Reception

In September, Professor Frankie Condon, who has conducted extensive research in anti-racism rhetoric and anti-racism pedagogy, will lead the discussion of Robin DiAngelo’s, White Fragility (2018), the New York Times bestseller that gained international prominence in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd in the US.

The University of Bordeaux and the University of Waterloo are delighted to invite Waterloo staff, faculty, and students to attend a special virtual celebration of the 10th anniversary of our strategic partnership.

The Antagonism and Intimidation in Academia Speaker Series 2.0 is hosting its final panel session on Monday, January 12, 2026. This January event will focus on issues related to free speech, hate speech laws, and freedom of expression within and beyond university environments.

Join us for an exclusive 'Ask Me Anything' event featuring Chris Noble, CTO & Co-Founder of Penny AI and Endlss, on November 20, 2025, in DC 1302 at 4:30 PM.

Ever wonder how a kid selling chips and pops in Grade 6 ends up building companies backed by tens of millions in venture funding? Come hear Chris Noble, University of Waterloo alum and serial entrepreneur. He’ll talk about startup grit, scaling chaos, life lessons from Muay Thai, accidentally sending 10 million emails, and what it really means to ride the waves of the market.

Please join for an in-gallery Artist Talk and Q&A with artist Andrew McPhail on Thursday November 6, starting at 7:00 pm. His current exhibition TEXTiles, This is not an AIDS Quilt is a survey of works made between 2019-2025, featuring 59 of the artist's hand-sequinned bedsheets, pillowcases, and quilts.

AI systems are starting to get really useful, but they use far too much energy to be served to everyone on the planet. We are going to need to make computers a lot more efficient and produce way more energy than today. Trevor McCourt (BSc, MME, '20), CTO and co-founder of leading chipmaker Extropic, will explore how radically efficient computing can transform the trajectory of AI’s energy demands. The program also includes startup lightning talks, a feature presentation from near-zero energy chip maker Vaire, and a networking reception.

Cornerstone is Velocity's two week sprint for students and researchers from any faculty who want to explore an idea they have or even just an area of interest with a supportive community. It is focused on introducing you to potential customers and stakeholders who live and work outside the university. It will help you build the confidence you'll need to have productive empathetic conversations that will create the foundation of your idea and give it real impact.

No pitch deck. No pressure. No technical skills required Join the hundreds of students and researchers all exploring their own ideas through coaching, networking, and the chance to win great cash prizes.

The Story of Tiles and Ropes In-Between / داستان سفال‌ها و طناب‌ها moves through the fragile space of migration, where memory, material, and motion intertwine. It is about swinging: swinging between two roofs, swinging between two landscapes. It is about the fragility of a roof, the fragility of a memory. Suspended between Northern Iran and Canada, the work reflects gestures to find belonging—the stitching, the carrying, the quiet resistance of the body as it navigates cultural displacement.

I Saw You in the Archive is a multidisciplinary exhibition that reveals the history of eugenic practices in Kitchener-Waterloo in the mid 20th century, and questions how the framing of history impacts our personal understandings of each other’s identities. Mixing visuals associated with institutional archives and rubber factories, the artworks examine the former Kaufman Rubber Company and its owner A. R. Kaufman’s attempts to contain certain types of people, particularly those deemed ‘feeble-minded’

Please join us for the book launch of the Faculty of Engineering and School of Architecture's Elder-in-Resident's book launch. The book deals with the author's reflection on his journey of healing and recovery of one's identity in the modern world through space-mapping and space-making that intersects indigenous architecture, culture and identity.