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Ten years after daily physical activity was mandated in elementary schools, many Ontario teachers report students aren’t getting their 20 minutes of exercise each school day, says a University of Waterloo public health researcher.
Game-changing breakthroughs are nothing new for Waterloo Engineering. Right now, students, faculty members and alumni are revolutionizing hardware development, tapping into unlimited sources of clean energy, working to save healthcare dollars spent on heart disease treatment and much more.
Researchers from the University of Waterloo are partnering with global information company Thomson Reuters to launch a collaborative research investigation on large-scale data integration and data cleaning.
Professor Ihab F. Ilyas, Alexandra Roatis and Mina Farid from the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science will lead the project, which will create algorithms to highlight anomalies in enterprise data sets aimed at improving data quality.
Bessma Momani, a professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo, will receive $225,000 in funding over three years to support her research about Arab-Canadian youth.
When industry works hand-in-hand with researchers, ownership of intellectual property (IP) rights worth millions of dollars can be at stake.
At many institutions, IP rights are closely tied to corporate donations. Other universities view them as income.
The University of Waterloo was among the first universities to make their position clear: Intellectual property is owned by the inventor.
The Department of Kinesiology at Waterloo and the Heart and Stroke Foundation are hosting the event — entitled Quiet Research, Loud Results — to raise awareness about heart health and stroke recovery, and to showcase how pioneering research is creating survivors. Admission is free.
Attendees can enter to win door prizes such as a gift pack from Goodness Me!, a gift certificate for a round of golf at Doon Valley and a CPR kit.
Date: Saturday, September 19, 2015
Access to abortion across Canada is hampered by a patchwork of provincial policies and lower court interpretations of women’s rights to health services related to abortion according to a new study published today.
One of the most important findings of the study is that the notion of “abortion on demand” in Canada is a myth for many women seeking services. The researchers from the University of Waterloo and Queen’s University say that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms obliges provincial legislatures to enable safe abortion access.
Top global thinkers in business, government and academia will have plenty to say about what it takes to build world-class innovation ecosystems when they convene at the Waterloo Innovation Summit this Sept. 16-18.
The total investment includes funding from venture capitalists, angel investors, government programs and grants from the Velocity Fund. This funding milestone does not include acquisitions, such as Google purchasing BufferBox in 2012, or Kite going to Docker in 2015.
The University of Waterloo will award 24 outstanding female students a total of $288,000 over the next four years as part of a new scholarship supporting ongoing efforts to achieve comprehensive, long-term and sustainable gender equality.
The University of Waterloo HeForShe IMPACT Scholarships will annually award six female students who apply to science, technology, engineering and math programmes – known as STEM – with $12,000 each for the duration of their studies.