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It’s not just a report on a shelf, says Linda McKessock, project manager for the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW), a University of Waterloo-based organization aimed at helping close the gap between Canada’s rising GDP and the population’s lagging wellbeing.

Bryan Smale (left), Linda McKessock (middle) and Margo Hilbrecht (right)

A successful entrepreneur who has made his mark in the high-tech world by providing data protection is returning to the University of Waterloo after launching a new fund to support budding entrepreneurs studying engineering.

Alumni who have gone on to be entrepreneurs, current students and faculty from the University of Waterloo are participants at the Equinox Summit: Learning 2030, a Waterloo conference drawing education innovators from around the world.

The Planboard team: Suraj Srinivas, William Zhou, Tony Cui and Ryan McKay.

When William Zhou started his computer science degree at the University of Waterloo he was also in the midst of launching his first company.

It was 2010, but after spending his first term as tech support for the startup that eventually got sold to a UK firm, Zhou vowed to focus on his studies.

But apparently, you can’t keep a good entrepreneur down.

Twitter founder Jack Dorsey told students at the University of Waterloo on Thursday that his most recent venture, Square, is about “building a company of entrepreneurs.”

WATERLOO, Ont. (Wednesday, September 18, 2013) – The following University of Waterloo professors are available to discuss the Quebec Charter of Values: 

Emmett Macfarlane (Professor, Political Science)
Phone: 519-888-4567 x38397

"The proposed Charter of Quebec Values is plainly unconstitutional, and is unlikely to survive a Charter of Rights challenge in court."

People curious about the world of quantum science will be able to learn from University of Waterloo researchers when the doors to the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre open to the public on Saturday.

TORONTO, Ont. (Tuesday, September 17, 2013) – Greater transparency, better communication and increased accountability are needed to improve the police complaints system, says a report from the Ontario Police Complaints Forum, released today at Scadding Court Community Centre (SCCC).

Behind every big idea, there’s an entrepreneur who brings it to life and you couldn’t ask for better inspiration than Jack Dorsey, the visionary behind two wildly successful startups.

The Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation today recognized a professor at the University of Waterloo for her work in the area of global environmental and food policy by awarding her a prestigious Trudeau fellowship.

Professor Jennifer Clapp, from the Department of Environment and Resource Studies at Waterloo, conducts research that looks at the effect of global trade, financial markets and investment on world hunger and the environment. She is Canada Research Chair in Global Food Security and Sustainability.