Events

W4: W3+Workshops is a day of online workshops, teach-ins, and how-tos that will share the talents and expertise of our members. Topics include equitable teaching and hiring practices, vegan cooking, mindfulness, gardening, habit change, beekeeping, samba dancing, and more. This event is open to all womxn/nonbinary graduate students, post-docs, staff, and faculty.

The University of Waterloo's second annual Student Mental Health Research Conference aims to bring together members of our campus community to share knowledge, connect researchers, and promote mental wellness through presentations and interactive Q&A sessions. Topics broadly pertaining to student mental health will be explored with an emphasis on the following key themes:

• Promotion of mental health-care strategies;

• Suicide prevention;

• Impact of trauma and sexual violence;

• Equity and wellness; and

In December 2001, the International Commission on Intervention and State Sovereignty released its ground-breaking report “The Responsibility to Protect” or R2P as it is now commonly known. Twenty years later, the norm of R2P remains contested.

Join us on November 11, 2021 at 12:30pm EST as we discuss the complex relationship – both in theory and practice – between IHL and R2P. Register in advance to receive Zoom access link.

On November 11, the University of Waterloo is honoured to take part in the 26th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP26) in Glasgow, UK.

From October 31 – November 12, 2021, more than 190 world leaders are expected to arrive in Scotland together with tens of thousands of negotiators, government representatives, businesses and citizens for twelve days of talks aimed at accelerating action on climate change.

The Fusion Conference merges knowledge from science, business, and technology fields through a unique theme each year. This year’s conference theme revolves around Advances and Emerging Opportunities in Financial Technology!

In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TED has created a program called TEDx.

TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. Our event is called TEDxUW, where x = independently organized TED event. At our TEDxUW, TED Talks video and live speakers will combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events, including ours, are self-organized.

Our theme this year is 2020 Vision.

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.

This academic conference and community education event will offer stories and analyses of encounters and relationships between Indigenous peoples and Mennonite settlers from point of contact through to the present.

The International Network for Sustainable Nano (N4SNano) is proud to announce that registration for the Global Summit 2022 on Nanotechnology for a
Healthier and Sustainable Future is now open!

This three-day international conference will explore progress against the UN’s SDGs at the intersection of water, health, food and gender through the work of international experts and early career scholars from Canada, Africa
and Asia who will share research experiences and lessons learned from a variety of multi-sectoral projects led by academic and local partners.