A new report released today reveals that Canada is at risk of losing ground in its efforts to reduce tobacco use.
The study finds that cigarettes became more affordable in Canada between 2002 and 2010 and pictorial health warnings are noticed less by smokers.
HONG KONG — Three CEOs who grew businesses from roots at the University of Waterloo, the hometown of smartphone-maker BlackBerry, come together this week to share their stories about the challenges and opportunities of growing a global technology business in Asia.
John Baker, CEO of Desire2Learn, and Ted Livingston, CEO of Kik Interactive, both Waterloo, Ontario-based companies will join Jason Chiu, the Hong Kong-based CEO of CherryPicks Inc, for a series of events in Hong Kong, Shanghai and Singapore hosted by the University of Waterloo’s dean of engineering, Pearl Sullivan.
The latest issue of the University of Waterloo Magazine highlights how our researchers are unravelling the mysteries of the mind and changing the world with mathematics. The magazine also features a story about the evolution of Waterloo's unique entrepreneurial culture - including a spotlight on VeloCity entrepreneurs.
It’s an experience all too common among cancer survivors— when chemotherapy or radiation ends, so does the outpouring of support.
Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of the social media website reddit,told University of Waterloo students to move forward with their startup ideas and “play this like it's your last life remaining."
The successful startup investor dispelled myths about entrepreneurship, telling a packed house on Friday night that an entrepreneur is just someone who “has ideas and does them.”
After many years of teaching Spanish to Waterloo students, Camelia Nunez knows beginners learn best by engaging in meaningful conversations. She also knows undergrads spend a lot of time chatting on their smartphones.
So she came up with an idea: Why not use smartphones as a platform for students to receive and respond to messages in their new language?
The University of Waterloo, in partnership with the Waterloo Public Library John M. Harper Branch and the Stork Family YMCA will host a day of free family programming tomorrow.
The event, called Waterloo West Neighbour Fest, encourages local families to come out and make connections in the community through a variety of family-friendly activities. There were more than 200 participants last year. Students from the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies in the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences at Waterloo organize and run the event.
Catarina de Albuquerque, UN Special Rapporteur on the right to safe drinking water and sanitation, will participate in a virtual public lecture and live panel event titled The right to WaSH; the right to health on Monday. The event is part of the Another Drop lecture series hosted by the UN University Institute for Water, Environment and Health at the McMaster Innovation Park in Hamilton.
WATERLOO, Ont. (Wednesday, November 20, 2013) – A University of Waterloo professor and expert on home-grown terrorism joins a public discussion next week to talk about Canadian terrorists.
Professor Lorne Dawson joins researchers from four other universities at Research Matters, a panel discussion moderated by journalist and broadcaster Piya Chattopadhyay, on November 26, at the London Children’s Museum. The free event is open to the public and the second of five in the Research Matters speaker series that takes place across Ontario during the next six months.
WATERLOO, Ont. (Tuesday, November 19, 2013) – Alexis Ohanian, founder of social media website reddit, is set to speak to students at the University of Waterloo this Friday.
Media are invited to attend a brief availability with Ohanian prior to the talk as well as the session itself. Please register by emailing Nick Manning.