Events

Come out and enjoy a free night of entertainment at Blackforest 2014. Doors open at 6:30pm, the coffeehouse begins at 7:00pm.

Light refreshments will be provided.

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

In building our exhibits, we have moved beyond the traditional projects and assignments typical of an undergraduate experience. The creation process allowed us to be self-directed and enabled us to incorporate skills from many different disciplines.

EXPLORATIONS 2014 provides the public with an opportunity to see what we do at the Faculty of Engineering, to spark an interest in students of grades 6, 7 and 8, their parents, friends and siblings by taking them on tours of Engineering Displays (lasting about an hour and half).

Join The Games Institute and Scott Nicholson for an exploration of meaningful gamification and how to use a gameful or playful layer to motivate user engagement.

Special screening of Pandora's Promise from SUNDANCE FILM FESTIVAL with an introduction by Dr. Peter Poruks, Ph. D., Manager of Regulatory Affairs of the Canadian Nuclear Association.

WISE will host a special screening of Panodora's Promise 5:30 to 7:30 on Tuesday March 11, 2014 in RCH 302 at the University of Waterloo.

There will be a short introduction by Dr. Peter Poruks, Ph.D., Manager of Regulatory Affairs, the Canadian Nuclear Association, who will also be available for questions following the screening.

This screening is open to all students and the public.

The Water Institute is please to host a seminar by Dr. Mike Stone, Department of Geography and Environmental Management, University of Waterloo. His seminar is titled: Long term impacts of large scale land disturbance by wildfire on water quality in the Oldman River basin, Alberta.

All are welcome.

Why do we bully each other as individuals/groups/countries?

What is the source of psychological/physical violence?

Can education ignore violence?

One in a series of five lectures being given by candidates for the endowed Diefenbaker Memorial Chair in German Literary Studies.

Come and explore the Capstone Design Symposium for Systems Design Engineering!

Professor Jennifer Clapp speaks about the challenge of embedding equity and sustainability into the global food system.

TEDxUW

For the fifth time in as many years, the city of Waterloo will be hosting a TEDx platform. A satellite project of the popular TED movement, TEDx is designed to bring the experience of TED’s unique conference format to smaller communities, putting them in contact and conversation with the 300 million-plus viewers who comprise TED’s global audience. 

Attend this session to find out how your interests relate to specific career opportunities. NOTE: There is a materials charge of $10.00 payable at the  Centre for Career Action prior to the session. Once you have registered and  paid, you will be given information on how to complete the Strong Interest Inventory online. The online assessment must be completed at least 2 business days prior to the workshop.

The History department presents "From Terrorism to Heroism: The Extreme Right in the French Resistance" by Dr. Valerie Deacon, Assistant Professor, New York University.

Join us in person or via webcast for a special series of Mini Town Halls to learn what it will take to move Waterloo’s eight strategic priorities from paper to practice.

Hosted by Feridun Hamdullahpur, president and vice-chancellor of University of Waterloo, each town hall offers the opportunity to:

Finding conference proceedings can be tricky! This hands-on session will introduce you to deciphering conference proceedings citations and provide you with the tools to navigate the often complicated search process.

Topic: Cutting carbon emissions in the aviation industry

Lecturer: Walter Palmer, Author, Pilot

Walter will be speaking about the sustainable development of alternative fuels for the airline industry.

Come and explore the Capstone Design Symposium for Civil Engineering!

Information on the Environmental and Geological Engineering's Capstone Design Symposium

Come and explore the Capstone Design Symposium for Electrical and Computer Engineering!

ECE design project abstracts (PDF)

Information on Software Engineering's Capstone Design Symposium

Join us at the Communitech Hub to learn about the Master of Digital Experience Innovation offered only at the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus. Available on a full-time and part-time basis, this course-based, industry focused Master's comes complete with the educational portion of the Project Management Professional® certification.

Are you wondering how your History degree relates to your career direction? Attend our Careers in History workshop!

Increase the odds of getting what you want when negotiating salary and other details related to the academic job offer.