Alumni

Join us for Together in Community: Mural Painting, a collaborative art initiative that invites all students, staff, and faculty to transform the DC Fishbowl into a canvas of creativity and connection! Guided by the theme of community, participants will each paint a hexagon tile that, when combined, forms a vibrant mural showcasing the diverse perspectives and voices that uplift our campus.

This project begins with a dedicated painting session open to all campus groups on Monday, October 20, 2025, with walk-ins welcome. Additionally, the event will also culminate into a Campus Painting Day on Thursday, November 20th, 2025, where the entire community (students, staff, faculty and beyond) is invited to contribute. Light refreshments and snacks will be provided.

Together, we'll celebrate the strength of our campus community by creating something lasting, meaningful, and uniquely ours.

AI systems are starting to get really useful, but they use far too much energy to be served to everyone on the planet. We are going to need to make computers a lot more efficient and produce way more energy than today. Trevor McCourt (BSc, MME, '20), CTO and co-founder of leading chipmaker Extropic, will explore how radically efficient computing can transform the trajectory of AI’s energy demands. The program also includes startup lightning talks, a feature presentation from near-zero energy chip maker Vaire, and a networking reception.

Join us Nov 15, 2025 (8:30 AM–4:00 PM, School of Accounting & Finance) for Fusion Conference 2025: Bridging the Health Gap. Hear a keynote by Google’s Gavin Duggan, engage in dynamic panels, and compete in a health-tech case competition. Open to all faculties. Each participant must register individually. Spots are limited—secure your place in shaping the future of healthcare today!

Need talent to scale? Join us November 5 at the Innovation Arena for Startup 2 Scaleup: Recruitment Roadmap—a startup-focused job fair and networking event designed to help you tackle the big challenges of growth: funding, mentorship and finding the right talent.

This free event features an industry information session, student panel, networking activities, and a student job fair that highlights the opportunities and energy within Canada’s startup landscape.

Secure your spot for the University of Waterloo Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute's (CPI) signature event of the year during Cyber Month in Canada. CPI brings together cybersecurity professionals, top researchers in the field, industry members and more!

Looking for an internship where you will have ownership, an opportunity to grow as an engineer, and have more impact than any other internship you have had before? Well, Rippling is coming directly to you! Come out to our Employer Information Session to learn more about Rippling and our internship program, get a behind-the-scenes peek with past Waterloo Alumni Interns, demystify the technical interview process with current Rippling Engineers, and network to understand what life is like as a full-time engineer at Rippling. See you all there!

Partnerships for Employment (P4E) is a partnership between the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, University of Guelph and Conestoga College. P4E hosts a Job Fair each fall and winter. This fair will have over 100 employers in attendance. To attend the fair, you can ride the shuttle bus to RIM Park, and bring your WATcard and copies of your resume.

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Soumya Balasubramanya, Senior Economist at The World Bank, Washington, DC, will present "Recent trends in groundwater use in South Asia: The role of technology and water-energy-food-poverty nexus tradeoffs."

This event is in person in DC 1304 with a networking reception to follow in DC 1301 (The Fishbowl).

Join us for an online information session showcasing the POSEIDON water quality portal, hosted by Dr. Nandita Basu, Dr. Julie Mai (University of Waterloo), Dr. Kimberly Van Meter (Penn State University), and Meghan McLeod (DataStream).

Powered by AI and informed by stream nutrient concentration data synthesized by DataStream, POSEIDON predicts nutrient concentrations and loads at daily, monthly and annual scales, for hundreds of streams across Canada.

This session will showcase the portal’s key functionalities and provide an opportunity for you to share feedback that will help us improve its design and usefulness. 

Waterloo Tech Week is a celebration of what's been built here, and what's still to come. We're bringing together builders from all over to share their experiences with others - creating a way for anyone to connect with the people, ideas, and values that define this community. Whether through a panel, demo night, workshop, meetup, or something entirely new, there'll be an event for everyone at Waterloo Tech Week.