Future graduate students

Learn practical strategies to make AI systems more secure, fair, and resilient from the University of Waterloo Cybersecurity and Privacy Institute's (CPI) executive director, N. Asokan.

Join CPI's free webinar on Friday, October 24, 2025 from 12 noon to 1 p.m. EST in collaboration with WatSPEED. Through this session, you will deepen your understanding of trustworthy AI and safeguard your systems against emerging threats.

Knowledge mobilization (KM) aims to bridge the gap between research and practice, ensuring that valuable insights and evidence are effectively communicated and applied in real-world settings. In this workshop, participants will learn how to apply KM concepts and tactics to improve the impact of their work.

Guest speaker: Elanor Waslander, Knowledge Mobilization Specialist, Water Institute

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Dr. Anaís Delilah Roque, John Hope Franklin Assistant Professor of Environmental Justice, Nicholas School of the Environment, Duke University, will present Beyond the Storm: Water Insecurity and Community Resilience in Puerto Rico.

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

The literature review can be a challenging and time-consuming component of a research project. Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) can’t write your literature review for you, but this workshop will explore and introduce GenAI tools you may use as supports in the literature review process. We will identify ethical, legal, and intellectual property pitfalls associated with GenAI use, and offer guidelines and strategies for productive, ethical, and appropriate use of specific GenAI tools for specific purposes at each stage of the research and writing process.

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Soumya Balasubramanya, Senior Economist at The World Bank, Washington, DC, will present "Recent trends in groundwater use in South Asia: The role of technology and water-energy-food-poverty nexus tradeoffs."

This event is in person in DC 1304 with a networking reception to follow in DC 1301 (The Fishbowl).

Join us for an online information session showcasing the POSEIDON water quality portal, hosted by Dr. Nandita Basu, Dr. Julie Mai (University of Waterloo), Dr. Kimberly Van Meter (Penn State University), and Meghan McLeod (DataStream).

Powered by AI and informed by stream nutrient concentration data synthesized by DataStream, POSEIDON predicts nutrient concentrations and loads at daily, monthly and annual scales, for hundreds of streams across Canada.

This session will showcase the portal’s key functionalities and provide an opportunity for you to share feedback that will help us improve its design and usefulness. 

Thinking about the next steps in your career?

Explore Master’s and PhD opportunities at the Canadian Graduate Engineering Consortium (CGEC) Fair 2025 with Canada’s Top Engineering Graduate Programs.

The CGEC brings together eight of Canada’s top universities – University of Toronto, Toronto Metropolitan University, York University, McMaster University, Queen’s University, University of British Columbia, and Waterloo – working together to address the urgent need for qualified engineers who can solve today’s most complex technical, social and environmental challenges.

Join the WCC in the GSA lounge to make progress revising your doctoral CIHR, NSERC, or SSHRC scholarship research proposal! We'll start with some brief general advice from the WCC on structuring and revising your proposal. Then you'll have an opportunity to apply that advice and get individualized feedback from WCC staff and other applicants in a workshopping and peer review session. Work alongside other graduate students in a supportive environment as you draft and revise your proposal.

We'll have WCC staff standing by to offer feedback and answer questions about your research proposal document as you work!

Please bring a copy of your research proposal in progress with you, along with anything else you will need to work on it (e.g. a laptop).

Looking for a writing community? Grab a coffee and get writing! Join our network of graduate student writers at the in-person Writing Café! Meet other writers, stay on track, and make progress in your work. Writing doesn’t have to be solitary!

A space where you can write without judgment, rest without guilt, and connect with peers navigating similar challenges in their academic journeys.

Drop in to write, meet with a writing advisor, or just enjoy a warm drink and a moment of calm. No pressure, no critique—just a space to be seen, supported, and productive on your own terms.

Write in community – not in isolation.