Events

The Department of Physics and Astronomy is hosting students in Grades 7 and 8 on campus in-person on November 26th for free hands-on activity workshops, inspiring talks, and a panel discussion, to encourage and engage female and non-binary students to explore physics. This event is free, and participants are expected to stay for the whole event. Registration is now closed for the 2022 event.

World Wetlands Day (WWD) marks the day when the Convention on Wetlands was adopted in 1971 in Ramsar, Iran.
Join us online or in person at Federation Hall for a distinguished lecture by Dr. Line Rochefort and a panel discussion from wetland expert panelists on the topic of Wetland Restoration, moderated by Dr. Rochefort.

Come visit the Earth Sciences Museum on Family Day!

Online lecture for high school biology students: "Stem Cells Play a Role in Human Leukemia from Origin to Relapse."

Speaker: John E. Dick. Princess Margaret Cancer Centre and University of Toronto. Toronto, Canada

Explore the night sky with astronomers from the Faculty of Science and Royal Astronomical Society of Canada. The Perseids meteor shower will be at its most spectacular, so let's gather to learn something and then enjoy the view! We will meet first at 7:30pm in the nearby Optometry building for a short lecture by the Waterloo Centre for Astrophysics' Dr. Roan Haggar: "Meet the cosmic neighbours: planets, comets, and aliens?"

Join us on-campus to listen to Gairdner Award Laureate, Dr. Mushquash, who will discuss his award-winning work on Tuesday, October 17th, 2023.

Join us on October 28^th for an extravaganza of hands-on science discovery for school-age kids.

The Department of Physics and Astronomy is hosting students in Grades 7 and 8 on campus in-person on November 11th for free hands-on activity workshops, inspiring talks, and a panel discussion, to encourage and engage girls and non-binary students to explore physics.

As part of the Water Institute's WaterTalks lecture series, Dr. Patricia Chow-Fraser, Professor, Department of Biology, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, will present: Déjà vu or Jamais vu?  Using a 20-y record to discern how coastal wetlands of eastern and northern Georgian Bay respond to climate-induced water-level disturbances.

Public event in Victoria Park- hear from STEM researchers!