University of Waterloo events

Grab a coffee and get writing. Join our network of graduate student, postdoc, and faculty writers at the Grad Writing Café! Meet other writers, stay on track, and make progress on your work. Writing doesn't have to be solitary!

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.

All genres and experience levels welcome!

What is Cornerstone? 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.

We’re excited to let you know that Ideathon is now open for Winter 2026, a fast-paced, creativity-first challenge designed for students who love brainstorming, problem-solving, and building ideas that matter. It’s an opportunity to work on a real urban challenge in Waterloo Region.

Through structured activities, peer dialogue, and reflective writing, participants will build strategies to negotiate academic expectations while sustaining their own voices and identities as writers.

This 5-week workshop series integrates practical revision tools with antiracist and decolonial perspectives on writing. Drawing on Felicia Rose Chavez’s The Antiracist Writing Workshop, the program treats academic writing as a cultural practice shaped by power, rhetorical traditions, and linguistic diversity.

The following Employers are hosting an Employer Information Session on January 22:

• OpenText – IN-PERSON Information Session

This virtual session will discuss and answer questions about the importance of talking to young children (age 0-6) about consent, setting boundaries, and using the proper names for body parts to help build safe, caring and respectful communities.

The second in the three-part "Rock Your Thesis" series, this workshop will equip you with the skills you need to start writing a large academic writing project like a thesis, dissertation or dissertation proposal. 

To promote well-being in a more casual and laid-back environment for graduate students to connect and socialize via mocktail making and a comedy show featuring a local standup comedian hosted at the Grad House.

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.