The Climate Change Summit (COP26) is now underway in Glasgow, UK, and Waterloo is maintaining its (virtual) engagement in the summit in various ways.
With the University of Waterloo being a member of the University Global Coalition (UGC), the Sustainability Office and Waterloo International collaborated to secure a spot on the UGC’s Annual Gathering this past September. Joined by international partners the University at Buffalo and Universidad Carlos III Madrid, the half-hour session investigating international climate change networks served as the closing panel of the Annual Gathering. A story about it appeared in the Daily Bulletin (
We were delighted to have an article in the Tuesday, 21 September 2021 edition of the Daily Bulletin. The article, which can be found here, invites the Waterloo community to contact us as they engage in International Education Week (15-19 November 2021). Thank you, Daily Bulletin, for this opportunity! We look forward to celebrating international education with campus partners.
Today – Wednesday, 22 September – the University of Waterloo’s Daily Bulletin ran a feature story outlining recent collaborations between Waterloo and the Government of Indonesia (and Indonesian institutions). The story can be found here.
‘Thank you!’ to the Daily Bulletin for publishing this story, and we look forward to continuing – and growing – our meaningful connections with our valued partners in Indonesia in the future!
Higher education institutions such as the University of Waterloo are filled with bright students learning skills to shape the world, researchers pushing the boundaries of current knowledge systems, and partnerships that catalyze collaboration and impact. This mix is a perfect ecosystem for developing knowledge and actions that promote positive social and environmental change.
Waterloo International and the Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Energy are collaborating to lead a session on higher education’s contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at Going Global 2021, one of the world’s foremost conferences for leaders in international education. For the session, Waterloo will be joined by partners from three continents.
Waterloo International is delighted to be participating in the 2021 Ontario Association of International Education Conference (7 to 11 June). Hosted by McMaster University – and with a theme of ‘Opportunities for International Higher Education: Keeping the Future Human’ – the conference serves as the Ontario Regional Meeting for the Canadian Bureau for International Education.
Waterloo International (WI) recently collaborated with Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA) to showcase the University of Waterloo’s academic and research strengths, including graduate studies opportunities, to prospective graduate students and other stakeholders, from Latin America and Egypt.
Professor Ian Rowlands, associate vice-president, International and Ishari Waduwara-Jayabahu, international relations manager recently met with the South African Consul-General, Thandiwe Fadane, and Consul: Political, Phumudzo Ratshitanga.