Using a combination of Western and Indigenous practices, researchers are exploring how climate change is impacting bakeapple quality and picking practices
Merging Traditional Knowledge with western science to improve conservation strategies
Danielle Rose weighs leafy greens in Velocity’s development lab while her colleague prepares samples for whole genome sequencing. It’s an unusual sight in the buzzing space amongst fellow tech founders.
Danielle Rose
> Founder of Ceragen
> Velocity Resident
Margaret Mutumba
PhD candidate, Faculty of Health
> Founder, MedAtlas
> Concept
Youssef Helwa (MASc'17)
Alumni, Faculty of Engineering
> Co-founder and CEO, FluidAI
> Velocity Alumni
Suzanne Kearns
Professor, Faculty of Environment
> Director, Waterloo Institute for Sustainable Aeronautics
Mihaela Vlasea
Professor, Faculty of Engineering
>Research Co-Director, Multi-Scale Additive Manufacturing Lab
Named fastest growing tech company in Canada on Deloitte’s 2021 Technology Fast 50, Snapcommerce was co-founded by University of Waterloo alumni Henry Shi (BCS ’14) and Hussein Fazal (BMath ’05). The company has more than 20 million users, $1 billion in sales, and grew by more than 32,000 per cent between 2017 and 2021.
Today the planet is straining under the weight of human development and governments and institutions are searching for innovative answers to protect our planet.
Kelsey Leonard
Professor, Faculty of Environment
> Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Waters, Climate and Sustainability
> Water Institute
Kelly Grindrod
> Professor, Faculty of Science
> School of Pharmacy