Faculty

Saturday, September 21, 2024 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Centre for Peace Advancement 10th Anniversary

The Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement will celebrate it's 10-year anniversary on International Day of Peace, September 21st. This also marks the kick-off for Peace Week 2024.

Come reconnect with friends and colleagues from your time at the CPA and learn about current projects and future directions. The event will be interactive and family friendly, with more details come closer to the date.

Monday, August 19, 2024 10:00 am - 11:30 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

WICI Speaker Series: Embracing Complexity in Sustainability Transitions

Dr. Enayat Moallemi, Principal Research Scientist at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), applies a holistic view of system interactions with modelling tools and knowledge co-production methods to design and evaluate decisions for sustainability transitions in an uncertain future.

Thursday, August 1, 2024 9:00 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

WICI Workshop: People Need People - A Warm Data Lab Approach

In this workshop, participants will take part in the online version of the Warm Data Lab approach. We start with a story, and through context-spanning conversation we explore together what emerges, keeping in mind Nora's question "Who can I be when I am with you?" as we explore how people need people.

Thursday, July 25, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

WICI World Café: Intro to Complex Systems

Interested in Complex Systems? Join us for a short introduction to systems thinking followed by a group networking and round table discussion. Share your ideas, learn from others, and connect with other systems thinkers on campus!

Thursday, July 25, 2024 12:00 pm - 2:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Velocity Pitch Competition Finals

Eight student-led teams will pitch to a panel of judges in hopes of winning their share of $20,000 for their ambitious idea!

The finalists will take the stage on July 25th in the Theatre of the Arts, Modern Languages Building at 12 – 2:30 pm. Doors open at 11:30 am.

Be there to cheer them on! Everyone welcome. Refreshments provided.

Friday, June 28, 2024 1:00 pm - 1:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Let's stand together — acknowledging the anniversary of the Hagey Hall attack

To mark the one-year anniversary of the terrible Hagey Hall attack, we invite you to join us to stand together against gender-based violence and all forms of hatred and bigotry in the Hagey Hall Hub.

The event will include remarks from members of the University community as we stand in solidarity for our academic mission and in support of everyone who experienced trauma that day or who experienced trauma related to their expression of gender.

No registration required.

Thursday, June 27, 2024 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Velocity Pitch Competition Semi-Finals

Ambitious student startups pitch their innovative business ideas.

Be in the audience as UWaterloo student teams pitch their startup ideas to a panel of judges.

The top 8 teams from across night one and night two will move on to the Velocity Pitch Competition Finals on July 25th to compete for a chance at one of four $5,000 prizes in grant funding to help turn their concept into a reality.

Exciting teams of innovative students will showcase their ideas at the semi-finals of Velocity Pitch Competition.