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A fun, one-day event to explore ideas, meet collaborators, and start forming teams. This for you if you don’t have an idea and need some help with brainstorming and want to explore what Cornerstone is all about!

A fun, one-day event to explore ideas, meet collaborators, and start forming teams. This for you if you don’t have an idea and need some help with brainstorming and want to explore what Cornerstone is all about!

On June 19th, in honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day, the Office of Indigenous Relations (OIR) and the Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association (WUSA) invite you to a celebration at BMH Green. Join us for a vibrant lunchtime concert featuring talented Indigenous student musicians, artisans, and cultural showcases. Enjoy a free "Taco in a Bag" lunch and connect in community as we celebrate Indigenous cultures and voices.

WISE is pleased to announce a virtual WISE Public Lecture with Dr. Niall Conroy. Please join us on Zoom to discuss the remarkable transformation of newborn care at Bo Government Hospital in Sierra Leone’s second-largest city. In 2013, when Niall first arrived in-country, the hospital’s children’s ward was seeing only around 10 newborns a month—despite handling 5,000 deliveries per year in a country with one of the highest neonatal mortality rates in the world. Limited services and poor outcomes led many parents and healthcare workers to believe that seeking care for sick babies was futile; most newborns died either at home or in the labour ward. Over the past decade, the hospital’s special care baby unit has been transformed. This talk will share the story of that evolution and explore how sustainable energy solutions played a key role in building a trusted, life-saving service for the community.

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.

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.

Please join us for the book launch of the Faculty of Engineering and School of Architecture's Elder-in-Resident's book launch. The book deals with the author's reflection on his journey of healing and recovery of one's identity in the modern world through space-mapping and space-making that intersects indigenous architecture, culture and identity.

Join us for the launch of the CareNext Collective, a new innovation forum that brings together partners across the Waterloo Regional Health Network, the University of Waterloo, and the broader regional ecosystem. Hear from Danina Kapetanovic, Dr. Catharine Burns, and Dr. Zayna Khayat as they discuss innovation in health care, research and system transformation. 

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.