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Tesatawiyat (Come in) is a community photography project led by Bryce Kanbara and photographer Mina Ao, with members of the Aboriginal community in the Hamilton area sharing their stories in their homes.
A group exhibition featuring 16 multidisciplinary artist projects addressing issues of migration, immigration, and identity. Circulated by the Koffler Gallery.
Sponsored by the Equity Office, the Making Spaces program is a framework for creating affirming spaces on campus and fostering interpersonal relationships through education and training on aspects of social identity. UW community members partake in training and a registration process to become Space Makers, ambassadors of equity.
W3 (Waterloo Women's Wednesdays) is a monthly gathering of woman-identified and non-binary grad students, post-docs, staff and faculty that (usually) meets on the last Wednesday of each month from 4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. at the Grad House. Because of Reading Week, the "February" W3 will be on March 1.
Typically, the first hour is devoted to informal mingling, while the second hour focuses on programming by and for UW women. Attend one, or attend them all. Join for 20 minutes or two hours—whatever works for you!
Have you ever written a test or exam and are then surprised at the mark you received?
Midterms got you in a pickle?
Hillel, Market Garden and Shoresh are coming together to present a hands-on pickling workshop! Learn what's Jewish about fermenation and bring a jar of homemade pickles home with you.
When: Wednesday, March 1 | 7 - 8:30 p.m.
Where: University of Waterloo Arts Lecture Hall | Room 208
Join Jane Barkley, Founder of IM@Events, at the free workshop "How to Find Your Customers Online" as she shares her expertise in conducting business on the internet. Learn how social media, landing pages, and other tools help you find where your customers are hiding.
Register here for the workshop and free pizza!
Have you ever written a test or exam and are then surprised at the mark you received?
Book launch and reception for Performing Antiracist Pedagogy in Rhetoric, Writing, and Communication
The Writing Centre and the Book Store invite you to attend a book launch and reception for Performing Antiracist Pedagogy in Rhetoric, Writing, and Communication, edited by Dr.
The University of Waterloo knows that you can't learn everything from books. That's why we work hard to bring in local and best-selling authors to talk about their latest works.
Dr. Vershawn Young and Dr. Frankie Condon will launch their new book “Performing Antiracist Pedagogy in Rhetoric, Writing, and Communication” at the author event.
Join us for a facilitated panel discussion on coastal watersheds in the Anthropocene. Supported by the OceanCanada Partnership and the Water Institute, this public event is being organized as part of a two-day workshop with the goal to develop and apply a social-ecological system perspective to broaden our understanding of abrupt and rapid changes in coastal watersheds.
Many, many, many hours are spent in meetings - how can your meetings build relationships and achieve results?
Join us at ConradConnect Live for candid conversations with real entrepreneurs, and energizing interactions with entrepreneurial students and members of the local ecosystem. All are welcome to this free event, hosted at the Vidyard office in downtown Kitchener.
Witness students take action on global issues. Be part of the audience for the first-ever World's Challenge Challenge UWaterloo!
Register here to attend the event!
Write together. Connect to our grad writing community to stay focused and motivated!
Fridays 9 – 11 a.m., SCH 228F
Speaker: Ali Miri
Can We Have Our 'Big Data' Cake and Eat It Too? or Privacy in an Inter-connected World
Today as a society, we generate more data than ever in history.
This data is collected by different parties and through different means and sources. These could be any time you click on a website, post a message on a social network, use a wearable device to measure your physical activity, or buy an item using a credit or debit card. Sometimes this information is collected, or aggregated and used without our knowledge or consent.
Join the University of Waterloo as we recognize and celebrate International Women's Day 2017.
Join us for the 2017 Rodney and Lorna Sawatsky Visiting Scholar Lecture with Dr. Mary Jo Leddy. Leddy will give a lecture titled, "Room Enough for Hope: Canada’s Response to the Refugee Crisis."
The next Waterloo-local ACM-style programming contest will be held
on Saturday, March 4, in MC 3003. All members of the UWaterloo community are invited to try their programming skill in Scheme, C, C++, Java, Pascal, Python, or Scala.
For full details and online registration, please see:
http://acm.student.cs.uwaterloo.ca/~acm00/
Our Warrior Women’s Hockey team take on the Guelph Gryphons in Game 2 of the OUA Semifinals. Puck drop is at 2:30pm at the University of Waterloo Columbia Icefield Arena. The gate will open at 1:30pm and tickets can be purchased at the ticket desk on Day of Game or at gowarriorsgo.ca/tickets.
