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The participants of the Shad Waterloo high school enrichment program are holding a public open house to share highlights of their experiences, including creative ideas they have come up with to tackle this year’s design project theme.

Shad is a STEAM summer enrichment experience for high school students from across Canada (and around the world!). During Shad, students develop skills such as understanding and solving problems, communicating effectively, thinking critically, and collaborating within teams through hands-on projects.

To learn more about the Shad program, please visit the Shad Canada website: https://www.shad.ca/

Breanne Jeethan The System is Broken

The System is Broken is a body of work based on the artist's experiences as a worker in the Emergency Department of a hospital. The series represents abstract scenes of the clinical workspace and is a response to the fast-paced, stressful environment that is rife with trauma, high emotions, and anguish. Working between the emergency room and her studio, the artist uses the symbiotic relationship between the two workplaces as a fuel to create her work. By manipulating and distorting found imagery created by various medical technologies, abnormalities in the imagery are created to signal the bureaucratic structures and power imbalances that undermine healthcare. The resulting series speaks to both the artist’s continuous navigating of her state of in-betweenness, but also to the overarching hierarchical nature of the medical system.

Breanne Jeethan (she/her) is a multi-disciplinary artist and healthcare worker based in Mississauga/Toronto, Ontario. Her experience in graphic design has projected her practice in a mix of analog and digital printmaking. Her practice explores themes of the body, medicine, and trauma with the use of internal imagery like X-rays, ultrasound scans, and angiogram brain scans. She has displayed her work at Durham Art Gallery, Durham; Xpace Cultural Centre, Toronto; Northern Contemporary Gallery, Toronto; and Small Arms Inspection Building, Mississauga. She is the recipient of the Sylvia Knight Award in Fine Arts (2025).

In honour of National Indigenous History Month and Indigenous Peoples Day, the UWaterloo Libraries present a session exploring the key aspects of Inuit identity, including the structure and importance of Inuit family trees, the cultural significance of the ulu, and the lasting trauma caused by derogatory terms, tuberculosis treatment policies and forced relocations.

Vanessa Brousseau, also known as Resilient Inuk, will share both heartfelt storytelling and historical context to foster understanding and support reconciliation through education.

Hybrid event. Register to join us online.

WISE is pleased to announce a hybrid WISE Public Lecture with Dr. Osvaldo Arenas. Please join us in person or on Zoom for a discussion about the global context for sustainable aviation, the NRC Aerospace Low Emission Aviation Program, and the technological challenges, research, and projects on electrified propulsion at NRC and Canada.

The Story of Tiles and Ropes In-Between / داستان سفال‌ها و طناب‌ها moves through the fragile space of migration, where memory, material, and motion intertwine. It is about swinging: swinging between two roofs, swinging between two landscapes. It is about the fragility of a roof, the fragility of a memory. Suspended between Northern Iran and Canada, the work reflects gestures to find belonging—the stitching, the carrying, the quiet resistance of the body as it navigates cultural displacement.

I Saw You in the Archive is a multidisciplinary exhibition that reveals the history of eugenic practices in Kitchener-Waterloo in the mid 20th century, and questions how the framing of history impacts our personal understandings of each other’s identities. Mixing visuals associated with institutional archives and rubber factories, the artworks examine the former Kaufman Rubber Company and its owner A. R. Kaufman’s attempts to contain certain types of people, particularly those deemed ‘feeble-minded’

Canada’s building and construction industry is facing significant workforce challenges due to skilled labour shortages and changing demographics. Industry leaders must look to emerging talent to fill the gaps. Discover how top Waterloo co-op talent can support your success in the office or on the job site.

Join our live webinar and gain insights on how to build your talent foundation with co-op students. We’ll be joined by alumni and recruiters from some of our top employers! Learn tips on how to navigate the hiring process and fund your hire. Plus, get your questions answered with a live Q&A.

Register now to tap into a network of globally renowned co-op talent ready to build innovation for your organization.

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.