Distinguished Professor Emeritus Ken McLaughlin has spent his career uncovering and shaping the stories of our local communities into urban portraits that breathe with the life of great biographies.
Take a walk through time as he uncovers some of Waterloo’s most historic legacies, including the introduction of co-operative education, early entrepreneurial ventures that lead to revolutionary spinoff companies, and the integration of computer technology in the post-secondary world. Meet the progressive founders, thinkers and students whose steadfast resilience has made Waterloo one of the most progressive universities in the world today.
Watch the video and at ~6:40 it recounts our early days in computer science research and application.