Alumni

Thursday, December 9, 2021 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Balinese Gamelan Ensemble Fall 2021 End of Term Concert

Please join us for a joint online concert with the University of Waterloo Balinese Gamelan Ensemble and the Grebel Community Gamelan.  The video premiere will be released on Thursday, December 9 at 7pm, and will be posted on this website.

Wednesday, December 8, 2021 7:00 pm - 7:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Chamber Choir End of Term Concert - Fall 2021

The University of Waterloo Chamber Choir sings a varied program including works by Indigenous composer Andrew Balfour, Indian-American composer Reena Esmail and Haitian-American composer Sydney Guillaume.  Other composers whose works will be performed include Healey Willan, Rene Clausen, Benjamin Britten and Morton Lauridsen. 

Thursday, March 24, 2022 7:30 pm - 7:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

2022 Sawatsky Visiting Scholar: Dr. Regina Shands Stoltzfus

Resistance Strategies: Equipping Ourselves and Our Communities for Long Term Justice Work

The work of building a more just world includes acknowledging the world that is, and that was. This knowledge can be overwhelming, especially for people with marginalized identities. This talk will reflect on strategies from past and current movements, as well as how my own teaching has changed.

Thursday, March 10, 2022 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

2022 Bechtel Lecturer: Dr. Sofia Samatar

In the last two years, instructions to "shelter in place" became familiar around the globe as part of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic. This lecture considers what it means to shelter in place, not just in terms of emergency management, but as a deliberate practice with ethical and ecological effects. What do poets, walkers, and weather observers teach us about the value of dwelling in place? What does shelter look like for those who are forced to leave their homes? And when prevented from staying in place, how can a person dwell? Is it possible to shelter in time?

Thursday, May 12, 2022 10:00 am - Sunday, May 15, 2022 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Indigenous Mennonite Encounters: A Gathering of Body, Mind, and Spirit

This academic conference and community education event will offer stories and analyses of encounters and relationships between Indigenous peoples and Mennonite settlers from point of contact through to the present.