News archive - January 2020

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

Campus Wellness is seeking input from University of Waterloo Teaching Assistants (TAs) for an important mental health initiative on campus.

Campus Wellness is tasked with implementing Recommendation# 22 from the President’s Advisory Committee on Student Mental Health (PAC-SMH) report. This recommendation proposes that the University of Waterloo develops a role-specific mental health literacy training strategy for our campus community.

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

Coronavirus update

Check out the University of Waterloo Coronavirus web page for the latest information.

Friday, January 24, 2020

UWaterloo's Second Annual Policy Datafest

Last year, the University of Waterloo successfully organized Canada’s first policy datafest. The objective of datafest is to give graduate students an opportunity to demonstrate their skills by analyzing important policy questions with appropriate data analytics and offering relevant recommendations. Here is a link to last year's presentations.

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

#StrongerTogether through Storytelling – Catching up with Professor Kirsten Müller after Homeward Bound

Kirsten Müller is our Assistant Vice-President, Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs. She recently returned from a trip to Antartica after participating in the Homeward Bound program; a transformational leadership initiative for women with a background in STEMM (science, technology, engineering, mathematics, medicine), from around the world. Check out the story she shared on her personal experience on the Faculty of Science websi

Friday, January 10, 2020

Social Insurance Numbers (SIN) can now be entered in Quest

Effective 2019, Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) requirements mandate that a student's Social Insurance Number (SIN) be included on the following tax documents: T2202 (Tuition and Enrolment Certificate) and T4A (Statement of Pension, Retirement, Annuity, and Other Income) issued for scholarships, bursaries and awards. The SIN is also requir