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The literature review can be a challenging and time-consuming component of a research project. Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) can’t write your literature review for you, but this workshop will explore and introduce GenAI tools you may use as supports in the literature review process. We will identify ethical, legal, and intellectual property pitfalls associated with GenAI use, and offer guidelines and strategies for productive, ethical, and appropriate use of specific GenAI tools for specific purposes at each stage of the research and writing process.

Curious about your potential customers or target audience? In this second workshop of the From Idea to Impact series, you'll learn how to use Library tools and openly available sources to research markets and understand customer needs. Whether you're launching a startup, planning a co-op project, or exploring research opportunities, this session will help you make informed, evidence-based decisions grounded in real-world insights.

This workshop will consist of 50 minutes of instruction and 10 minutes of Q&A. Presentation materials will be available to registrants after the workshop.

Join the Waterloo Climate Institute and Sustainability Office on Wednesday September 24th for a workshop and information session. This interactive event will give students the opportunity to discover climate-related programs, learning and action on campus, network with like-minded students and share ideas for how you'd like to see climate in your curriculum.

Open to Waterloo students from all faculties and programs. Snacks, coffee and tea will be provided. Drop-ins welcome!

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. 

Thinking about the next steps in your career?

Explore Master’s and PhD opportunities at the Canadian Graduate Engineering Consortium (CGEC) Fair 2025 with Canada’s Top Engineering Graduate Programs.

The CGEC brings together eight of Canada’s top universities – University of Toronto, Toronto Metropolitan University, York University, McMaster University, Queen’s University, University of British Columbia, and Waterloo – working together to address the urgent need for qualified engineers who can solve today’s most complex technical, social and environmental challenges.

Are you looking to solve big problems, but you’re not sure where to start? In this online workshop, Rachel Figueiredo, Waterloo’s entrepreneurship librarian, will show you how to understand the landscape of a problem and possibly identify how you might contribute to a solution. By integrating Library-subscription and openly available tools, attendees will learn how to research efficiently so they can get back to solving problems.

This workshop will consist of 50 minutes of instruction and 10 minutes of Q&A. Presentation materials will be available to registrants after the workshop.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a multi-disciplinary tool that is widely used across the architecture industry. Attend this 30-minute speed run session to learn how you can get started using GIS.

This presentation, with a question & answer session, will discuss what GIS is, give examples of its use within the architecture industry, and provide instructions on how to access GIS software.

Dive into the accounting and finance sector with this unique chance to connect with professionals from KPMG, Deloitte, EY and PwC. This event welcomes all undergraduates interested in discovering the latest updates and career opportunities in accounting.

Join the WCC in the GSA lounge to make progress revising your doctoral CIHR, NSERC, or SSHRC scholarship research proposal! We'll start with some brief general advice from the WCC on structuring and revising your proposal. Then you'll have an opportunity to apply that advice and get individualized feedback from WCC staff and other applicants in a workshopping and peer review session. Work alongside other graduate students in a supportive environment as you draft and revise your proposal.

We'll have WCC staff standing by to offer feedback and answer questions about your research proposal document as you work!

Please bring a copy of your research proposal in progress with you, along with anything else you will need to work on it (e.g. a laptop).