Faculty

The Indigenous Speakers Series is honoured to present Greg Staats, winner of the 2024 Governor General’s Award for Visual and Media Arts (GGArts) and a 2024-25 Longhouse Labs Fellow here at the University of Waterloo. At this event, Greg will discuss his evolving methodology based on phenomena, lens-based issues and a lifelong practice focused on Hodinosho:ni imagery and the responsibilities to land body and memory.

The 2024 Winterfest Handmade Market (formerly the UWSA Craft Show & Sale) takes place December 3 and 4 in the Student Life Centre. All items are handmade by UWSA staff, students, or alumni, and the market is a fundraiser for staff and student grants. 

Bring your family, friends, or work team for a fun afternoon at the Staff Association's 36th annual Winterfest! This year, Winterfest features: skating, face painting, a hot chocolate bar, and more! Kids' wrapped gifts and group/family photos can be added on for a small fee.

Join the Feminist Think Tank as Benny shares their expertise on strategic planning from a decolonial perspective. This will be an invaluable opportunity to reflect on planning processes grounded in transformative justice and decolonization.

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Dr. Belinda Sturm, Director Kansas NSF EPSCoR, Professor and Ross McKinney Faculty Fellow, University of Kansas, Kansas, US, will present: Wastewater process intensification: Using biological process design to increase the hydraulic and treatment capacity of a municipal wastewater treatment plant.

This event is in person in DC 1302 with a networking lunch reception to follow in DC 1301 (The Fishbowl).

In observance of International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD) and Indigenous Disability Awareness Month, the Office of Indigenous Relations is honoured to welcome Emily Anne Brant as our Keynote speaker.

This panel of scholars will discuss the 47th presidential election and what it means for US-Canada relations, Canadian domestic politics, the role of religion in politics, information on social media, and the future of liberal democracy.

From the Kwantlen First Nation village of Squa’lets comes the tale of Th’owxiya, an old and powerful spirit that inhabits a feast dish of tempting, beautiful foods from around the world. When she catches a hungry mouse named Kw’at’el stealing a piece of cheese from her dish, she threatens to devour Kw’at’el’s whole family, unless he can bring Th’owxiya two child spirits. Ignorant but desperate, Kw’at’el sets out on an epic journey to fulfill the spirit’s demands.

Discover how to harness the power of GeoAI to revolutionize your spatial analysis tasks!

This workshop, a combination of presentation, demonstration, and question & answer session, will equip you with the knowledge and skills to effectively integrate pre-trained models from the ArcGIS Living Atlas of the World into your workflows, streamlining processes and enhancing decision-making.

By the end of this workshop, participants will:

• Learn model selection, customization and integration techniques
• Explored real-world use cases and best practices

Google Colab with the GeoPandas Python package is an effective platform for GIS analysis. This introductory workshop, a combination of presentation, demonstration, and question & answer session, will showcase how users can load, project, query and visualize GIS data through graphs and maps.

By the end of this workshop, participants will have:

• Introductory knowledge of how to load, project, query and visualize GIS data
• Some insight into future directions of where this platform could be taken
• An understanding of the benefits and drawbacks of GIS analysis with Google Colab