Geoff Fong, a professor of psychology in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo, has been awarded a World No Tobacco Day Award by the Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization. Fong, who is cross-a
As sea levels rise, some islands – including some island countries – will lose considerable coastal areas, says Geography and Environmental Management professor Daniel Scott, who is a Canada Research Chair in Global Change and Tourism.
WATERLOO, Ont. (Friday, May 31, 2013) — Canada’s economy is growing, but according to Professor Bryan Smale, Director of the Canadian Index of Wellbeing (CIW) at the University of Waterloo, Canadians’ health and quality of life are not keeping pace.
Statistics Canada announced today that Canada’s GDP rate grew 2.5 per cent in the first quarter, the fastest in six quarters.
WATERLOO, Ont. (Wednesday, May 29, 2013)— Following the Republic of Ireland’s announcement on Tuesday that it will adopt plain packaging legislation for tobacco products, University of Waterloo tobacco researcher David Hammond suggests that Canada must follow suit to curb deaths from smoking.
BRAZIL STUDY FINDS THAT A STRONGER TOBACCO MARKETING BAN IS NEEDED TO CURB TOBACCO INDUSTRY EFFORTS TO ATTRACT NEW SMOKERS
*Survey reveals huge support from Brazilians for further legislation to restrict the marketing activities of the tobacco industry*
* A comprehensive TAPS bans alone would reduce smoking prevalence in Brazil by 2-7 percent by 2050 and help protect youth*
(Tuesday May 28th, 2013, Brasília, Brazil and Waterloo, Ontario, Canada):
It’s decision time for nearly 4,000 future students and family members expected to visit the University of Waterloo this weekend.
You@Waterloo Day, taking place Saturday, May 25, offers students who have received an undergraduate offer of admission the chance to meet professors, staff, and students; take campus or residence tours; and speak with current students about their personal "Waterloo experience."
On Saturday, May 25, seven teams of high-school students will race electric cars around the University of Waterloo as part of the second annual Toyota High School Electric Vehicle Challenge 2013.
The Electric Vehicle Challenge pits vehicles designed and built by high school students against each other in two endurance races. The cars are powered by 12-Volt automotive batteries, and will race around a temporary track set up around the Waterloo’s engineering faculty buildings.
The public is invited to watch high schools teams, who have designed and built their own electric vehicles, race at the University of Waterloo’s Toyota High School Electric Vehicle Challenge on Saturday.
“The EV Challenge is a great opportunity for us to engage the community,” says Peter Teertstra, director of the Faculty of Engineering’s Student Design Centre (SDC). “We get to show off our facilities and highlight Waterloo Engineering’s research strengths, all while inspiring future engineers.”
Waterloo, ON (Wednesday, May 22, 2013) - The University of Waterloo will this week host its annual conference intended to increase an interest in math-related careers among girls.
Forty girls in grade 9 classes across Ontario will attend Think About Math on Friday, May 24 at the Waterloo campus. The one-day workshop, now in its fifth year, highlights interesting careers and applications of mathematics.
A wireless “data logger” planted in electric cars will give University of Waterloo researchers the information they need to build and support the electric car of the future.
