Lecture

The Working Centre found its roots serving the unemployed during the job crisis of the 1980's. 40 years later the flood of homelessness has changed the focus of the work. Joe and Stephanie have walked through these times searching for Common Work that serves the community.

IPR Distinguished Lecture by Professor Timothy Manning Swager.

What does it take to build a company? Are my expectations realistic? What challenges can I expect? Hear from seasoned entrepreneurs, angel investors and community leaders Neil Murdoch and Mike Stork and bring your questions for the Q&A portion.

The Indigenous Speakers Series is honoured to present Dr. Niigaan Sinclair, professor, writer, and activist who holds the Faculty of Arts Professorship in Indigenous Knowledge and Aesthetics at the University of Manitoba.

The field of quantum computing offers a unique opportunity to proactively address many of the inequities that have plagued AI and computer science. However, radical technologies demand innovative solutions. In this talk, the speaker challenges the use of the leaky pipeline metaphor as a framework for devising policy interventions aimed at addressing inequality in STEM field.

This event is part of the “ADE for Game Communities: Enculturing Anti-Racism, Decolonization, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (ADE) in Games Research and Creation” series from the ADE Committee of the Games Institute, University of Waterloo, and is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

Where are we at with nuclear weapons and non-proliferation 60 years on? Cesar Jaramillo, Executive Director at Project Ploughshares, will engage these important questions. Cesar’s research areas include nuclear disarmament, the protection of civilians in armed conflict, emerging military technologies and conventional weapons controls.

The Tri-University Graduate Student Association is pleased to announce the upcoming Researching Gender in History graduate student research panel. It includes four graduate students from across the Tri-University Graduate Program (Laurier, Guelph, and Waterloo).

This panel highlights emerging scholars in Black game studies. Panelists will present recent and/or ongoing work, sharing a glimpse of the emerging research questions animating the field. 

This event is part of the “ADE for Game Communities: Enculturing Anti-Racism, Decolonization, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (ADE) in Games Research and Creation” series from the ADE Committee of the Games Institute, University of Waterloo, and is supported in part by funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.