News for Faculty

Monday, November 1, 2021

Waterloo’s Engagement with COP26

The Climate Change Summit (COP26) is now underway in Glasgow, UK, and Waterloo is maintaining its (virtual) engagement in the summit in various ways.

Monday, October 25, 2021

Waterloo, Madrid and Buffalo collaborate on climate action

Zoom meeting image for mapping global climate networks meeting

With the University of Waterloo being a member of the University Global Coalition (UGC), the Sustainability Office and Waterloo International collaborated to secure a spot on the UGC’s Annual Gathering this past September. Joined by international partners the University at Buffalo and Universidad Carlos III Madrid, the half-hour session investigating international climate change networks served as the closing panel of the Annual Gathering. A story about it appeared in the Daily Bulletin (

Friday, May 28, 2021

Waterloo International and Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs engage with prospective international graduate students

Waterloo International (WI) recently collaborated with Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (GSPA) to showcase the University of Waterloo’s academic and research strengths, including graduate studies opportunities, to prospective graduate students and other stakeholders, from Latin America and Egypt.

Tuesday, March 30, 2021

Waterloo partners with University of Strathclyde and others to host global SDG webinar

University partnerships make important contributions to advancing the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). This was the main message of a global webinar hosted by the University of Waterloo on March 2, 2021.

Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Waterloo International AVP returns from Sabbatical

Waterloo International welcomes the return of Ian Rowlands, PhD, associate vice-president, International.

Dr. Rowlands’ scholarly activities during his 2020 sabbatical focused on energy sustainability and internationalization in higher education; for the latter part of this work, he had an affiliation with the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) as a Special Advisor.