The University of Waterloo provides various learning and development events and experiences for your professional and personal development on various topics. From leadership and wellness to technology and organizational effectiveness, access a range of development and learning solutions and find an opportunity that suits your learning needs.
Conferences and learning series
Advisor Conference
The Professional Development Working Group of the Academic Advising Community of Practice organizes this annual April event that provides advisors from all faculties and units a chance to come together for professional development specific to advising. Learn more about the Waterloo advising community and Waterloo's cross campus advising strategy.
Keeping Well at Work
Keeping Well at Work (KW@W) is a monthly series of health and well-being-inspired engagement events and workshops for University of Waterloo employees. Every month, explore workshops presented by UWaterloo experts or by your Employee and Family Assistance Program provider, Homewood Health, and occasionally fantastic keynotes, too!
The Showcase event
The annual Showcase events are great opportunities to learn more about how different departments are using tools and methodologies to achieve the most efficient processes and outcomes on project management, continuous improvement, and change management.
University of Waterloo Teaching Learning Conference
The annual event from the Centre for Teaching Excellence (CTE) offers the opportunity to learn with instructors as they share their research, teaching strategies, and much more in interactive workshops, panel discussions, presentations, and showcases. Explore more events from CTE.
Waterloo Staff Conference
The Waterloo Staff Conference occurs annually in April and features engaging industry leading keynote speakers, as well as workshops designed by your campus colleagues. From career development to student engagement, from leadership to productivity, there is always something for everyone at this premiere event.
WatITis
This annual, one-day event brings our Waterloo IT people together from across campus to share experiences and knowledge at the Waterloo Information Technology and Information Systems (“WatITis”) conference. It is an opportunity to see what others are doing on campus in information technology, to exchange ideas, and make new contacts.
Experiences
SEE Canada Grant
Staff Enhancement Experience (SEE) Canada Grant provides an opportunity for University staff members to further their professional development through idea-exchange and learning alongside counterparts at other Canadian universities, colleges, research institutions or industry-partner organizations
Staff International Experience Fund (SIEF) program
Secondments and temporary reassignments
Secondments are fixed term opportunities for a regular staff member to gain valuable experience in another organizational unit with the knowledge that the staff member will return to their existing position when the term of the secondment has ended. An agreement between the University, the staff member, as well as the two organizational unit heads, the hiring manager and current staff manager, and Human Resources is required. A secondment typically occurs between departments, and the position is advertised campus-wide. View secondment opportunities.
Temporary Reassignments are similar to secondments in that they are temporary opportunities. The difference is that these roles are within the employee’s home department and as such, if the position is advertised, the advertising for the opportunity is internal to the department.