Welcome
How is the University of Waterloo responding to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) findings and calls to action? This website was established in 2016 as a hub for projects and initiatives by the University community and partners that work toward truth and reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and all Canadians. The University's work toward reconciliation is centralized within our Office of Indigenous Relations.
News
Jean Becker named UWaterloo's first Senior Director, Indigenous Initiatives
Jean Becker will join the University of Waterloo on January 13, 2020 in the newly-created Senior Director, Indigenous Initiatives position in which she will provide strategic leadership to articulate a University of Waterloo-specific response to the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action, and identify systemic and systematic changes that move beyond the Calls to Action by creating a long-term vision for the University.
Watch Songs in the Key of Cree campus performance
Tomson Highway's Songs in the Key of Cree is a collection of Cree and English songs that are part of a collaborative research project on Indigenous languages revitalization. On November 19, 2019, the Waterloo community was delighted by a Songs in the key of Cree integrated performance-speaker event, with captivating vocalist Patricia Cano, guitarist Kevin Barrett, saxophonist Marcus Ali, and fiddler/guitarist Nathan Halcrow, joined by artist and History MA candidate Emma Rain Smith.
Waterloo alum integrates healthcare models to meet the needs of Indigenous peoples
For Applied Health Sciences alumnus Cornelia (Nel) Wieman (MSc Kinesiology ’91), there is no question that Canada's healthcare system results in Indigenous peoples being poorly served and discriminated against. A desire to transform the system by intregrating culturally appropriate approaches for Indigenous peoples has been a focus of Wieman’s career as Canada’s first female Indigenous psychiatrist.