Events and Workshops

Students in the Renison Atrium

Be an active member of your Renison community!

Renison prides itself in offering a vibrant student experience through social events, bus trips, educational workshops, mental health wellness activities, and educational booth outreach opportunities. 

Your Renison student events calendar is your ticket to getting involved! All University of Waterloo and Renison students are welcome to take part. We can't wait to have you join us!

May 2025 Renison Events Calendar

Get more details about everything on our events webpage!

Visit our Student Experience and Housing Events Calendar page to read descriptions and full details about each event. We encourage you to download the iCal on our Events page so that you can easily view all upcoming events from your phone!

Do you have questions about any of the events?

Visit any member of our Student Experience & Housing team, including our Residence Dons, Peer Leaders, Inclusion Coordinators, and the Moose Tracks Connection Desk teams!

Upcoming Renison Events

Events

All upcoming events

Virtual Events

Does the Zoom link ask you for a passcode? Try "Renison"

There are no virtual events this week. Check the Events  page for a full listing of Renison community programming. 

Virtual Event Recordings

We may occasionally record our events and workshops via Microsoft Teams or Zoom. These recordings will be used for future educational or promotional purposes. These recordings will typically feature the shared screens and conversations. 

If you have questions/concerns about the recordings, please contact jennifer.burton@uwaterloo.ca or ryan.connell@uwaterloo.ca.

Educational Workshop Recordings

This category includes a database of the recordings from several of our educational and academic workshops facilitated for Renison students.  We invite you to attend our workshops live when they happen by clicking the virtual event links above.

Future teacher workshop

Applying to grad school workshop

SDS Alumni panel

Entrepreneurship 101 Workshop

Finding a Part-time Job workshop

Getting involved at waterloo workshop

Impostor Syndrome & Grade Shock Workshop

LinkedIn Workshop

Sleep Hygiene Workshop

How do you sleep at night? Do you get at least 8 hours of sleep? Student Advisor A.J. Dixon talks about strategies to get a better sleep at night. Afterall, your sleep is related to how productive you can be in your studies!

View "Sleep Hygiene Workshop" on YouTube

This video is accessible on Renison's Weibo webpage.

Time Management for Canadian university life workshop

On July 21, 2021, Past Student Advisor Allison Marlowe and Past Peer Leader Laura Juodvirsis hosted a workshop on building effective time management strategies to prepare for university life.

View "Time Management for University Life Workshop (July 2021)" on YouTube

This video is accessible on Renison's Weibo webpage.

In Winter 2021, Student Advisor A.J. Dixon shows students the basics of effective time management skills for university studies. 

View "Time Management for Canadian University Life Workshop" on YouTube

This video is accessible on Renison's Weibo webpage.

Using Microsoft Excel to create graphs & charts workshop

Using Microsoft Powerpoint for great presentations workshop

Using Microsoft Word for APA formatting workshop

Waterwho? Workshop

WaterWHO? is a special workshop hosted by Renison Peer Leaders. Our Peer Leaders will introduce you to some of the campus services and resources available on the University of Waterloo campus.

On July 16, your Peer Leaders hosted WaterWHO?, an introduction to the many student services at the University of Waterloo. 

View "WaterWHO Workshop (July 16, 2021)" on YouTube

This video is also accessible on Renison's Weibo webpage.

View "WaterWHO? Part 2 Workshop" on YouTube

This video is also accessible on Renison's Weibo webpage.

Writing a resume workshop

Building a growth mindset workshop

Meet and Greet Series

Meet and Greet Series is a recollection of clips from Renison's Virtual Student Meet and Greet events in which upper-year students at the University of Waterloo share their experience and advice to first-year students. In each episode, senior students share tips for success in different areas of university student life.

What do you like about Waterloo?

In September 2021, the Renison English Language Institute hosted senior student meet-and-greets as an opportunity for our students to hear helpful advice from upper-year students in their Faculty. Hear what some of the students had to say about what they like at the University of Waterloo.

View "Meet & Greet Series: What do you like about Waterloo?" on YouTube
View "Meet & Greet Series: What do you like about Waterloo?" on YouTube

This video is also accessible on Renison's Weibo webpage. 

Classes and Time Management

Studying in a coop program

Two-Minute Tutorials

Two-minute Tutorials are short, two-minute videos provided by your Student Experience team on a wide range of academic subjects.

How to book a meeting with the writing & communication centre

Understanding grade shock

Five-Minute Tutorials

Don't have a lot of time? These speedy workshops are short to give you just enough information just in time on a variety of topics.

Email Etiquette

Past Peer Leader Aleksandra Mastelica talks about how to access your University of Waterloo email account (for degree students - iBASE, BASE, iEFAS 2+2 only). Then, she talks about how to compose a professional email communication to your instructors. 

View "Email Etiquette" on YouTube
View "Email Etiquette" on YouTube

This video is accessible on Renison's Weibo webpage.

View "Email Etiquette (Part Two)" on YouTube
View "Email Etiquette (Part Two)" on YouTube

This video is accessible on Renison's Weibo webpage.

How to use the assignment planner tool