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Monique Chambers, Senior Training Specialist from the Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism (EDIRO) and Stacey Jacobs, Education Coordinator, Sexual & Gender-based Violence Prevention from the Sexual Violence Prevention & Response Office (SVPRO) are collaborating to bring Active Bystander Intervention Training to staff and faculty. Participants will be provided with the skills and resources to intervene when they see harmful, or potentially harmful, behaviour which includes racism, sexual violence, and other forms of harm. Join us in building a culture of consent, care, belonging and respect on our campus. Everyone welcome.

The Sexual Violence Prevention & Response Office (SVPRO) is once again bringing the What Were You Wearing? Survivor Art Exhibit to UWaterloo. The exhibit is based on student-survivor descriptions of the clothing they were wearing when they experienced sexual violence.

Obesity is more than a number on a scale — it's a complex health issue. Join us for a panel discussion that will aim to inform, inspire and shift the narrative around obesity.

As part of the University of Waterloo’s Collaborative and Connected Research Panel Series, the October panel event highlights the development of sustainable research collaborations and interconnections occurring within and beyond departments. The panelists consist of current and former department chairs. They will discuss the various ways in which collaborative perspectives and synergies rely on a diverse array of participants to enhance innovation, knowledge, and networks, shape current research and teaching endeavours, and help to solve complex world problems.

This panel is hosted by the Office of the Vice-President, Research and International and the Faculty of Science.

The next CareNext Collective virtual event features the Electrophysiology (EP) Program at the Waterloo Regional Health Network. Explore how the EP team transformed their approach to cardiac ablation — streamlining workflows, strengthening partnerships and scaling from just a few procedures a day to seven — all while maintaining safety, quality, and patient-centered care.

The Graham Seed Fund will officially launch its next call—Building Readiness for Responsible AI in Community Care—on Friday, October 31, 2025, at 11:00 a.m. in EC5 1111. The event will feature talks introducing the theme and outlining opportunities for collaboration, followed by a networking lunch. Join CareNext and local health care partners to learn more about this year’s focus on research that strengthens our understanding of how community and regional care organizations can prepare for responsible AI adoption. Visit the Graham Seed Fund website for more details and registration.

Come join our celebration of APL history at the Computer Museum Open House on Saturday, October 25, 2025!

The event will be held in the Davis Centre "Fishbowl" (DC 1301), and will run from 11:00am to 4:00pm. We will have various APL-related artifacts on display, along with interactive retro computers and some of our recent acquisitions. There will be guest exhibits from the KW Computer Heritage Group as well as mathematics alumni Steve McDowell joining us at 1:30PM to talk about his experiences as one of the developers of Waterloo microAPL: The Story of Waterloo microAPL.

Sustainability often brings environmental protection to mind; however, with menstruation, social issues play a big role in the conversation too. Karen Farley (they/their) will explore both sides of sustainable menstruation in order to find the right balance between environmental concerns, like menstrual product waste disposal, and social issues, such as period poverty and menstrual stigma.

Do you want to better understand the real-world impact of your research or your department’s performance? Looking to make evidence-based decisions, support strategic planning or enhance research visibility? Join us for this hands-on SciVal training to learn how to use bibliometric data to evaluate research impact, productivity and collaboration trends.

This 60-minute workshop will consist of 50 minutes of hands-on learning and 10 minutes of Q&A.

Dr. Edward Doolittle: Indigenous Mathematics

To develop Indigenous Mathematics as a coherent subject distinct from mathematics, ethnomathematics, and Indigenous studies, we must consider the discipline’s foundations. As with global mathematics, Indigenous mathematics is founded in logic, philosophy, and culture, but differs in detail. Indigenous logic allows for the coexistence of contradictory statements: Indigenous philosophy is grounded in creation and the land; Indigenous culture is inextricably bound with spirituality, ceremony, and oral tradition. Efforts to “Indigenize” mathematics will fail without taking these differences into account.

Registration not required.