After a substantial amount of consideration and reflection, I have decided to step down as Vice-President, Academic and Provost effective June 30, 2025. My family and I have determined that next summer will be the right time for me to step aside from the duties as Provost.
The University and FAUW agreed to Arbitration (Final Offer Selection) as per the Memorandum of Agreement section 10.8 and the hearing was held on March 25, 2024. Final response briefs were submitted April 8,2024 and the arbitrator, Kevin Burkett, decision is now available.
Last Spring, the Board of Governors approved the University’s 2023/24 operating budget. At the time, we committed to providing an extraordinary Fall operating budget update because we knew that it was going to be a challenging financial year.
The University of Waterloo continuously demonstrates our tight integration with society through our core mission commitments to Academics and Research, and our key differentiators of work-integrated learning, innovation, application, and entrepreneurship.
The senior leadership team at the University is committed to keeping you informed of progress being made on the actions we are implementing following the hate-motivated attack at Hagey Hall. We are grateful for the feedback we have heard so far and we will continue to listen as we move ahead.
In a shocking attack at approximately 3:40 p.m., a member of our campus community stabbed a professor and two students with a knife in Hagey Hall. All three people were taken to hospital to be treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
In 2021 the Ontario government passed Bill 27, which changed the Employment Standards Act, 2000 and requires employers including the University to prepare and implement a written “policy” for all employees on disconnecting from work.
The University of Waterloo launched its pilot Equity Survey in June 2021 and paused data collection after October 31, 2021 with an intention to continue data collection in early 2022. Launching the survey took much energy and work from many across our campuses.
As you may be aware, though we recently extended our proof of vaccination requirement until the end of the Winter term, the University will not require proof of vaccination in order to come to campus from May 1, onwards.
The University of Waterloo ranked in 29 of 51 featured subject areas in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2022, released on April 6. In the report, QS evaluated and ranked approximately 1,543 universities in 51 disciplines, grouped into five broad subject areas.