Media

Join us for a panel discussion featuring guest speakers Dr. Mohamad T. Araji and Dr. Amelia Clarke - University of Waterloo, Matthew Day - WR Community Energy and Alex Tadesco - LGA Architectural Partners. 

Our festival showcases the diversity and creativity of Black filmmaking, from both political and musical documentaries to the telling of real Black Canadian narratives. To champion Black youth being represented not only on screen but behind the screen too, we are showing the Reel Black: our film stories to launch the festival! This is a short documentary on the state of the Black film industry right here in Canada!

The University of Waterloo is honoured to welcome an Eagle Staff to our institution. Indigenous Knowledge Keeper Myeengun Henry will introduce this sacred item, on behalf of the UWaterloo Indigenous campus community.

Portia’s Julius Caesar represents a radical adaption of William Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar. With a focus on the voices and perspectives of the female characters, this play follows the stories of Portia and Calpurnia, two powerful women married to Rome's most influential men, Brutus and Caesar.

Join Elaine Gómez as she will describe the importance of representation in games and digital media. She will speak to how gaming has the power to destroy the perpetuation of stereotypical perceptions and will explain how games can be designed to create social impact in meaningful ways.

The students in the Knowledge Integration program invite you to experience the culmination of our third-year design project: The Museum Course.

Join guest speakers at Jobsite Brewing Co. for a public event and panel discussion, who will discuss the future of Artificial Intelligence (AI) at Research Talks

Dr. Forster will describe the motivations for change in healthcare and describe how the Ottawa Hospital is supporting transformation using three related concepts: learning systems, data democratization, and open innovation.

The critical importance of data and its influence on the application of AI across all organizations is the focused theme for the day. We have a series of dynamic speakers and panellists from industry and academia, including our keynote speaker Anil Arora, Chief Statistician of Canada. 

The Velocity $5K pitch competition offers the opportunity for University of Waterloo student-led teams with innovative solutions and high potential business ideas to showcase their hard work and compete for grant funding.