Details:
Ever shy away from a situation involving conflict? Unsure how best to handle the situation?
The Games Institute and UW International Game Development Association (IGDA) you to the GI Showcase on March 6th!
Please join us for Dr. Sara Walker's WICI Talk where she will be presenting her WICI Talk : Bio from Bit: Quantifying the Origins of Life.
This talk addresses a few free boundary problems arising from mathematical finance such as the American Put Option, Earlier Mortgage Termination, and Risk Management.
MBET is a graduate business degree designed to meet a market need for innovative thinkers. Learn about part-time and full-time options in this one-hour online info session.
Join the St. Paul's GreenTeam, along with other environmentally focused groups, for a night of ingenuity! Mingle with other like-minded students to discover ways to work with the environment -- not against it. There will be a raffle and free appetizers!
Be part of the first-ever Problem Pitch Competition by watching UWaterloo students pitch important industry problems they have identified. You’ll even get to have your say, with the audience deciding which team wins the People’s Choice Award!
The Games Institute will sponsor a talk given by the Director of Wilfrid Laurier University's Game Design and Development program: Dr. Scott Nicholson.
Chiharu Iinuma is a highly accomplished pianist and teacher from Vancouver. Currently, she is on the piano faculty at the Vancouver Academy of Music and Vancouver Symphony Orchestra School of Music. Chiharu has also collaborated at the world's most prestigious music competitions, including the Tchaikovsky
and Queen Elizabeth, Leonard Rose Competitions. Chiharu Iinuma
The Bridges lecture series are public lectures connecting Arts, Science and Mathematics.
The Platonic solids as Tiffany lamps, art objects and stepping-stones to higher dimensions.
Join us this week at the free workshop, Pitch Like A Pro. How do you get people interested in your ideas? Learn what makes a good pitch and practice in a low pressure environment.
Register here for the workshop and free pizza!
Academic integrity requires that you paraphrase and summarize other people’s work. Through hands-on practice, you will learn these skills and how to integrate your supporting research for improved credibility.
Register for the workshop through WCONLINE.
With a new Presidential Administration south of the border, we invite you to join us at the University of Waterloo for a public lecture discussing the social, cultural, and economic consequences of politics.
Write together. Connect to our grad writing community to stay focused and motivated!
Fridays 9 – 11 a.m., SCH 228F
Literature reviews are a keystone of academic writing. This workshop explores using the Matrix Method to manage your literature review. Bring a laptop or mobile device so that you can begin applying this method to your own work.
From traditional Christian crosses to Jewish menorahs, from rainbow patterns to butterfly wings, The Saint John’s Bible stands as a fine example of intertextuality with visual leitmotifs running through its pages, connecting one book and story to another. While the images are certainly beautiful to look at, they also serve a deeper purpose in the Bible’s sacred story. Using depictions from The Saint John’s Bible as the basis for the discussion, Fr. Michael Patella, the chair of the Committee on Illumination and Text for the Bible, will explore the meaning of these leitmotifs and the role they play in the composition of The Saint John’s Bible itself.
How do you approach a situation that is new to you or make decisions?
Why is creativity important? Are some people 'born' creative while others are not?
The students of the Copenhagen cohort in the Knowledge Integration program invite you to experience the culmination of our third-year design project: The Museum Course.
The Games Institute will host Dr. Steven Gwynne of the National Research Council Canada. Two public talks will be hosted at the GI, and a light lunch provided for attendees.
**This event is open to all members of the University of Waterloo community. Coffee and refreshments provided**
Do you have difficulty planning ahead for your exams?
How does the power of diversity create better groups/teams?
Explore the many worlds of Engineering!
Registration is open! You can simply register online.
Explore the many worlds of engineering
Join us for displays and tours to highlight a few of the interesting problems that society asks engineers to solve. Admission is free!
Join us for a self guided open house from 5:30 pm - 8:00 pm.
What qualities make the best leader?
Drawing from the nickname for the clarinet - the "licorice stick" - and the fact that they play "all sorts" of music, the Licorice Allsorts Clarinet Quartet have been delighting audiences of all ages with entertaining and informative programs since 1980.
Join the Department of Anthropology for the 2017 Silver Medal Award Guest Lecture. Our guest lecturer, Prof. Homa Hoodfar, will be speaking on academic freedom based on her experience in Evin Prison, where she was imprisoned while on a personal and research visit to Iran in 2016.
Looking to see the next big thing? Join us at the Velocity Fund $5K Qualifiers to watch UWaterloo students pitch!
