Campus Community members dressed in orange shirts gathered outside watching a drum circle

Events & Days of Significance

Events and gatherings are a way for us to connect, whether virtually or in-person. They provide space and opportunity to learn and reflect together, to share, and to move together toward the goals of reconciliation. We look forward to welcoming you soon.

We have previous, current, and upcoming events featured here. We welcome and encourage you to share all Indigenous focused events with us. If you know of an event you would like us to share and highlight, please let us know by emailing indigenousrelations@uwaterloo.ca.

Upcoming Events and Workshops

Events

Wednesday, October 16, 2024 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Bi-Weekly Hand-drumming Circle

All Indigenous University of Waterloo employees (staff and faculty) are invited to join us at our bi-weekly hand-drumming circle from September to December, 2024.

Thursday, October 24, 2024 - Thursday, November 7, 2024 (all day)

Bridge: Honouring the Lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two Spirit People

Working with Shatitsirótha' Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre (WISC), the Office of Indigenous Relations (ORI), the Sexual Violence Prevention Response Office (SVPRO), and 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, Dr. Sorouja Moll initiated Bridge in 2015 (at the University of Waterloo) to create a space for all University community members to learn about the crisis as they reflect upon their responsibilities, and share in speaking the names of the lives taken to honour and remember them as red fabric is tied to the bridge between Environment 3 and United College