University of Waterloo events

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.

Refresh your understanding of fundamental statistical concepts and strengthen your data analysis skills in this interactive workshop. Using R, we’ll revisit key topics such as descriptive statistics, probability distributions, hypothesis testing and basic inferential techniques. Through guided exercises, you’ll learn how to apply these concepts effectively to interpret and analyze data with confidence.

The following Employers are hosting an Employer Information Session on February 12

• MappedIn – IN-PERSON Information Session

Join us LIVE from the Grad House Green Room for four hours of music requests, karaoke, and Love Week shout-outs to Grad students, Undergrads, Faculty, or UW staff!
Every half hour, we’ll draw a gift card winner, so make sure you’re tuned in for your chance to win. Don’t miss out - listen, sing along, and celebrate friendship and love with us from 12 PM–4 PM!

The Office of Indigenous Relations (OIR), University of Waterloo School of Architecture in Cambridge and Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Centre (SOAHAC) will be collaborating for a community gathering and social to be hosted on the evening of February 12, 2026. The evening will include a connection to culture, song, dance, crafts, activities for kids and more! Have a Heart Day is part of the larger movement run by the First Nations Child and family services of Canada.

Stop stalling and start writing! Build a sustainable plan, make progress on your writing and give your productivity a boost with Dissertation Boost Camp. This intensive four-day program is designed to provide dedicated and quiet writing space for students who are looking to jumpstart their thesis- or dissertation-writing process.

Ready to strengthen your STEM writing and learn the “why” and “how” behind effective STEM academic communication?

Graduate writing can feel isolating—but it doesn’t have to. Peer review is an evidence-based approach to strengthen your writing and deepen your understanding of STEM genre conventions.

The Black, Indigenous and Racialized Students' Writing Café is a social writing group. Unlike traditional peer feedback-based writing groups, we don’t read each other’s finished writing: instead, we write together to create a community of writers who can cheer each other on during what is often an isolating, difficult journey!

Stop stalling and start writing! Build a sustainable plan, make progress on your writing and give your productivity a boost with Dissertation Boost Camp. This intensive four-day program is designed to provide dedicated and quiet writing space for students who are looking to jumpstart their thesis- or dissertation-writing process.

Join us for a free ballet-inspired lunchtime barre class on February 18th. All bodies and mobility levels are welcome!

Space is limited, so please register in advance.