Current graduate students

Hosted by the Office of Indigenous Relations, the University of Waterloo Walk for Truth and Reconciliation is an opportunity for the university campus community to connect, participate and learn about the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day.

Disrupting and decentering whiteness is a core component of the overall goal of creating an anti-racist educational space. This workshop explores how we can disrupt the centering of whiteness in higher education and unpack white supremacy cultures material effects and its harm on racialized students, faculty, and staff.

There's growing awareness of the lack of diversity in science and the presence of barriers to inclusion. This presentation will focus on ideas to challenge the status quo – actions to advance equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI).

If you are applying for an OGS/QEII-GSST, CIHR, NSERC, or SSHRC scholarship to fund your graduate studies, you will need to submit a research proposal as part of your application package. Drop into this live, in-person event to choose your own adventure from four options:

• Writing: Write alongside other applicants to make progress on your proposal
• Workshop: Make your way through the WCC’s online Tri-Agency Scholarship's "Writing Your Research Proposal" workshop
• Peer Review: give feedback to other applicants and receive feedback on your proposal-in-progress through a guided peer-review session
• Q&A: Ask questions and receive feedback from WCC staff

Featuring Margaret Mutumba, Colleen Phillips-Davis, Naila Keleta-Mae, this session is in an informed informal conversation among three Black female colleagues at UW whose positionality in relation to the institution informs their perspectives on blackness in academia. We have each chosen as departure points an article or experience that relates to and informs our experiences of blackness at UW.

What language did Amish Mennonites speak when they began migrating to Southern Ontario from dialectally-diverse regions in German-speaking Central Europe? This lecture will analyze the speech of their descendants from East Zorra-Tavistock and Wilmot townships, compare it with what Amish and Old Order Mennonites speak elsewhere, and explore important implications for our understanding of the linguistic history of Anabaptists in North America more generally.

Join us for this year's Bechtel lecture presented by Dr. Mark Louden, in the Great Hall at Conrad Grebel University College on October 20th, at 7:30 PM.

Reception to follow.

This three-day international conference will explore progress against the UN’s SDGs at the intersection of water, health, food and gender through the work of international experts and early career scholars from Canada, Africa
and Asia who will share research experiences and lessons learned from a variety of multi-sectoral projects led by academic and local partners.

In partnership with Grounds Services, the Sustainability Office invites you to share your feedback on a proposed Sustainable Land Care Standard for the campus. This is one of three in-person open houses where all members of the University community are encouraged to provide their input.

In partnership with Grounds Services, the Sustainability Office invites you to share your feedback on a proposed Sustainable Land Care Standard for the campus. This is one of three in-person open houses where all members of the University community are encouraged to provide their input.

In partnership with Grounds Services, the Sustainability Office invites you to share your feedback on a proposed Sustainable Land Care Standard for the campus. This is one of three in-person open houses where all members of the University community are encouraged to provide their input.