Campus services for faculty

These are some of the offices and programs on campus we think you should know about. Additional campus resources are listed on the Human Resources website and under specific topics in our faculty guide.

Everyday resources

• Commuting: see Parking Services’ website for details about carpooling, discounted transit passes and bike lockers.

• The Sustainability Office has information about composting and e-waste disposal on campus, among many other projects.

• The interactive campus map has a layer showing single-user inclusive washrooms.

• If you have money-related questions (other than payroll), visit the Finance Resources website (login required).

Networking and recreation

• UW Fitness offers small group training programs for faculty and staff in a small, private facility on campus [now online].

• The Black Faculty Collective is a diverse group of individuals whose mission is to reconstruct the University by centering Blackness and using it to confront, challenge, and dismantle white supremacy within our policies, structures, and communities. 

• Waterloo Womxn & Nonbinary Wednesdays is a community of faculty, staff, graduate students, and post-docs.

Teaching and supervision

• The Centre for Teaching Excellence (CTE) runs a wide range of programming for faculty, including graduate supervision workshops, and offers a lot of resources on their website.

• The Student Success Office has resources for advisors at Waterloo.

• AccessAbility Services’ page for faculty and staff outlines your rights and responsibilities as an instructor, offers tips for working with students with a range of disabilities, and more. (Also see: our blog post about AccessAbility Services, and the CTE's resource page on accessibility in teaching.)

• The bookstore has a Frequently Asked Questions page (and more) for faculty.

• The Registrar’s Office has a website with Resources for Staff and Faculty.

• Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre can connect faculty with Indigenous students for research assistantships, and offers a range of services and events for Indigenous students. (Read our blog post about the Centre and its director, Lori Campbell.)

• The Office of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs supports Graduate Coordinators, Graduate Officers/Chairs, Associate Deans, supervisors and other faculty in assisting grad students.

Research

• Waterloo International offers travel assistance and international funding opportunities

• The Office of Research has a Principal Investigator's Handbook and email newsletters for human participant researchers, and staff members to support you.

Leadership training

• There is an Academic Leadership Program for Academic Chairs and Directors, Associate Chairs/Directors, and Associate Deans.

• Occupational & Human Development workshops cover a wide range of topics including leadership, inclusivity, and service.

See more training opportunities on our professional development page.