional, but the problems are realistic and reflect current issues faced by similar organizations.
Write Night
Writing support available
- Free pizza, coffee, tea, and snacks
- Drop-in anytime
- Come write, read, or just vibe
Join peers for a productive evening of writing.
Multilingual Writers' Studio: Revision Strategies
Through structured activities, peer dialogue, and reflective writing, participants will build strategies to negotiate academic expectations while sustaining their own voices and identities as writers.
This 5-week workshop series integrates practical revision tools with antiracist and decolonial perspectives on writing. Drawing on Felicia Rose Chavez’s The Antiracist Writing Workshop, the program treats academic writing as a cultural practice shaped by power, rhetorical traditions, and linguistic diversity.
Entrepreneurship and Impact Series: AMA with David Radke
Math Innovation is thrilled to host David Radke for an Ask-Me-Anything on February 5, 2026!
David Radke (PhD '23) is a Senior Research Scientist with the Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League (NHL). He works as part of the Hockey Strategy and Analytics team, helping to evaluate players, teams, and strategies from in-game data to assist coaching and roster construction decisions.
Queer Movie Night
Movie screening of a queer film, complete with popcorn. Come be in community, make connections with other grad students, and enjoy some snacks while we watch the queer cult classic film “But I'm a Cheerleader”. All are welcome!
Generative AI and the literature review: A workshop for graduate students
The literature review can be a challenging and time-consuming component of a research project. Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) can’t write your literature review for you, but this workshop will explore and introduce GenAI tools you may use as supports in the literature review process.
Friendship Bracelet Making
Join us for Friendship Bracelet Making at The Grad House, where we’ll be crafting, hanging out, and streaming episodes of the classic 1995 sitcom Brotherly Love. All about the bond between three brothers played by real-life siblings Joey, Matthew, and Andrew Lawrence.