This is the first of two nights of $5K Qualifiers, you can watch either or both!
"Technology and Older Adults: Assisting Activities in the Home. Overview of intelligent systems to support aging-in-place"
Emilie M. D. Jean-Baptiste, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow,
Dept. of Occupational Therapy / University of Toronto,
Toronto Rehabilitation Institute
The Biomedical Discussion Group presents on a variety of topics within biomedicine or technologies that could be applied within the biomedical field.
In this seminar, Diane Dupont, a professor in the Department of Economics and member of the Environmental Sustainability Research Centre at Brock University, presents a method for obtaining public preferences for improved water and wastewater management.
The Department of Fine Arts proudly presents IGNITE, the 43rd Annual Senior Undergraduate Exhibition featuring artwork by fourth year honours students completing the Fine Arts undergraduate degree program at the University of Waterloo.
Why are lies creeping into so many platforms of public discourse? Join three professors from three Faculty of Arts disciplines for a panel discussion and Q&A that will tackle the truth about lies.
The speakers:
Looking to see the next big thing? Join us at the Velocity Fund $5K Qualifiers to watch UWaterloo students pitch!
This is the second of two nights of $5K Qualifiers, you can watch either or both!
Unconscious Curriculum: Rape Culture on Campus
Written and devised by Theatre and Performance students
Directed by Andy Houston
March 16, 17 & 18 at 8 pm
March 19 at 2pm
March 23 at 7pm
Write together. Connect to our grad writing community to stay focused and motivated!
Fridays 9 – 11 a.m., SCH 228F
Speaker: Ben Fanelli
Ben Fanelli is a former Ontario Hockey League (OHL) player with the Kitchener Rangers (2009-2014) and one of the founding directors of The EMPWR Foundation – an organization that aims to inspire and inform the sport culture, advance the research and empower the individual to recovery following brain injury.
Unconscious Curriculum: Rape Culture on Campus
Written and devised by Theatre and Performance students
Directed by Andy Houston
March 16, 17 & 18 at 8 pm
March 19 at 2pm
March 23 at 7pm
Unconscious Curriculum: Rape Culture on Campus
Written and devised by Theatre and Performance students
Directed by Andy Houston
March 16, 17 & 18 at 8 pm
March 19 at 2pm
March 23 at 7pm
The Book store will have 30% off on sale books on March 20th, 40% off on March 21st, and 50% off on March 22nd. Tons of sale books to choose from!
Dr. Eswar Prasad, Chairman, Piemades Inc. & Adjunct Professor, Department of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering, University of Toronto, will be discussing piezoelectric materials and their applications. They will be presented with particular reference to energy harvesting and sensors. The presentation will review existing technologies, their benefits and disadvantages to show the potential of piezoelectric materials for use in power harvesting applications.
Learn more about Waterloo's MBET program by attending our live online information session. MBET is a one year graduate business degree designed to meet a market need for innovative thinkers.
Do you find yourself panicking the night before an exam?
Good news - You don’t have to be an academic or a diplomat to benefit from knowing German. Join the Department of Germanic and Slavic Studies and the Goethe Institut Toronto for a panel discussion and information fair: Career Booster German(y). Representatives from the fields of business and research will discuss how German can help you get ahead in the real world! Learn more about university programs, scholarships, internships, exchange programs, work and research opportunities in Germany and Canada - and how German can boost your career.
Leadership has been described as 'evolving self-discovery'
Celebrate the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination
Special guest, Lawrence Hill, author of The Illegal
and The Book of Negroes, will introduce James Walker.
Waterloo Region Congress of Black Women invite the community to an evening with Professor Jim Walker, acclaimed author Lawrence Hill, and Wilfrid Laurier University Professor Carol Duncan to mark International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination with a discussion of Prof. Walker's book, Burnley "Rocky" Jones: Revolutionary, and human rights and race relations in Canada.
The eighth annual UN World Water Day in Waterloo is on March 22, 2017. This year's theme is wastewater, and the campaign ‘Why waste water?’ is about reducing and reusing wastewater.
Co-hosted by the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University, this event is a celebration of water which showcases water research at both universities. This year it will be hosted at Wilfrid Laurier.
Visit the official event page for more information.
Be part of Trinity Institute 2017: Water Justice, a global conference held in New York City and webcast all over the world. With a sharp focus on the need for water justice initiatives in areas of access, droughts, pollution, rising tides, and flooding, Trinity Institute aims to offer actionable guidance for individuals, congregations, and the larger faith community surrounding these issues.
