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Hack4Health
Tuesday, October 16, 2018

Hack4Health 4.0 awards prizes for innovation in the kitchen

GreenHouse in partnership with the Murray Alzheimer Research and Education Program and the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, hosted Hack4Health 4.0, alongside the MS Society and the Alzheimer Society.  Hack4Health is a hackathon focused on creating positive social impact by improving the quality of life for those living with multiple sclerosis and dementia.  Twelve teams spent two days learning from and engaging with 30 mentor
WISC at the ball game
Monday, May 14, 2018

Historic no-hitter a big hit with Indigenous youth

Historic no-hitter a big hit with Indigenous youth

Thanks to a donation from MNP LLP, a group of Indigenous youth attending the DIRECTIONS conference with the Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre (WISC) had front row seats for baseball history at Rogers Centre on May 8.

Joseph Flores on his field placement
Tuesday, October 3, 2017

Joseph Flores selected for the Alex Foto Memorial Award

International Development student Joseph Flores is the 2017 Alex Foto Memorial Award recipient. He receives $1,000 to support the costs of his fourth-year field placement in Ghana, where he is working with local communities who are trying to protect their watershed and water supply from environmental threats.

Friday, April 1, 2016

St. Paul’s GreenHouse student Richard Yim wins big for landmine removal

Mechanical Engineering student Richard Yim, who started in the St. Paul’s GreenHouse program last fall and will be a GreenHouse Fellow in the spring term, won a total of $35,000 for his landmine defusing venture this week.

kaitlin marray
Friday, January 29, 2016

International Development student wins award to conduct research in India

St. Paul’s student Kaitlin Murray (fourth-year International Development) is the recipient of a Mitacs Globalink Research grant, worth $5,000, which will allow her to work with a non-governmental organization called NIRMAN in India this term. Mitacs is an internationally known Canadian not-for-profit organization that supports research, training, and social innovation. 

AFTERMATH documentary screening and panel discussion

The School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED) is hosting a screening of the documentary AFTERMATH, which explores the story of the Nicobar Islands after being devastated by the 2004 tsunami. The film, which had its world premiere in Vienna, has generated a fair bit of attention, as it focuses on the controversial impact of international development aid in light of increasing extreme weather events happening globally.

Thursday, April 30, 2015

St. Paul’s community rallies in support of Nepalese relief effort

Lindsay Kalbfleisch, a Recreation and Leisure student who lived at St. Paul’s in 2010-11, was immediately moved to action when she heard the news about the devastating earthquake in Nepal. Kalbfleisch had travelled to Mount Everest base camp along with 13 other UWaterloo students and their Geography Professor Sanjay Nepal in April 2014. At least half of those students had lived at St. Paul’s and many others participated in academic and community life at the College. In fact, approximately 30 St.