Events

Each year hundreds of students visit Waterloo on exchange, or go abroad to study at host countries around the world. In celebration of International Education Week, a gallery of the most vibrant photos from previous Exchange Photo Contests are being showcased. Check them out and vote for your favourite photo in this term’s contest hosted by @uwaterloolife on Instagram. 

Stop by DP Library to pick up a button to add to your collection. This one is International Education Week themed!

Join us for a hands-on workshop in which we explore the connection of cultural identities and language. Awareness and understanding of what shapes different cultural perspectives is an essential preparation for study, work, and research abroad and in Canada. There will be time to talk with professors and peers over lunch.

Facilitators: 
Prof. Emma Betz (Germanic and Slavic Studies) and Prof. David Rozotto (Spanish and Latin American Studies)

Are you speaking the same language? Language skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing) are important for communicating with others, but effective communication requires more than just speaking the same language, it requires a fifth skill – cultural understanding.

Join us for some fun language games and activities!  Fun includes: Trivia Balloon Pop, Match the Map Geography Challenge, Memorizing Phrases Challenge, International Tongue Twisters, International Common Phrase + Food!

In celebration of International Education Week, Dr. Marianne Larsen will be joining the University of Waterloo community to discuss the opportunities, challenges and barriers of internationalization and academic mobility.