Are you caring for a family member living with Alzheimer’s disease or other form of dementia? Or do you work alongside a partner in care for someone with Alzheimer’s disease or other form of dementia? If so, this three-part learning series is for you!
Join the Waterloo Political Science Student Association as we host a panel on the Trump presidency and its implications on foreign relations, international trade, and global governance.
Stay tuned as we publish more info on the panelists' (Dr. Esselment, Dr. Boychuk, and Dr. Ettinger) areas of interests.
Free pizza will be provided.
At the Food Services cooking show, you will learn how to make simple, nutritious meals and sample different delicacies including breakfast tacos and bacon crème brulee!
Join a panel of guest speakers for an AMA geared towards learning from common and frequent mistakes made during the startup journey. The panel will include Bryan Fedorak, Founder & CEO at Bartesian, Bobby Green, Co-founder at Vitameter, and Rachel Thompson, Founder of Marlena Books. These people have been there and done it all, so don’t miss the opportunity to learn from their experience.
Because no event is complete without food, pizza will be served at 7:15pm – registering for this event ensures you get a slice
Register here for the workshop and free pizza!
This event is now sold out. Unclaimed seats will be released to non-ticket-holders in line five minutes before the lecture begins.
Each year, the Hagey Lecture speaker also takes part in a colloquium for students in a related department or faculty. This year, the School of Public Health & Health Systems and the Department of Kinesiology are co-hosting the student colloquium with Hagey Lecture speaker Dr. Carol Barnes.
Ensuring sustainable leadership is the key to the long-term success of any club, group or organization. How adequately is your group prepared to fill existing or potential future vacancies in leadership?
Join us for a screening of award-winning documentary "The Good Neighbour" along with a discussion on the film, tar sands developments, Indigenous rights, and local oil pipeline resistance.
This panel is hosted by the Department of Drama and Speech Communication in collaboration with the UWaterloo Equity Office, and the Special Adviser to the President—Women’s and Gender Issues. The panel will address gendered violence, with specific attention to institutional challenges and UWaterloo’s response.
The panel discussion will provide the opportunity for Q&A and will be followed by a reception.
Write together. Connect to our grad writing community to stay focused and motivated!
Fridays 9 – 11 a.m., SCH 228F
Discover how large area, multi-spectral digital X-ray machines are driving medical imaging into the 21st century with Electrical and Computer Engineering Professor Karim S. Karim.
Feel free to bring your lunch — light refreshments will be provided.
Speaker: Gordon Vala-Webb
We live in an increasingly complex, uncertain, and digital world. Our slow-moving and uncoordinated zombie-like organizations need to become smarter in order to survive. Utilizing a meta-synthesis of the latest research (crossing disciplines from management science to neuroscience and complex adaptive system thinking), the seminar will provide you with a complete anti-zombie kit that you can use to lead your organization back to life. Instead of stumbling around, your smart company will be able to learn quickly, predict accurately, and execute on decisions effectively.
The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) presents a Distinguished Lecture by Professor Arokia Nathan, Chair of Photonic Systems and Displays, Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, UK.
Lecture: 3:00-4:00 pm
Reception: 4:00-5:00 pm
Transparent and Flexible Oxide Nano-Electronics
Join us for Grebel Student Council's production of "The Music Man" by Meredith Wilson.
The first Canadian interdisciplinary weekend vision rehabilitation conference will be held at the School of Optometry and Vision Science in Waterloo on the weekend of March 25th to 26th.
In celebration of Canada’s 150th, we have chosen music written by Canadian composers and inspired by the country’s landscape and wildlife, and by the various cultural heritages of its indigenous and immigrant peoples. You will hear both tender and rollicking versions of Newfoundland and prairie folksongs, along with gentle and glorious music by our established and emerging composers, inspired by their own cultural heritages and by their Canadian home. We even tip our hat to what should be our national bird (sorry, Gray Jay) -- the mosquito!
The Instrumental Chamber Ensembles are groups of talented students playing a wide selection of classical chamber pieces, from Dvorak to Beethoven. We have 5 different groups this term, split between two concerts.
Refreshments will be available after the concert.
The #DistractinglyHonest exhibit uses interactive displays to highlight female scientists in visually stunning images. The main theme is the challenges and successes of being a woman in STEM by sharing research on sexism in science in a unique way.
At waterloostore we show our school spirit with all the uWaterloo colours. Whether you are a first year or graduating student, staff or faculty member, our store has something for everyone.
