Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA)
Needles Hall, second floor, room 2201
To: Graduate students
From: UWaterloo Communications
Subject: Invitation | Indigenous Commitment Ceremony | September 22, 2022
Invitation | Indigenous Commitment Ceremony
The Indigenous peoples of the University of Waterloo will ask Vivek Goel, President and Vice-Chancellor, for a full commitment to reconciliation, Indigenization and decolonization at the institution during an Indigenous Commitment ceremony on Thursday, September 22, 2022.
The Indigenous Commitment ceremony will commence with a Sunrise Ceremony at 7:00 a.m. at the Ceremonial Fire Grounds at United College.
A Cedar Circle is scheduled to start, later that same day, at 10:30 a.m. on the B.C. Matthews Hall (BMH) green, which will be immediately followed by a Pipe Ceremony and a traditional feast.
The entire University community is welcome to attend and observe all of the ceremonies.