This summer, the MSCU Centre for Peace Advancement (CPA) has partnered with St. Paul’s GreenHouse to provide employment and development for selected first work term students as a “Social Entrepreneur in Training.” After a comprehensive training week, these passionate and determined Peace and Conflict Studies (PACS) students are matched with employers who provide a taste of the start-up culture.
The CPA is a unique space and working community located at Conrad Grebel University College at the University of Waterloo. The Centre stands as a bridge between campus and community, academics and practice, and faith and justice. In this unique position, student engagement is vital to the CPA, bringing energy, new ideas, and urgency to make the world a more peaceful place.
Waterloo’s ethos of experiential learning reaches beyond tech start-ups and underpins social innovation too. Participating groups in the CPA have hired 13 students this summer, including co-op students, summer students, and paid interns from across the faculties. Students in Fine Arts, Philosophy, Peace and Conflict Studies, Public Health, Urban Planning, Engineering, Computer Science, Math, and Global Studies are learning valuable skills and techniques that will help them find their place in the peace industry – whether these students end up in an existing job or create their own.
Grebel is home to the oldest peace studies program in Canada.
Professor Sherry Dupuis has been selected as one of 15 inaugural College Chairs for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) College of Reviewers.
The College Chairs, who were selected based on diversity of health research and knowledge translation expertise, will enhance peer review quality and provide independent, expert advice to CIHR in the building of the College into an internationally recognized resource.
Dupuis is a professor in Recreation and Leisure Studies and the former Director of Waterloo’s Murray Alzheimer Research and Education Program (MAREP). She also co-leads the Partnerships in Dementia Care Alliance, a national research initiative focused on culture change in dementia and long-term care.
Professor Dupuis has been a pioneer in the active engagement of persons living with dementia and their family care partners as co-researchers in research and knowledge translation processes.
Dupuis joins 14 other chairs who will work in close collaboration with CIHR’s Chief Scientific Officer to oversee national strategies to continue to attract and retain outstanding peer reviewers, ensuring that the necessary frameworks are in place to provide peer reviewers with the relevant learning, mentoring and support required to deliver fair and quality reviews.
The College Chairs were selected among over 100 candidates from across Canada. Each Chair will be appointed for a renewable term of two, three, or four years to allow for the staggering of replacements. The appointments were effective July 1, 2016.
The Science Undergraduate Office (SUO) in STC 2031 will open later today at 10:00 a.m. due to a staff meeting.
Check the SUO webpage for regular office hours.
The lecture will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. in CPH 4333 on Thursday, August 4.
Professor Soltani is an alumnus who received his PhD from the University of Waterloo in 2012.
Wind-catchers or wind towers are passive cooling systems, which can naturally ventilate buildings without using electrical power. They can provide thermal comfort for residents when air conditioning is required in windy regions. In this lecture, Professor Madjid Soltani will discuss his wind-catcher design and the study in which it was implemented.
This event is free, though registration is required, and is open to the public.
Retiree John Debrone died on August 1. Debrone worked as a technician in the School of Planning and School of Architecture from 1981 until his retirement in August 2009. The vistation will take place from 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, August 4 at the Henry Walser Funeral Home in Kitchener. The funeral service will take place in the funeral's chapel on Friday, August 5 at 11:00 a.m.
The Writing Centre presents Grammar Studio Series, "Putting it together: Advanced grammar and sentence structure," Thursday, August 4, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
WISE Public Lecture Series featuring Madjid Soltani, “Natural Ventilation of Buildings Using a New Design of Wind-Catcher to Decrease Energy Consumption in Windy Regions,” Thursday, August 4, 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m., CPH 4333.
Online class examination days, Friday, August 5 and Saturday, August 6.
Quantum Cryptography School for Young Students (QCSYS), Friday, August 5 to Friday, August 12, QNC 0101.
Conrad Grebel Peace Camp, Monday, August 8 to Friday, August 12, Conrad Grebel University College.
School of Phamacy Research Seminar: Targeted mass spectrometric methods for the identification of asthma biomarkers, Monday, August 8, 10:30 a.m., Pharmacy 2009.
The Writing Centre presents Grammar Studio Series, "Connecting the dots: Structure and Organization," Tuesday, August 9, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Chemistry Department Seminar Series featuring Professor Darren Derksen, Department of Chemistry, University of Calgary, “Natural Products as Inspiration for Novel Therapeutics - Opportunities and Challenges”, Wednesday, August 10, 3:30 p.m., C2-361.
Chemistry Department Seminar Series featuring Professor Maxim Berezovski, Department of Chemistry and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Ottawa, “A Thousand Faces of the Aptamers: Cell Isolation, Biomarker Discovery, Pathogen Detection”, Thursday, August 11, 10:30 a.m., C2-361.
The Writing Centre presents Grammar Studio Series, Making it shine: Conciseness and revision strategies," Thursday, August 11, 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
On-campus examinations end, Saturday, August 13.
UWRC Book Club featuring Indian Horse by Richard Wagamese, Wednesday, August 17, 12:00 p.m., LIB 407.
Co-operative Work Term ends, Friday, August 26.
Co-operative Work Term begins, Monday, August 29.
International Student Orientation, Friday, September 2 to Sunday, September 4.
Orientation 2016, Sunday, September 4 to Saturday, September 10.
Out-of-province/American Orientation, Sunday, September 4.
Labour Day holiday, most University operations closed, Monday, September 5.
Exchange/Study Abroad Orientation, Monday, September 5.
Transfer Student Orientation, Monday, September 5.
Graduate Student Orientation, Tuesday, September 6.
Lectures begin, Thursday, September 8.
Writing Centre presents "Professionalism in your communication: How to talk to your professors," Tuesday, September 13, 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Writing Centre presents "STEM lab reports: Improve your lab report writing," Thursday, September 15, 1:00 p.m.
Waterloo Centre for German Studies presents "Von Berlin to Kitchener: Connotations and Cultures, A Discussion Panel", Thursday, September 15, 7:00 p.m., Kitchener Public Library.
Doors Open Waterloo Region, Friday, September 16 to Saturday, September 17.
UWRC Book Club featuring House in the Sky by Amanda Lindhout, Wednesday, September 21, 12:00 p.m., LIB 407.