Events

Written by award-winning Canadian playwright, Kat Sandler, we meet a mother and daughter on the verge of total breakdown. The other member of the household is the daughter's imaginary friend she’s had forever. We also meet a boyfriend, and a couple of other wildly extraordinary folk who arrive with a crucial job to do.

Speaker: Mercedes Spannagel

Event Info: "Wie es klingt, wenn es quietscht". Prize-winning short story by Austrian author Mercedes Spannagel about young competitive fencers, one of whom has lost a leg and is resuming her training with a prosthesis. Reading and discussion in German.

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The Indigenous Speakers Series is honoured to present Lenore Keeshig, storyteller, poet, author, and naturalist, for our first in-person event in more than two years.

Student teams have practiced and perfected their pitches and are ready to compete at the virtual Concept $5K Finals! Watch these incredible pitches live online and be sure to vote on your favourite team to help crown the People’s Champ. These are ideas that could change the world and not something you want to miss!

Join the Global Engagement 2022 Desmarais Family Summit at the St. Paul's Ceremonial Firegrounds. This is an outdoor, public event featuring projects by our Global Engagement Seminar students, and contributions from our six distinguished 2022 Jarislowsky Fellows.

The Global Engagement Seminar is a senior undergraduate course that brings together students from across the University with experts and mentors to develop solutions for contemporary global problems.

Join UWaterloo CPI for their next CPI Talk!

Seny Kamara, Associate Professor of Computer Science at Brown University, discusses how cryptography has failed to address the needs of the disenfranchised and how this can be addressed.

Sign-up: http://bit.ly/3KYomFe

CPI Talks are open and free to the general public. We encourage high school students and non-UWaterloo staff and students to join! No knowledge of cryptography is required.

The KW Scavenger Hunt in Uptown Waterloo is happening on Saturday April 23rd from 10:30am-5:30pm. We have over 10 local businesses participating and cannot wait for everyone to join us on April 23rd. Each business participating has graciously donated discounts to be used on the day of.


Tickets for 2 people each can be purchased at www.kwscavengerhunt.net and part of the proceeds go to local Canadian Charity Partners with Paws to help pay for training for much needed service dogs.

The Vision Science Graduate Research Conference is an annual event that allows our graduate students to showcase their research. This year our Larkworthy Memorial keynote is Anne Dagg! Please visit our event page for more details.

The science on climate change is clear – urgent action is required to deal with the increasing risks of a warming planet. So, what can we do? On April 27, join Professor Sarah Burch as she speaks with climate scientist Katharine Hayhoe, who The New York Times called “one of the nation's most effective communicators on climate change.” They’ll discuss strategies for scaling up individual and collective climate action, and how to navigate difficult conversations about our changing planet. They’ll also address your most pressing questions and weigh in on what we’re all wondering – is there hope?

Jordan Williams White Eye is a passionate and dedicated Father from Bkejwanong First Nation. He is an Anishinaabe (Ojibway, Pottawatomi and Lenape) Spiritual Advisor, Knowledge Keeper, Pipe Carrier and Sweat Lodge Conductor, and he is the Caretaker/Leader of the Anishinaabe Thunderbird Sundance of Ontario.