Experiential learning in the streets
On a cold day in a downtown alley, a group of young people gather around a man named Duff to listen as he describes what it was like when he lived on the streets.

On a cold day in a downtown alley, a group of young people gather around a man named Duff to listen as he describes what it was like when he lived on the streets.

All campuses are open today. Exams are taking place as scheduled.
The university will be monitoring the weather situation, and provide updates as necessary.
For further information Weather/Emergency closing guidelines are posted at the Secretariat website.
University of Waterloo’s Dr. Jason Thistlethwaite PhD is available to talk about the recent hazardous weather in Southern Ontario. Jason Thistlethwaite is the Director of the Climate Change Adaptation Project at the University of Waterloo.
WATERLOO, Ont. (Friday, Apr. 12, 2013) — About 250 high school students from Waterloo Region and surrounding areas will spend their day sampling career options at the TD Discovery Day in Health Sciences taking place at the University of Waterloo on Tuesday, April 16. The Faculty of Applied Health Sciences and Faculty of Science are hosting this interactive event, organized by the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.
All campuses are open today. Exams are taking place as scheduled.
The university will be monitoring the weather situation, and provide updates as necessary.
For further information Weather/Emergency closing guidelines are posted at the Secretariat website.


In an attempt to connect with other mothers, she would bundle up her daughter and walk around her neighbourhood hoping to meet women with children the same age as her own.
But today, instead of pounding the pavement to meet other mothers, Parry, like thousands of women across the country, simply logs into a social networking site.
Technology drives motherhood
University of Waterloo’s Professor Lorne Dawson is available to talk about the recent reports that two, or possibly three, young men from London, Ontario were involved in the terrorist attack on the gas facility in Algeria in January.
Daniel Vogel is creating a future where the walls in your home will speak to you. He envisions digital wallpaper that will let you know that you’ve left a burner on, for example, or that your e-mails are piling up.

Game theory applied by a University of Waterloo researcher could help crews battle raging forest fires in Canada.

“Forest fires are inherently unpredictable,” says Kate Larson, associate professor at the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science. “You get situations where the (individual) provinces don’t have the resources to fight these fires. In times of need, they share.