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Monday, March 18, 2024 12:00 am - Saturday, March 23, 2024 10:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Knowledge Integration eXhibition: KIX 2024

KIX (n): Knowledge Integration eXhibition; a convergence of disciplines, teaching methods and creative minds in an object-centric exhibition on topics related to the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals.

The students in the Knowledge Integration program invite you to experience the culmination of our third-year design project: The Museum Course. Working in teams to produce these exhibits has been a rewarding and unique experience.

Friday, April 26, 2024 12:00 am - Tuesday, May 7, 2024 12:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Museum Course Field Trip to Berlin 2024

The field trip kicks off the Museum Course, where Knowledge Integration students practise interdisciplinary collaboration by designing original, working museum exhibits. They start by studying museums in a museum-rich city, and they finish with an exhibition of their own work in March of their third year.

Sunday, June 30, 2024 12:00 am - Friday, July 26, 2024 12:00 am EDT (GMT -04:00)

Shad Waterloo 2024

The Department of Knowledge Integration is host to the Shad program at the University of Waterloo. Many of our faculty and staff are involved, along with some KI students!

Shad is a summer enrichment experience for high school students from across Canada (and around the world!).

Friday, March 22, 2024 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Knowledge Integration Symposium 2024

The graduating class of Knowledge Integration students will be presenting "flash talks" about their senior research projects, followed by individual discussions at their poster displays.  Forming the capstone of their four-year undergraduate career, these projects represent an exciting synthesis of the diverse disciplines the students have explored through this one-of-a-kind interdisciplinary program.

Friday, January 12, 2024 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Doing Interdisciplinary Science: Stories from the Field (Among Other Places)

In this seminar Caleb will discuss his path towards interdisciplinary research through multiple aspects of his research on bat sociality, as well as some personal experiences of the exciting challenges of working across disciplines.

Friday, November 3, 2023 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

KI Seminar: Health System Impact: Being a Generalist in a Specialized World

Dr. Samuel Petrie, Health System Impact Fellow at the University of Toronto and the Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network, will speak to the complexities of the health system and its need for generalist skills within the system.

In this three-part series of activities and conversations, we ask ourselves what does it mean to create a collaborative and inclusive learning environment on campus to address climate complexity across different knowledge systems?