Applicant: University of Waterloo African Graduate Student Association
Purpose: It Takes A Village aimed to develop a sustainable ecosystem of support for UW graduate students of African descent through their educational and professional journey.
Items Funded: Zoom subscription, care package, website marketing, and brand development and design.
Kinesiology GSA Curling Bonspiel
Applicant: Kinesiology Graduate Student Association
Purpose: Students in the Department of Kinesiology had the chance to develop connections with their peers and learn a new sport after two years of pandemic restrictions.
Items Funded: Ice rental and instructor fee.
Applicant: Balsillie School Climate Action Committee
Purpose: This project aimed to offset food-related emissions, provide student access to healthy food options, and provide educational and ecotherapy opportunities.
Items Funded: Soil for garden boxes.
Glitch Unsilent Night 2019
Applicant: Architecture
Purpose: An interactive design installation that reveals alternative timelines of the city through projection mapping during Unsilent Night 2019 in Cambridge.
Items Funded: Projects, Arduinos, Raspberry Pis, set-up cost
Academic Events
14th Annual Industrial/Organizational & Organizational Behaviour (IO/OB) Student Conference
Applicant: Psychology
Purpose: Annual student-run conference focused on disseminating research and network for Industrial/Organizational psychology and organizational behaviour graduate students in the southwestern Ontario region.
Items Funded: Lunch and venue
Waterloo Nanotechnology Conference
Applicant: Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology Graduate Students’ Society (WINGSS)
Purpose: Hosted a graduate student-specific panel discussion at the Waterloo Nanotechnology Conference on November 23rd and 24th 2019 at the Quantum Nano Centre.
Items Funded: Food, accommodations and transportation (for invited speakers)