Faculty

For a Keeping Well at Work special virtual event, join us for an interactive morning with guest keynote speaker, Loretta J. Ross to learn about the concept of "calling people in" as a helpful tool when conflict arises.

Participants will explore “how to start making change with those you’d rather cancel,” and ways we, as a society and as a university, can incorporate new practices of reducing harm through conversations focused on shared values and connection, rather than punishment.

As part of the University of Waterloo's Collaborative and Connected Research Panel Series, the November panel event will bring together current department chairs and school directors to discuss how to build collaborative and co-operative relationships. The conversation will focus on building collaboration in research and educational settings, including how collaboration can enable new forms of professional relationships and generate creativity. This panel is hosted by the Office of the Vice-President, Research and International and the Faculty of Health.

This workshop introduces researchers to a selection of AI-enabled tools that can be used to help find existing literature on a wide range of topics. In addition to practical demonstrations and tips for using them effectively, we’ll also critically examine their limitations, including potential biases, and privacy and copyright concerns.

"Bacteriophages and the human gut virome" Dr. Adriaenssens will talk about her work on investigating the virome in early life and on bacteriophages associated with important commensal organisms.

Attend a gospel music workshop with Rod and Lorna Sawatsky Visiting Scholar: Rev. Dr. Braxton Shelley.

This is a free, in-person event. November 20, 2025. 7:30 PM in the Grebel Chapel. Register in advance to save your seat.

The final CareNext Collective event for 2025 showcases one of the most meaningful operational shifts at WRHN this year: the sustained reduction of ambulance offload times across both the Queen’s Blvd and Midtown sites. The initiative demonstrates how targeted, system-level innovation can emerge from cross-sector collaboration between emergency department leadership, paramedic services, informatics teams, patient partners, and frontline staff.

Guest lecturer Rev. Dr. Braxton D. Shelley explores the worldview—the history, aesthetics and theology—that gives rise to Black gospel music. Surveying a diverse array of gospel selections, this presentation will clarify what this tradition shares: the belief that musical sound can turn spiritual power into a physical reality.

This free public lecture is on Wednesday, November 19, at 7:30 PM, in the Grebel Chapel. Reception to follow.

The Indigenous Speakers Series is honoured to present Mary Spencer, member of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation and former WBA super welterweight world champion.

We cordially invite both academic and industrial research scientists to attend the 11th Annual Conference on Vision and Intelligent Systems (CVIS 2025), where the goal is to bring together both academia and industry to share their joint expertise to promote the advancement and application of artificial intelligence, computer vision, and imaging technologies in various areas of academic and industrial interests.

In partnership with Canadian Jesuits International, St. Jerome’s University is thrilled to welcome Sister Laura Vicuna Pereira Manso to speak about her incredible experience working with Indigenous communities of Brazil championing human rights and environmental protection of the Brazilian Amazon. Sister Laura will join us on November 20, 2025 from 3:00 - 5:00 p.m. in the SJU Notre Dame Chapel.