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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Events
WICI Workshop: People Need People - A Warm Data Lab Approach
In this workshop, participants will take part in the online version of the Warm Data Lab approach. We start with a story, and through context-spanning conversation we explore together what emerges, keeping in mind Nora's question "Who can I be when I am with you?" as we explore how people need people.
Ontario Mennonite Music Camp
Ontario Mennonite Music Camp (OMMC) is a place where youth develop and enrich relationships, faith, musicality, and leadership in a fun and supportive summer camp environment. OMMC provides an exciting summer opportunity, pairing exceptional musical instruction with traditional camp activities!
New Writing and Communication Support Services for Grad Students: Focus Groups
The Writing and Communication Centre (WCC) wants to hear from you about your experience and needs as a graduate student! We're looking for your feedback about three potential new program models to support graduate students in developing their communication skills throughout the entire life cycle of their graduate programs.
We invite graduate students to participate in online focus groups to respond to and help shape these proposed new programs.
WICI Speaker Series: Embracing Complexity in Sustainability Transitions
Dr. Enayat Moallemi, Principal Research Scientist at Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization (CSIRO), applies a holistic view of system interactions with modelling tools and knowledge co-production methods to design and evaluate decisions for sustainability transitions in an uncertain future.
New Writing and Communication Support Services for Grad Students: Focus Groups
The Writing and Communication Centre (WCC) wants to hear from you about your experience and needs as a graduate student! We're looking for your feedback about three potential new program models to support graduate students in developing their communication skills throughout the entire life cycle of their graduate programs.
We invite graduate students to participate in online focus groups to respond to and help shape these proposed new programs.
New Writing and Communication Support Services for Grad Students: Focus Groups
The Writing and Communication Centre (WCC) wants to hear from you about your experience and needs as a graduate student! We're looking for your feedback about three potential new program models to support graduate students in developing their communication skills throughout the entire life cycle of their graduate programs.
We invite graduate students to participate in online focus groups to respond to and help shape these proposed new programs.
Centre for Peace Advancement 10th Anniversary
The Kindred Credit Union Centre for Peace Advancement will celebrate it's 10-year anniversary on International Day of Peace, September 21st. This also marks the kick-off for Peace Week 2024.
Come reconnect with friends and colleagues from your time at the CPA and learn about current projects and future directions. The event will be interactive and family friendly, with more details come closer to the date.
Gidinawendamin/Ska’nikú•lát 21st Annual Pow Wow
September 28, 2024 marks the 21st anniversary of the Gidinawendamin/Ska’nikú•lát annual Pow Wow.
This one-day non-competitive celebration of Indigenous heritage features vendors, dancers, and singers from the Waterloo region and beyond. Join us as we celebrate Indigenous culture and tradition through song, dance, arts, and cuisine. Gidinawendamin/Ska’nikú•lát Pow Wow is intended to be a safe, welcoming, and vibrant opportunity for Indigenous and non-Indigenous folks from the UWaterloo community and beyond to gather in celebration of indigenization, decolonization, and reconciliation.
News Feast of St. Jerome | Annual Fundraiser for Student Scholarships
We pride ourselves on giving all of our first-year students an entrance scholarship. This commitment demonstrates to our students that they are becoming part of a community where all are welcome and supported to ensure their success. By removing a portion of the financial barrier first-year students often face, St. Jerome's University actively commits to their academic success as they start their journey at the University of Waterloo.
Paint as Protest | Benjamin Eby Lecture
Reading socio-political experiences through graffiti and street art in conflict-affected societies.
Street art and graffiti can provide socio-political commentary and rich insight into societies, cultures, social issues, trends, political discourse, and spatial and territorial identities and claims. Through his field research in Cyprus, Northern Ireland, and Canada, Dr. Eric Lepp will engage with graffiti as a spatial and temporal resource in societies undergoing social and political transformation.