Events

Want to know what an entrepreneurship journey looks like? Need to find funding and unsure of where to start? Startup 101 will kickstart your business knowledge with our simple hour long (sometimes more) themed sessions. Hosted by founders for everyone. This session's focus is on how to get your business set up legally – incorporation, shareholder’s agreement, maintaining your cap table.

In our session, we’ll talk through early stage company building and how to set out for the 0 to 1 journey. That includes how to think about MVPs and early product, the bar you should have for initial hires, and how to embark on the first round of funding for your company.

Exciting teams of innovative students will showcase their ideas at the semi-finals of Velocity Pitch Competition. Be in the audience as UWaterloo student teams pitch their startup ideas to a panel of judges. The top 8 teams from across night one and night two will move on to the Velocity Pitch Competition Finals on November 30th to compete for a chance at one of four $5,000 prizes in grant funding to help turn their concept into a reality.

Exciting teams of innovative students will showcase their ideas at the semi-finals of Velocity Pitch Competition. Be in the audience as UWaterloo student teams pitch their startup ideas to a panel of judges. The top 8 teams from across night one and night two will move on to the Velocity Pitch Competition Finals on November 30th to compete for a chance at one of four $5,000 prizes in grant funding to help turn their concept into a reality.

Velocity is proud to present an event which will take place over two lunch hours for GBDA and students at the University of Waterloo Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business. You will have the opportunity to form teams and get creative with using Virtual Reality (VR) programs to elevate your UI/UX skills.

Velocity is proud to present an event which will take place over two lunch hours for GBDA and students at the University of Waterloo Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business. You will have the opportunity to form teams and get creative with using Virtual Reality (VR) programs to elevate your UI/UX skills.

Are you looking for a career path that places you on the front line of innovation? Are you looking to champion social and environmental causes while achieving financial growth? A career in Venture Capital (VC) may be for you! The Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association (CVCA) is the voice of Canada’s private capital industry and works with investors behind some of the biggest innovations fuelling the Canadian economy.

The Mental Health Literacy Certificate Program at the University of Waterloo is a five-module course aimed at promoting understanding and discussion of mental health with an emphasis on equity.

As part of the Water Institute's WaterLeadership training series, the Water Institute, presents, "Innovation Leadership Skills” with special guest, Karen Kun, Director and Co-founder of Waterlution. In this interactive module, participants will discover what makes them an asset to the water sector, while learning to recognize and appreciate the abilities of others. You will learn to how improve your communication and teambuilding skills through a variety of fun and effective tools that identifies strengths and further develops leadership and innovation competencies.

This one-hour mandatory Equitable Recruitment and Selection training supports faculty in helping them design equity-centered recruitment and selection practices while discussing accountability frameworks for equitable recruitment, selection, and retention.