School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability (SERS) student Maggie Chang is the 2021 Gold Medal winner. But that’s not nearly the most interesting thing about her. Chang is a poet, writer and artist whose environmental journey started in first grade when she learned about deforestation of the Amazon in school.
The Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo has received a $1 million donation to launch the Δ Program (Delta Program) and provide pivotal funding for the Future Cities Initiative, a multidisciplinary endeavor focused on grooming the future leaders of city building and harnessing research, knowledge and innovation to create just, healthy and sustainable communities.
When Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Texas gulf coast in 2017, it reminded many of the fatal devastation of hurricane Katrina a decade earlier. For some, mostly the Black community from New Orleans who rebuilt their lives in Houston suburbs, Harvey was like a recurring nightmare.
For just over two years, Waterloo alumni Julia Gogoleva (BSc ’15) and Sam Nabi (BES ’13) have been running Full Circle Foods, a medium-sized grocery store located in the heart of Kitchener.
The pair took ownership of the almost 40-year old community shop after it went up for sale back in 2018. Neither could have predicted the world-wide pandemic two-years later.
Julia Gogoleva (BSc ’15)