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News for Alumni

Thursday, March 12, 2020

Conversation with Jean Becker, Senior Director, Indigenous initiatives

Jean Becker and Lori Campbell in conversation on stage

Jean Becker is the University of Waterloo’s first Senior Director of Indigenous initiatives. On January 29, 2020, the Indigenous Speakers Series presented Jean in conversation with Lori Campbell, Director of the Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre.

Friday, December 20, 2019

Student documentaries address truth and reconciliation

Heather George speaking with child on her lap

Students in a fall 2019 Digital Arts Communication course on digital storytelling produced beautiful and compelling short documentaries around the theme of Truth and Reconciliation on Turtle Island.

Wednesday, December 18, 2019

Bridge video - honouring MMIWG2S

red ribbons with names tied to bridge railing

Since 2016, Bridge: Honouring the Lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit People has become an annual installation for 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence at the University of Waterloo.

Wednesday, December 11, 2019

Jean Becker named UWaterloo's first Senior Director, Indigenous Initiatives

Jean Becker

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.

Friday, December 6, 2019

Watch Songs in the Key of Cree campus performance

musicians performing on stage

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.