Staff

This virtual session will discuss and answer questions about the importance of talking to young children (age 0-6) about consent, setting boundaries, and using the proper names for body parts to help build safe, caring and respectful communities.

Most of us want to help other members of our campus community but sometimes we aren’t sure how to do this. The Sexual Violence Prevention & Response Office (SVPRO) is offering Active Bystander Intervention Training for Staff and Faculty to help you address microaggressions and harassment, intervene in harmful, or potentially harmful, situations, and respond with compassion and care to a disclosure of sexual violence or other harms. 

The Quantum Nano Fabrication and Characterization Facility (QNFCF), Transformative Quantum Technologies (TQT), and Testforce will be hosting an Electrical Characterization Seminar joined by a Keithley Applications Engineer, who will explore the challenges and best practices in low current and low voltage measurements using the Keithley 4200A-SCS Parameter Analyzer.

Human Resources will be hosting a virtual brown-bag lunch and learn launch of the 2025/26 Staff Enhancement Experience (SEE) Canada Grant on Thursday, April 24th at noon ONLINE.

Detailed application information and forms are available on the SEE Canada Grant webpage. For any inquiries regarding the grant, please contact d.baker@uwaterloo.ca.

Alumni and the University community are invited to campus for a very special celebration! Reunite, reminisce and celebrate with your classmates, friends and family at Reunion. You're invited to join reunion events, anniversary celebrations, family-friendly activities, learning opportunities and more.

Register today to join us on campus on Friday, June 6 and Saturday, June 7, 2025!

oin W3+ in a supportive space to discuss and debrief UW's budget. Open to all womxn and nonbinary UW staff, faculty, postdocs, and grad students. This is a confidential, peer-to-peer forum for sharing information, questions, and strategies across ranks and roles. A catered lunch will be provided. Registration is required.

The Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies is proud to present the Shaw-Mannell Leisure Research Award Lecture featuring 2024 recipient, Dr. Ana Maria Munar.

The award recognizes international career contributions to the study of leisure, broadly defined, and influence on leisure scholarship at the University of Waterloo. The award is named in honour of retired faculty members Sue Shaw and Roger Mannell to recognize their outstanding individual career achievements.

This presentation explores how social capital can be harnessed to support place transformation. Despite its recognized importance, social capital remains poorly understood due to fragmented definitions and theories. By framing it as a form of capital, this talk presents a unified framework that clarifies how elements like trust, networks, and norms enable collective action

On May 5th, the Office of Indigenous Relations (OIR) and the Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office (SVPRO) will host Red Dress Day to honour Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People, featuring a presentation by Cher Obediah and a ceremonial dress-hanging event by Elder Myeengun Henry.

The 16th annual University of Waterloo Teaching and Learning Conference taking place on May 1 with a day of online workshops taking place on April 30. Last year saw over 550 faculty members, staff, and students gather to learn from and with one another around the theme of student engagement.