Alumni

To celebrate Indigenous Peoples History Month and Pride Month, the Office of Indigenous Relations is excited to welcome Kai Potts for a special event on June 18. Kai is a proud Two-Spirit community builder with a big heart and a lot to say. Whether he's sharing stories about Indigenous identity, queerness, fashion, or his favourite video games, Kai brings humour, insight, and authenticity to every conversation.

You’re invited to Research Talks, a public event and panel discussion, featuring guest speakers Karla Boluk, Feng Chang and Tejal Patel from the University of Waterloo, and Jay Bailey and Ellie Joseph, co-founders of Two Row on the Grand.

The presentation on rural community development and wellbeing will highlight key strategies and initiatives to improve the quality of life in rural areas. It will emphasize the importance of sustainable economic growth, access to quality healthcare and education, and the promotion of social inclusion.

This virtual session will discuss and answer questions about the importance of talking to young children (age 0-6) about consent, setting boundaries, and using the proper names for body parts to help build safe, caring and respectful communities.

Alumni and the University community are invited to campus for a very special celebration! Reunite, reminisce and celebrate with your classmates, friends and family at Reunion. You're invited to join reunion events, anniversary celebrations, family-friendly activities, learning opportunities and more.

Register today to join us on campus on Friday, June 6 and Saturday, June 7, 2025!

The Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies is proud to present the Shaw-Mannell Leisure Research Award Lecture featuring 2024 recipient, Dr. Ana Maria Munar.

The award recognizes international career contributions to the study of leisure, broadly defined, and influence on leisure scholarship at the University of Waterloo. The award is named in honour of retired faculty members Sue Shaw and Roger Mannell to recognize their outstanding individual career achievements.

This presentation explores how social capital can be harnessed to support place transformation. Despite its recognized importance, social capital remains poorly understood due to fragmented definitions and theories. By framing it as a form of capital, this talk presents a unified framework that clarifies how elements like trust, networks, and norms enable collective action

On May 5th, the Office of Indigenous Relations (OIR) and the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office (SVPRO) will host Red Dress Day to honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People, featuring a presentation by Cher Obediah and a ceremonial dress-hanging event by Elder Myeengun Henry.

The 16th annual University of Waterloo Teaching and Learning Conference taking place on May 1 with a day of online workshops taking place on April 30. Last year saw over 550 faculty members, staff, and students gather to learn from and with one another around the theme of student engagement.

"The Okanagan" combines sculptural objects and drawing that reflect the emotional impact of separation, distance, and the desire for connection. 

Jordan MacDonald (she/her) is an interdisciplinary artist from the unceded territories of the Syilx peoples (Okanagan Valley, British Columbia). She received her BFA in Studio Art from the University of British Columbia in 2023 and is currently an MFA candidate at the University of Waterloo, where she is a recipient of the prestigious Shantz International Research Scholarship.

Cree Tylee is an interdisciplinary artist exploring themes of presence and absence investigated through the family archive. "In any way I can" explores the home as a site of memory, investigating loss and identity through material and spatial remembering. Drawing from a personal family archive, the work considers absence and presence, constructing a material dialogue between ‘then’ and ‘now’.