While the world looks to international organizations to reduce our global carbon footprint, Sarah Burch says innovative climate change initiatives happen at the local level.
Mitigating climate change is about much more than saving the icecaps and rainforests— it’s about protecting our health.
Convocation is a ceremony of ancient traditions and weighty symbols.
Once graduating students have entered the ceremony, faculty members enter walking two by two, followed by university officials, all in their academic finery. Near the end of the procession, a selected faculty member will carry the Mace, a traditional symbol of the university’s authority.
Kids' party to mark groundbreaking of new child care facility
Media are invited to attend an event at the University of Waterloo to celebrate the groundbreaking of a new amalgamated child care facility.
Bright Starts Co-operative Early Learning Centre Inc., located behind the Optometry & Vision Science building on Columbia Street, will amalgamate three of Waterloo’s existing child care centres and create 16 new toddler spaces and 10 new infant spaces later this fall.
WATERLOO, Ont (Wednesday, June 5, 2013) – Canadian astronomer David H. Levy - one of the most successful comet discoverers in history – will give a public lecture on his experiences and observations in astronomy on Thursday at the University of Waterloo.
The internationally renowned Canadian astronomer and science writer, famous for his 1993 co-discovery of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 which collided with Jupiter in 1994, will join a star-gazing party following the lecture, weather permitting.
Date: Thursday June 6, 2013, 7:00 p.m.
Graduate students who specialize in water-related studies at the University of Waterloo will have the opportunity to be part of a new Integrated Water Management program that will give them a broad foundation in water science, engineering, technology and management.
Lucas Palmer’s average is 99 per cent.
The Windsor high school student is also captain of his varsity volleyball team and he’s organized charity events that raised $11,000. Every student has to log 40 hours of community service to graduate – Palmer has done 550 hours.
WATERLOO, Ont. (Monday, June 3, 2013) — Two Ontario high school students set to attend the University of Waterloo in September are among the winners of the coveted 2013 Schulich Leader Scholarships.
Lucas Palmer from Windsor and Chloé Simms from Pembroke each won the awards worth $60,000 that go to top students who plan to study in the areas of science, technology, engineering or mathematics. Schulich winners must possess at least two of the following attributes: academic excellence, financial need, or outstanding community, business or entrepreneurial leadership.
WATERLOO, Ont. (Monday, June 3, 2013) – The board of the Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA) today announced the appointment of Professor John Ravenhill as director of the school.
WATERLOO, Ont. (June 4, 2013) — The University of Waterloo announced today a $1.75 million commitment from RBC Foundation to support development of a new graduate study program in Integrated Water Management.
The RBC Water Scholars program aims to provide students graduating with water-related degrees broader perspectives and the ability to communicate and co-operate with experts from other water-related fields.