Welcome to Grebel
Residence
Grebel is home to an enthusiastic residence community on the campus of the University of Waterloo. Join this friendly community of people who are dedicated to making Grebel an amazing place to live and grow. Meet some of Grebels current students. Take an in-person or virtual tour. Discover leadership opportunities. Apply now to live in the residence.
Academics
Study with and get to know professors in a community-oriented learning environment. Grebel teaches within the Arts faculty at the University of Waterloo, administering the Music and Peace and Conflict Studies departments at Waterloo, and offering additional undergraduate courses in Arts, History, Mennonite Studies, Religious Studies, and Sociology. Grebel also offers two masters level graduate programs in Theological Studies and Peace and Conflict Studies.
Events
Commemorating Anabaptism’s 500 Years: Anabaptist beginnings and the stories we tell
This year's Bechtel lecturer is Karl Koop, Professor of History and Theology, CMU.
Commemorating 500 years of Anabaptism: Friends of Grebel European Tour
In collaboration with TourMagination in commemorating 500 years of Anabaptism, join Grebel history professors on a tour of historically important sites of early Anabaptism in Switzerland, the Netherlands, and along the Rhine.
Embracing Aging as Culmination - Annual Spirituality & Aging Seminar
Spirituality and aging expert Carol Orsborn (PhD) speaks to a new generation coming into age with honesty, passion and grace. Inspired by reflections on her own life and the wisdom of elders from a wide spectrum of eras and traditions, she shows us the way to grow courageously into a new season of life, in the midst of a society that undervalues age.