Watch this clip of Feridun Hamdullahpur’s opening remarks to #Learning2030. President Hamdullahpur puts the importance of attaining a quality high school education in context, and sets the ultimate goals of the summit into sharp relief.
The Waterloo region is a global innovation hub – one of the world top 20 startup ecosystems according to Startup Genome, and a place growing in renown for its innovative character.
From September 29 to October 3, some of the world’s brightest minds descended on Waterloo, Ontario, to discuss the future of high school education.
Equinox Summit: Learning 2030, a world-class event presented by the Waterloo Global Science Initiative, explored the challenges and opportunities facing high school education, and captured delegates’ imaginations by laying out a new way forward for high school teaching and learning, focusing on linking pedagogical innovation with the needs of society.
This article originally appeared in the Friday, September 27, 2013 issue of the Daily Bulletin.
What a start!
Waterloo’s 2013-2014 academic year is up and running with incredible momentum.
The following message was sent via email to all students, faculty, and staff, to mark the University of Waterloo's commitment to updating its visual identity.
Dear Students, Faculty and Staff:
Read the third instalment of President Hamdullahpur's personal month-end updates to campus below. Originally published in the August 30, 2013 edition of the Daily Bulletin.
In a few short days, our university will be at its most vital and exciting, as new and returning members of our community join us on campus.
On Wednesday, July 24, President Hamdullahpur led a delegation from the University of Waterloo to Australia’s Monash University, where the president and his Monash University counterpart, Vice-Chancellor Ed Byrne, signed an extension to the two universities’ Memorandum of Understanding, extending the globe-spanning partnership well into the future.
President Hamdullahpur and Vice-Chancellor Byrne hailed the MOU extension as an outstanding example of international and interdisciplinary research collaboration.
Read the second instalment of President Hamdullahpur's personal month-end updates to campus below. Originally published in the July 26, 2013 edition of the Daily Bulletin.
There’s only one way I could possibly start July’s update: with a huge thank-you to the team that enabled our biggest, best Canada Day ever.
More than 40,000 of our friends and neighbours came out to the Columbia Lake Fields to celebrate Canada, and to celebrate this wonderful community where we’re so fortunate to live and work.
Read the first instalment of President Hamdullahpur's personal month-end updates to campus below. Originally published in the June 28, 2013 edition of the Daily Bulletin.
I never get tired of Convocation.
If you’ve participated in Canada Day celebrations at the University of Waterloo before, you know they’re not to be missed.
For 28 years running, our celebration at Columbia Lake playing fields has provided family-friendly activities, live entertainment, and a beautiful fireworks display for the whole community to enjoy.