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Fall brings Consent Week which runs from Sept 16 - 20. Consent Week is an opportunity for campus community members to meaningfully engage in conversations and initiatives centered on consent, boundaries, healthy relationships, and the prevalence of sexual and gender-based violence.

The work in Prairie Invasions: A Homecoming interlaces abandoned farmhouses with the history of their inhabitants and creates a moment of pause and empathy for the lives that took place in these specific sites, but also for the land that the houses are built upon. Humans are changing our landscape at an increasingly rapid rate.

Borrowing from the title of Leo Tolstoy’s historical chronicle of the Napoleonic Wars and the 1812 invasion of Russia, Sadko Hadžihasanović’s War and Piece is a similarly fragmented view of his homeland in the wake of war. 

Take your literature review one step further!

Geared towards graduate students in the environmental sciences who wish to conduct a systematic review for either a thesis, coursework or journal publication, this workshop will outline systematic review methods and search strategy development through a combination of presentation and interactive activities.

Have you thought about what happens to your project when you’re done? This workshop, a combination of presentation and question & answer period, will cover the stages of planning for the end and long-term sustainability of your project. Questions such as knowing when your project is completed, which parts should be preserved, and how your choice of digital tools can future-proof your project will be discussed.

Learn what data literacy means at every step of a research project. This workshop, a combination of presentation and question & answer period, will introduce foundational data literacy concepts, including looking at what it means to collect, analyze and evaluate data, as well as sharing and storing data, the less conspicuous aspects of data literacy.

Learn how to organize and optimize your research data! This workshop, a combination of presentation and question and answer period, will introduce the basics of research data management with a particular focus on best practices for managing research data.

Join the Library and Print + Retail Solutions for the next Anti-Racism Reads discussion on Tuesday October 1. Leslie Wexler and Kevin George will lead a discussion of the first chapter of Wayi Wah! Indigenous Pedagogies by Jo Chrona.

The University of Waterloo Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute is proud to host its Annual Conference on Thursday October 10, from 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM, at Federation Hall on the University of Waterloo Campus.

This event centres on our theme, “TACKLING CANADA’S CYBERSECURITY CHALLENGES", which will highlight current and future efforts within the cybersecurity and privacy sphere, with keynote speakers, panel discussions, and industry talks. This conference is open to undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, entrepreneurs, start ups, government, sponsors, and businesses.

Ever wonder what it’s like inside a Black Hole? Well, you can find out…sort of. The Black Hole Experience by Age of Union is a mobile immersive exhibition premiering in Waterloo Park for the city’s annual Lumen festival on September 21.