Faculty

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).

The National Research Council – University of Waterloo Collaboration Centre (NUCC) invites you to join us on East Campus 5 on Monday, June 23, to learn more about funding opportunities and to network with colleagues.

Join the Libraries for a celebration marking the installation of new Indigenous murals at our Waterloo campus locations. University Librarian Beth Namachchivaya will share how the new artwork contributes to the Libraries’ decolonization efforts. Light refreshments will be served. All are welcome.

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.

Join us as we re-raise the Intersex-Inclusive Progress flag and the Two-Spirit Pride flag in celebration, community and a shared commitment to the work ahead. Enjoy UWaterloo community booths, frozen treats (while supplies last), and community connection as we honour Pride month at UWaterloo.

This Pride Month, UWaterloo is also proud to launch our new Trans and Non-Binary Equity Strategy — a meaningful step toward a safer, more inclusive campus for 2SLGBTQIA+ students, staff and faculty.

Date: June 3, 2025


Time: Gathering begins at 11:45 a.m.; remarks start at 12:15 p.m.


Location: H Lot

Enjoy frozen treats (while supplies last) and visit booths hosted by members of our campus community.

You’re Invited!

UWaterloo’s Next Menopause Café is Tuesday June 17

12 – 1pm

DC 1301 - Fishbowl

At a Menopause Café people gather to eat, drink and discuss menopause. You may laugh, you may cry, the idea is a comfortable space to share and normalize this common experience many of us are navigating. Menopause can be an isolating, scary experience; it can also be a liberating, freeing experience, our hope is that a menopause cafe can provide some of the support, learning and care people deserve. Everyone welcome. No registration. Just drop in. Contact Stacey Jacobs with any questions or concerns: s3jacobs@uwaterloo.ca For more information about Menopause Café’s: https://www.menopausecafe.net/

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’

Staff and faculty are invited to join us for an insightful presentation on the challenges and best practices for collecting and interpreting data about queer, trans, and non-binary communities. We’ll explore what constitutes "queer and trans" data, the issues associated with "straightwashing" and "ciswashing," and how to critically analyze survey and questionnaire results. Plus, we’ll share key recommendations for ensuring safety, anonymity, and confidentiality in data collection, storage, and reporting.

The session will conclude with the opportunity for open discussion and questions.

Bring your lunch and join this important conversation!

Location: EC5 - Office of EDI-R, Level 2 or Online (choose your preference when you register)