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University of Waterloo events

At Waterloo, we're proud to host a wide variety of events for the campus community and our larger community. Find out what's happening on campus, from free public lectures to workshops and information sessions.

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For support with your event, view our resources for event planners and contact community.relations@uwaterloo.ca.

Events

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 9:30 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Academic Career Conference

The annual Academic Career Conference, hosted by the Centre for Career Development, provides workshops, lightning talks and discussion panels to help graduate students and Postdocs prepare for an academic career. This year, the Academic Career Conference will focus on the theme “Inclusion in academic contexts: showing up as you in academia”. Join us to discuss how gender, cultural, religious and disability identities are integrated (or not) in the academic environment to foster a more inclusive space where everyone can  show up as themselves.

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Equitable Assessment of Teaching at Waterloo 

The research on student course evaluations loudly exclaims that overreliance on one perspective in teaching assessment – the student perspective – has a negative impact on both the wellbeing and career trajectory of faculty members who belong to systemically oppressed populations. Join Dr. Kim Buchanan (Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-racism) and Dr. Sonya Buffone (Teaching Assessment Processes Office) to learn about the concrete steps Waterloo is taking to establish a more equitable, holistic model of teaching assessment.    

Thursday, October 17, 2024 9:30 am - 12:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Academic Career Conference

The annual Academic Career Conference, hosted by the Centre for Career Development, provides workshops, lightning talks and discussion panels to help graduate students and Postdocs prepare for an academic career. This year, the Academic Career Conference will focus on the theme “Inclusion in academic contexts: showing up as you in academia”. Join us to discuss how gender, cultural, religious and disability identities are integrated (or not) in the academic environment to foster a more inclusive space where everyone can  show up as themselves.

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 10:00 am - 11:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Open Access Week: Reproducibility and Replicability in Research

As the world deals with a replication crisis in academic literature, it is important to ensure your own research practices are transparent and credible, further contributing to research excellence. This workshop, a combination of presentation, discussion and question & answer period, will explore the essential concepts of reproducibility and replicability in research, two critical pillars of scientific integrity, and what it means to create reproducible and replicable research.

Tuesday, October 22, 2024 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

2024 Gairdner National Lecture: Dr. Christian Landry

Dr. Christian Landry, Professor of Biology and Biochemistry at Laval University and Canada Research Chair in Cellular Systems and Synthetic Biology works to reshape our understanding of gene function and its relevance to health and human disease.

Are you a researcher with questions about the citation impact of Open Access (OA) publishing?

OA scholarly publishing enables subscription-free access to academic research with the goal of increasing the reach of a work. This in-person workshop, a combination of presentation and question & answer period, will discuss the perceived barriers as well as the benefits of OA publishing, with a particular focus on research impact.

Wednesday, October 23, 2024 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Open Access Week: Publishing Open Access (for free!) as a Humanities Scholar

Navigating Open Access (OA) publishing can be challenging and is often very expensive. This online workshop, a combination of presentation and question & answer period, will help demystify OA and provide solutions on how to reduce or eliminate the cost of publishing OA as a humanities scholar.