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Brubacher House
Monday, October 24, 2016

The Brubacher farmhouse

“Today the beautifully preserved home has become a landmark overlooking Columbia Lake and the University of Waterloo playing fields.”

Engineers using sextant's
Monday, October 17, 2016

Wanted: 150,000 engineers

In the 1950's there was a Canada-wide need for more highly trained "manpower" and Ira G. Needles had a proposed solution.

Waterloo builders: J. Gerald Hagey (left), Ira G. Needles(centre) and Reverend Cornelius Siegfried (right).
Monday, October 10, 2016

How it all began

On a Friday afternoon in mid-December, the University of Waterloo had its recorded beginning.