Workshop

Want to learn more about the industries or companies you're interested in? In this final workshop of the From Idea to Impact series, you’ll explore strategies for researching industry trends, competitive landscapes, and specific organizations. Ideal for students preparing for co-op, launching a venture, or pursuing applied research, this session will sharpen your analytical and career-ready research skills.

This workshop will consist of 50 minutes of instruction and 10 minutes of Q&A. Presentation materials will be available to registrants after the workshop.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a multi-disciplinary tool that is widely used across the architecture industry. Attend this 30-minute speed run session to learn about different types of GIS data, and where to find open data for use in assignments and research.

This presentation, with a question & answer session, will provide examples of different data types, and provide start-up resources for sourcing open data.

A three-week, facilitator-led creative writing space for Black, Indigenous, racialized, and equity-denied undergraduates.

Through structured writing prompts and activities, you’ll have the opportunity to explore a genre that speaks to you—whether that be poetry, fiction, storytelling, or something in between.

The literature review can be a challenging and time-consuming component of a research project. Generative Artificial Intelligence (GenAI) can’t write your literature review for you, but this workshop will explore and introduce GenAI tools you may use as supports in the literature review process. We will identify ethical, legal, and intellectual property pitfalls associated with GenAI use, and offer guidelines and strategies for productive, ethical, and appropriate use of specific GenAI tools for specific purposes at each stage of the research and writing process.

Curious about your potential customers or target audience? In this second workshop of the From Idea to Impact series, you'll learn how to use Library tools and openly available sources to research markets and understand customer needs. Whether you're launching a startup, planning a co-op project, or exploring research opportunities, this session will help you make informed, evidence-based decisions grounded in real-world insights.

This workshop will consist of 50 minutes of instruction and 10 minutes of Q&A. Presentation materials will be available to registrants after the workshop.

Join the Waterloo Climate Institute and Sustainability Office on Wednesday September 24th for a workshop and information session. This interactive event will give students the opportunity to discover climate-related programs, learning and action on campus, network with like-minded students and share ideas for how you'd like to see climate in your curriculum.

Open to Waterloo students from all faculties and programs. Snacks, coffee and tea will be provided. Drop-ins welcome!

Are you looking to solve big problems, but you’re not sure where to start? In this online workshop, Rachel Figueiredo, Waterloo’s entrepreneurship librarian, will show you how to understand the landscape of a problem and possibly identify how you might contribute to a solution. By integrating Library-subscription and openly available tools, attendees will learn how to research efficiently so they can get back to solving problems.

This workshop will consist of 50 minutes of instruction and 10 minutes of Q&A. Presentation materials will be available to registrants after the workshop.

Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is a multi-disciplinary tool that is widely used across the architecture industry. Attend this 30-minute speed run session to learn how you can get started using GIS.

This presentation, with a question & answer session, will discuss what GIS is, give examples of its use within the architecture industry, and provide instructions on how to access GIS software.

Join the WCC in the GSA lounge to make progress revising your doctoral CIHR, NSERC, or SSHRC scholarship research proposal! We'll start with some brief general advice from the WCC on structuring and revising your proposal. Then you'll have an opportunity to apply that advice and get individualized feedback from WCC staff and other applicants in a workshopping and peer review session. Work alongside other graduate students in a supportive environment as you draft and revise your proposal.

We'll have WCC staff standing by to offer feedback and answer questions about your research proposal document as you work!

Please bring a copy of your research proposal in progress with you, along with anything else you will need to work on it (e.g. a laptop).

Learn how expectations at university differ from those in high school and find out about the many resources available to you.  Attend all three workshops or choose what interests you most.

• 3:00-3:35 PM  Beyond Google: Navigating library resources for academic success 
• 3:45-4:35  PM Succeeding at university-level research and writing 
• 4:45-5:30  PM Using GenAI productively and ethically in university writing