A representative from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) will be presenting on the requirements to apply for Permanent Residence in Canada through the Express Entry system.
In collaboration with the Arab Canadian Theatre KW, Studies in Islam at Renison University College presents:
Lost in Translation
This is a theatrical experience where audience members become active participants in the unfolding drama. By utilizing Augusto Boal’s Forum Theatre techniques, the play addresses issues of oppression and discrimination through a simple scenario of a daughter and her dad buying coffee at a cafe.
Come and play your part in the drama!
Discover the projects of our Global Business & Digital Arts and Digital Experience Innovation Program students – they are eager to show you what they’ve been working on.
Join us for an open exhibition where various student projects will be on display. You’ll also have the chance to meet the students and discuss their work with them.
The Faculty of Environment is proud to welcome world-renowned professor of economics Dr. Jeffrey D. Sachs as the 2017 TD Walter Bean Visiting Professor.
Rising Nationalism versus Global Cooperation for Sustainable Development
Presented by:
Eric Luvisotto, Technology Transfer Officer, University of Waterloo, Waterloo Commercialization Office [Registration]
How do you think about stress? How might the way you think about stress influence your ability to perform under stressful or pressure situations?
At the next W3, Sue Grant from OHD will lead us in a discussion about women and stress over lunch (bring or buy your own). We will meet from 11:30 to 1:30, upstairs at the Grad House, with a discussion starting around 12:00.
The discussion will be based on these two resources, which provide new science about stress and brain chemistry—particularly new data on the female brain.
Join us on March 29, from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. in the Centre for Environmental and Information Technology (EIT) Atrium at the University of Waterloo for food, drinks and information about AquaHacking 2017. Learn about the competition, have your questions answered, learn about past winners and find out how you can be a part of this innovative movement!
Understanding the road ahead to self-driving cars
60th Anniversary Community Lecture Series
Rapid advancements in technology will soon make autonomous transportation options a reality. In fact, many autonomous options exist today. Come learn about self-driving vehicles and how convergence of the automotive and information technology sectors is fast tracking advancements in how we move.
The UWaterloo Balinese Gamelan Ensemble will be performing a selection of classical Balinese music. The Grebel Community Gamelan will also be performing. Come join us and hear our new instruments, direct from Bali. After the performance, you will have the opportunity to try the instruments yourself.
Research Matters: Getting Published is a full-day event for postdoctoral and graduate students only.
Register for all the sessions or choose those most relevant to you and your research program. Lunch will be provided to those who RSVP and attend at least one workshop.
This event will cover a wide variety of publication issues and will specifically host the following workshops:
Join us March 30 in Federation Hall for an enlightening day of energy research panel presentations, posters and discussions. Meet researchers, make connections and spend the day with the minds that help to make Waterloo the most innovative University in Canada. The event will see academic, industry and government experts come together to share their insights and optimism for the future.
Watch some great pitches as Velocity gives out $125,000 in grants to emerging startups. Sign up to reserve your spot today!
When examining water quality goals associated with sewage discharges and/or reuse potential, there is a need for understanding pathogen concentrations in wastewater and removal through secondary treatment process and other advanced processes. This is critical to the development of protective, science based public health criteria and to maximize removal credits for existing treatme
As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Joan B. Rose, the winner of the 2016 Stockholm Water Prize and Homer Nowlin Chair in Water Research at Michigan State University, presents "Monitoring Pathogen Concentrations in Sewage to Inform Treatment Goals and Public Health Risks."
Doctoral students explore one research theme from interdisciplinary perspectives.
Casey Remmer
PhD Candidate in
Biology - Water,
Faculty of Science
Casey Remmer examines the importance of long term records in interpreting environmental change and in attributing stakeholder responsibility.
Featuring George Fan, saxophone, a winner of the orchestra's Concerto and Aria Competition, in concertos by Glazunov and Ibert.
Ben Bolt-Martin conducts Tchaikovsky's Capriccio Italien. Daniel Warren conducts Borodin's Symphony No. 2.
Write together. Connect to our grad writing community to stay focused and motivated!
Fridays 9 – 11 a.m., SCH 228F
KI senior research projects: an exciting synthesis of the diverse disciplines the students have explored in this interdisciplinary program.
P. Whitney Lackenbauer will moderate a discussion between fellow historians Patrice Dutil, Daniel Heidt, Marcel Martel, Robert Wardhaugh and political scientist Jacqueline Krikorian, around the major political agreements, battles and conflicting visions that surrounded each province’s entry into Confederation between 1865 and 1949.
