Human Resources' Organizational and Human Development (OHD) team provides multiple learning workshops and events for employees to explore. In addition, here are several other departments and offices that offer learning and professional development workshops, programs, learning events for employees.
Explore opportunities from other resources on campus:
FYI: How to select a valuable learning opportunity that meets your learning and development needs.
One of the most important steps to gaining skills on the job is to seek out opportunities for growth and development. When doing so, look for areas of personal interest or that may guide your career path. Explore areas of growth or improvement with your manager or that have been identified as part of your annual performance review.
This list of suggested learning and development resources is not exhaustive. If you can't find what you're looking for or have a question, please contact us.
Campus Wellness
Centre for Extended Learning
Continuous Improvement
Campus Wellness offers a broad range of mental health training programs. Their goals are to raise campus mental health awareness, reduce mental health stigma, and support early intervention for those in need within our Waterloo campus community.
A Continuous Improvement culture provides a consistent framework and set of tools for improving processes within the University of Waterloo to deliver world-class experiences to students and employees.
Information Systems and Technology
Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion Anti-racism (EDI-R)
Office of Indigenous Relations
Information Systems and Technology offers courses in the IT Professional Development (ITPD) program to teach recommended technical computing skills to University employees. Training is delivered through instructor-led workshops, many of the courses are hands-on and some are delivered through LEARN (Waterloo's online learning platform).
One of the EDI-R Office’s key functions on campus is to build knowledge, skills, and awareness related to equity by offering relevant educational opportunities, including training and learning resources. Explore workshops and events to assist in your development.
The Office of Indigenous Relations works collaboratively on and off-campus to advance the goals of the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action, creating a long-term vision for the University, grounded in decolonization. Explore this website to learn more about our work and the ongoing Indigenous relations at UWaterloo.
Top tip: While learning and development is an important aspect of professional growth, experience, and opportunities can be just as transformative. Remember to explore the Learning Events and Experiences for more opportunities.
Safety Office
Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office
WatSpeed
The Safety Office serves as the primary resource for health and safety training for staff, faculty, and students in a variety of areas.
Depending on your role at the University of Waterloo, there is specific mandatory training you need to complete as part of Waterloo's Health, Safety, and Environment (HSE) Program.
The Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office supports all members of the Waterloo campus community who have experienced, or been impacted, by sexual violence. The office hosts many learning workshops and events as part of its public education and outreach.
The WatSpeed department provides professional education designed to enable industry professionals to keep pace with emerging technologies and understand their impact on businesses, economies, the environment, and societies.
Self-Guided Learning:
Open Waterloo
Open Waterloo showcases a collection of open online resources for learning and knowledge creation/dissemination at the University of Waterloo. Open resources are freely available to users online, accessible by anyone from anywhere without discrimination and can be found in many formats, from text and data, to audio, video, and multimedia.
LinkedIn Learning
University of Waterloo faculty, staff, and students can access web-based training from LinkedIn Learning using your WatIam username and password. LinkedIn Learning is an online learning platform with over 13000 courses taught by real-world experts and a library that is constantly up-to-date. Explore this valuable on demand training of a variety of topics, from leadership to technology, communication to team building.
Did you know?
University of Waterloo employees have a minimum of 5 days(or 35 hours) of training and development under Policy 18, section Three. Employees are highly recommended to explore this policy.