Current students

Every Wednesday in the GSA Lounge: In-person writing café for graduate students. Join peers for coffee, snacks, community and some focused work time!

Every Tuesday: Drop in to write, meet with a writing advisor, or find community. No pressure, no critique - just a space to be seen, supported and productive on your own terms

The first in the three-part 'Rock Your Thesis' series, this workshop will help you clarify your direction and develop a practical plan for successfully executing a large academic writing project, such as a thesis or dissertation.  

This interactive workshop will share strategies for meeting your publishing goals. You’ll learn about factors to consider in selecting a target journal, working with co-authors and making progress on your article draft, decoding editors’ decision letters, and responding to reviewers’ feedback and revising your article.

Come join our celebration of APL history at the Computer Museum Open House on Saturday, October 25, 2025!

The event will be held in the Davis Centre "Fishbowl" (DC 1301), and will run from 11:00am to 4:00pm. We will have various APL-related artifacts on display, along with interactive retro computers and some of our recent acquisitions. There will be guest exhibits from the KW Computer Heritage Group as well as mathematics alumni Steve McDowell joining us at 1:30PM to talk about his experiences as one of the developers of Waterloo microAPL: The Story of Waterloo microAPL.

The Co-op Workplace Simulation Want to level up your co-op experience and impress your next employer? Join Velocity at the Co-op Workplace Simulation. This event is open to all students from any faculty or program.

Sustainability often brings environmental protection to mind; however, with menstruation, social issues play a big role in the conversation too. Karen Farley (they/their) will explore both sides of sustainable menstruation in order to find the right balance between environmental concerns, like menstrual product waste disposal, and social issues, such as period poverty and menstrual stigma.

Want to level up your co-op experience and impress your next employer? Join Velocity at the Co-op Workplace Simulation. This event is open to all students from any faculty or program.

This is not just another workshop, it’s a dynamic simulation where you’ll role-play real-world scenarios. You’ll step into the shoes of a co-op student working for an employer in any industry, spot a challenge, and learn how to bring your innovative solution to your employer - confidently and effectively.

Do you want to better understand the real-world impact of your research or your department’s performance? Looking to make evidence-based decisions, support strategic planning or enhance research visibility? Join us for this hands-on SciVal training to learn how to use bibliometric data to evaluate research impact, productivity and collaboration trends.

This 60-minute workshop will consist of 50 minutes of hands-on learning and 10 minutes of Q&A.

University of Waterloo Libraries is collaborating with Indigenous Student Services to host a spooky edition of Anti-Racism Reads, just in time for Halloween!

Please join us at Dana Porter Library for a discussion of Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology, featuring unsettling stories from various Indigenous authors. With a forward by Stephen Graham Jones, this collection builds on the belief many Indigenous people hold that one should never whistle at night as it can cause evil spirits to appear and possibly follow you home.