Alumni

Trick or Treaty?

Film by: Alanis Obomsawin 2014, Runtime of 1 hour and 24 minutes. Film provided courtesy of the National Film Board of Canada (NFB)

About the event
We are excited to share a free, virtual community screening of the acclaimed film, Trick or Treaty, directed by Alanis Obomsawin followed by a discussion with Robin Stadelbauer, Indigenous Relations Coordinator and Professor Susan Roy.

This is open to all members of our Waterloo campus community and beyond. There are two ways you can participate in this event:

Everyone is welcome to participate in the Bridge installation Opening Ceremony and Fire on Wednesday, November 3 at 1:00 pm at the bridge between Environment 3 and St. Paul's University College. The closing ceremony will be held on Friday, November 19 at 1:00 pm.

Join Research Talks, a panel discussion examining the future of employment featuring:

Joel Blit (University of Waterloo): Artificial intelligence and robotics
Stephen Harrington (Deloitte): Workforce strategy
Ellen MacEachen (University of Waterloo): The brave new world: a consideration of the risks and rights of delivery and ride-hail digital platform workers
Rohinton P. Medhora (Centre for International Governance Innovation): Leading the future of work

This event will be held online via Webex

Professors Dr. Lennart Nacke and Dr. Daniel Harley will present a lively introduction to storytelling in design. You’ll gain valuable insights into how engaging narratives can be used to create empathy, make connections, clarify meaning, and enhance audience experiences in pitch competitions using design and storytelling.

Silicon Valley companies have brought digital technology into every sphere of modern life. But while Big Tech garners unprecedented power and profits, everyday existence becomes ever more deeply enmeshed in the circuits of capital. To what end? What are the limits of the digital frontier?

Speaker Nicole Aschoff is an editor, writer and public sociologist focused on technology, labour, politics, feminism, the economy, and the environment. Her recent book is The Smartphone Society: Technology, Power, and Resistance in the New Gilded Age.

The Problem Lab and the Faculty of Environment present an information session on the concept of the triple bottom line. A panel of speakers and subject matter experts will speak about the importance of social and environmental considerations that companies can build into their organizations. Using case studies and real-world examples, you will understand how companies can apply the triple bottom line to enhance people's lives and the well-being of the planet.

IQC presents Chanda Prescod-Weinstein in conversation with Kayleigh Platz In The Disordered Cosmos: A Journey into Dark Matter, Spacetime, & Dreams Deferred, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein shares her love for physics, from the Standard Model of Particle Physics and what lies beyond it, to the physics of melanin in skin, to the latest theories of dark matter—all with a new spin informed by history, politics, and the wisdom of Star Trek. Join us to hear Chanda Prescod-Weinstein discuss her debut book with Kayleigh Platz.

This virtual talk is free, however registration is required.

The Conrad School is hosting a Speaker Series to celebrate Women Entrepreneurship Week 2021 with Montclair University and other institutions around the globe. Celebrate with us!

Join us virtually:

Strategizing Your Intellectual Property
Monday, October 18, 2021 12:00-1:00pm

Joanna Ma, B.A.Sc. (Elec. Eng.)(Hons.), J.D.

Technology Lawyer, Bereskin & Parr LLP

In this seminar learn from Dr. Maritza Salazar Campo, Assistant Professor of Organization & Management at the Paul Merage School of Business, University of California Irvine. 

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Megan Konar, William J. and Elaine F. Hall Faculty Fellow, Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, USA, presents, "Water Resources and Food Supply Chains."

Megan will discuss two recent papers related to her work assessing water resources and food supply chains

Part #1. Groundwater depletion embedded in domestic transfers and international exports of the United States

Part #2. Food flows between counties in the United States