This is a virtual open session to learn more broadly about sexual and gender-based violence and how to appropriately respond to disclosures.
All staff and faculty are welcome to register and attend.
Please join WISE for their Public Lecture featuring Steve Dyck, the president of Guelph Solar. He will be giving his talk on Solar Powering Ontario's Clean Grid Economy.
Please join us at a special flag-raising event to kick-off and celebrate Pride Month. This event marks an important moment for our campus community as we re-raise two flags: the Intersex-Inclusive Progress flag and the Two-Spirit Pride flag. These flags are a symbolic gesture of our commitment to nurturing an inclusive and welcoming campus culture where all individuals feel seen, valued, and respected.
Join the Work-Learn Institute (WxL) in exploring how employers can foster workplace inclusion for Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning (2SLGBTQIA+) co-op students.
Are you interested in pursuing a Master’s or PhD and want to learn more about the Engineering Graduate programs offered at Waterloo? Register to join us on Wednesday, June 5 from 2:00-5:00 p.m. for our in-person Graduate Studies Fair to have all of your questions answered by faculty members, current grad students and admission experts from each department!
The Quantum Nano Fabrication and Characterization Facility (QNFCF) and Transformative Quantum Technologies (TQT) will be hosting an open house at the Research Advancement Centre (RAC) to celebrate the opening of the Inert Atmosphere Fabrication Lab (IAFL). Join us as we showcase the shared lab equipment available to our academic community and industry partners. This event will feature a motivating talk by Adam Wei Tsen, IQC Associate Professor, on the research that this new 2D material device fabrication lab will enable. Lab tours and talks about tool capabilities will follow.
WISE is pleased to announce a hybrid WISE Public Lecture with Danielle LaCroix. Please join us in person or on Zoom for a discussion on Nuclear Power. As Ontario’s economy grows and shifts from fossil fuels to electric-powered systems in the transportation and industrial sectors, electricity demand is forecast to continue to increase over the next three decades. Nuclear power will play a critical role in supporting this growth while ensuring a reliable grid and maintaining Ontario’s clean energy advantage.
Through the power of his own story and the inspiration he’s found in others, Rick Hansen shares his vision and inspires audiences to join his journey to create an accessible, healthy and inclusive world, where people of all abilities can fully participate and contribute. By reflecting on our own actions and beliefs, we can challenge existing standards and dream up new ones – ones that foster hope, inspiration and acceptance. Hansen encourages us all to fight for accessibility as a human right.
Vinton G. Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist for Google, is giving a Distinguished Public Lecture titled "Internet: Past, Present and Future."
In celebration of National Indigenous History Month and National Indigenous Peoples Day, the Office of Indigenous Relations is excited to host an Indigenous Community Concert featuring the Sultans of String. Light refreshments will be provided.