Community

A fresh injection of $7.5 million USD seed funding is propelling Upside Robotics into its next phase of growth, giving the Velocity‑based startup momentum to deepen its partnerships with farmers and agricultural companies across Canada. 

It’s not rare for the University of Waterloo’s archivists to feel like they’re looking for a needle in a haystack. But for one particular project, they weren’t sure what was inside the haystack.  

The Ujima Black History Month project seemed simple enough: create informational posters featuring Black faculty and students from Waterloo’s past. In reality, it was difficult to know where to start. 

Patients receiving oral anticancer therapy are receiving better support thanks to a Waterloo Pharmacy alum and a team at the Waterloo Regional Health Centre (WRHN) Cancer Centre who have launched the Medication Assessment by Pharmacist (MAP) clinic.

Jackie Diebold (BScPhm '14, PharmD ’21), a clinical pharmacist, was backed by interim director of pharmacy Anthony Amadio (BScPhm ’11) oncology pharmacy co-ordinator Anna Granic and pharmacy manager Kathy Planinac to implement the new model to improve cancer care delivery while optimizing each clinicians’ skill set.

Most alumni visit campus to relive memories, but for Candy Cheung (BES ’09) and Emmanuel Poon (BA ’10) Waterloo became the setting for something new. When they got engaged, they chose the campus where they first met as the backdrop for their milestone.

“We travelled all the way from Hong Kong to visit family and attend my sister’s graduation, and we thought, why not add a trip to Waterloo. It felt meaningful to us.”

When Canadian athletes step onto the podium at this year’s Olympics, their journey to a medal will have been supported by coaches, teammates, family, friends and support staff. Among those support staff is third-year University of Waterloo co-op student Diane Choi.

More than a year after Velocity opened its doors inside the University of Waterloo’s Innovation Arena, its halls hum with the energy of students and founders arriving each day ready to imagine, build and transform. Ideas take shape within Velocity’s collaborative community, evolving in programs, spaces and shared labs before beginning their commercialization journey into the world. But during all this momentum, one essential element had been missing — a visual reminder of the land and community that makes this innovation possible.

HLTH 480 is one piece of a University-wide effort to expand experiential, interdisciplinary learning through capstone courses. Dr. Jennifer Yessis, associate director of professional graduate studies in the School of Public Health Sciences (SPHS), co-leads this Global Futures Network-funded project along with colleagues from Engineering and Environment.