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Join us on Wednesday, March 5th from 11:00 am - 12:00 pm as we launch the Local Futures project, exploring how universities, municipalities, and community organizations can work collectively to leverage the Sustainable Development Goals and drive impact towards creating a more prosperous and sustainable future.

Join us to celebrate how the University of Waterloo, in collaboration with Microsoft, is leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance the experience of co-op and work-integrated learning (WIL) students. As Canada’s most innovative university, and a global leader in co-op, Waterloo is at the forefront of new WIL advancements using AI. This partnership with Microsoft exemplifies our dedication to breaking new ground with technologies designed to enhance the student experience.

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Join Rachelle Besaw, Descendant Member of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin and veteran of the United States Navy, for her talk on Indigenous Identity and Academia.

What is it about the life and literature of Kafka that has resonated with readers across cultures and generations? In search of an answer, this lecture will move from Weimar Berlin, where Kafka was a fixture in one of the most important cultural magazines of the 1920s, to the 2020s, when Han Kang, first introduced to English-language readers as ‘Korea’s Kafka’, became the country’s first recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

The kitchen has long been a site of both nourishment and defiance—a space where survival, culture, and activism converge. This talk explores how food serves as a powerful tool of resistance, from the resourceful cooking of enslaved and oppressed peoples to the current and impending food injustice movements that call to questions folks understandings of a tariff and bird flu.

Join visiting speaker Dr. Taiwo Adetunji Osinubi for a look at Wole Soyinka’s memoir You Must Set Forth at Dawn as autofiction and auto-theory, examining three interrelated thematic modalities and aesthetic executions in the text.

Idah Mukuka Nambeya – an internationally-recognized HIV/AIDS activist from Zambia – reflects on the history of African HIV/AIDS activism and the current challenges facing community organizations due to the recent USAID freeze.

On Wednesday February 26, from 5:00-6:30 p.m., drop by GreenHouse (UTD 164) for Demo Day. Students from Social Innovators in Training will be showcasing their ideas, looking for feedback, and building community. It's a can't-miss opportunity to see the future in action!

The University of Waterloo is proud to host the 2025 U SPORTS Women’s Hockey Championship, taking place March 20–23, 2025, at the Woolwich Memorial Centre in Elmira, Ontario. This prestigious event will bring together the nation’s top eight university teams, all competing for the national title.

The UpStart festival is a juried one-act play festival hosted by the University of Waterloo Theatre and Performance program. All these plays are written, directed, and performed by students. They will be presented March 19th-22nd from 7:00pm - 9:00pm EST in the Theatre of the Arts. Three shows make up the festival.