Re the coffee at an interview question: why is the issue of whether applicants should bring a coffee for the interviewer being ignored? Is this communism?
So, UWaterloo's engineering students write and stage a play each term. In a fit of originality, it is called EngPlay.
So, UWaterloo's engineering students write and stage a play each term. In a fit of originality, it is called EngPlay.
September 26, 2026 at 12:47 PM
Re the coffee at an interview question: why is the issue of whether applicants should bring a coffee for the interviewer being ignored? Is this communism?
So, UWaterloo's engineering students write and stage a play each term. In a fit of originality, it is called EngPlay.
So, UWaterloo's engineering students write and stage a play each term. In a fit of originality, it is called EngPlay.
Did an interview with CTV Kitchener about the injunction request against UWaterloo's encampment.
June 25, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Did an interview with CTV Kitchener about the injunction request against UWaterloo's encampment.
UWaterloo's statement of institutional neutrality does not create this problem. Nor with DEI. The university is not just an academic institution, but also an employer, with human rights and employment law obligations that require some version of a DEI approach. The UBC lawsuit is misguided.
April 8, 2025 at 12:26 PM
UWaterloo's statement of institutional neutrality does not create this problem. Nor with DEI. The university is not just an academic institution, but also an employer, with human rights and employment law obligations that require some version of a DEI approach. The UBC lawsuit is misguided.
Anyways, here's McGill report: www.mcgill.ca/president/si...
And here's UWaterloo's: uwaterloo.ca/freedom-of-e...
And here's UWaterloo's: uwaterloo.ca/freedom-of-e...
www.mcgill.ca
February 4, 2026 at 1:47 PM
Anyways, here's McGill report: www.mcgill.ca/president/si...
And here's UWaterloo's: uwaterloo.ca/freedom-of-e...
And here's UWaterloo's: uwaterloo.ca/freedom-of-e...
My high point of UWaterloo's weekend open house.
March 25, 2024 at 1:39 PM
My high point of UWaterloo's weekend open house.
Lest anyone think Canadian academia is immune to the UK/Aus/NZ Businessify the Uni approach, feast your eyes on UWaterloo's soon-to-be announced School of Classic Philosophical Religious Anthropo-socio-political Law Studies
Our Stratford program, Accounting School, Psych, and Econ each get to stay on their own.
Meanwhile, two new schools are created out of remaining departments, including ONE SCHOOL out of this incoherent mess: Poli sci, Sociology & Legal Studies, Hist, Classics, Religious Studies, Anthro, Philosophy.
Meanwhile, two new schools are created out of remaining departments, including ONE SCHOOL out of this incoherent mess: Poli sci, Sociology & Legal Studies, Hist, Classics, Religious Studies, Anthro, Philosophy.
September 6, 2025 at 3:07 AM
Lest anyone think Canadian academia is immune to the UK/Aus/NZ Businessify the Uni approach, feast your eyes on UWaterloo's soon-to-be announced School of Classic Philosophical Religious Anthropo-socio-political Law Studies
Last night I dreamed I had a house-sitting shift in UW's Math and Computer Building, which in my dream had been expanded about a thousandfold. The floor maps were terrible and I never did find the room.
November 30, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Last night I dreamed I had a house-sitting shift in UW's Math and Computer Building, which in my dream had been expanded about a thousandfold. The floor maps were terrible and I never did find the room.
This term was a 3rd year lecture of about 50. Students who need accommodation have a number of options, usually in this context arranged through UWaterloo's "AccessAbility Services". They can write in the accessability office, with extra time (for example). 1/n
December 1, 2025 at 6:29 PM
This term was a 3rd year lecture of about 50. Students who need accommodation have a number of options, usually in this context arranged through UWaterloo's "AccessAbility Services". They can write in the accessability office, with extra time (for example). 1/n
UWaterloo's own Sarah Tolmie!
March 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
UWaterloo's own Sarah Tolmie!
I see McGill University has released a report of its Advisory Panel on Campus Expression. I think it would have benefitted enormously from drawing on the report of UWaterloo's Task Force on Free Expression (which I helped draft). 1/n
February 4, 2026 at 1:45 PM
I see McGill University has released a report of its Advisory Panel on Campus Expression. I think it would have benefitted enormously from drawing on the report of UWaterloo's Task Force on Free Expression (which I helped draft). 1/n
Pleased to be presenting today at a workshop at UofT on encampments, co-hosted by the David Asper Center for Constitutional Rights and the Centre for Constitutional Studies. I'll be speaking to university policy, the Charter, and UWaterloo's experience with the 2024 encampment on Gaza.
November 13, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Pleased to be presenting today at a workshop at UofT on encampments, co-hosted by the David Asper Center for Constitutional Rights and the Centre for Constitutional Studies. I'll be speaking to university policy, the Charter, and UWaterloo's experience with the 2024 encampment on Gaza.
At #UWaterloo's Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC), researchers are turning deep science into real-world impact: startups, innovation, and a globally recognized research hub.
More: bit.ly/4lwusQk | #WorldQuantumDay
More: bit.ly/4lwusQk | #WorldQuantumDay
April 14, 2025 at 1:59 PM
At #UWaterloo's Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC), researchers are turning deep science into real-world impact: startups, innovation, and a globally recognized research hub.
More: bit.ly/4lwusQk | #WorldQuantumDay
More: bit.ly/4lwusQk | #WorldQuantumDay
Here’s UWaterloo’s: uwaterloo.ca/indigenous/indigenous-verification
December 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Here’s UWaterloo’s: uwaterloo.ca/indigenous/indigenous-verification
Enriching the linear systems of equations unit in Math 10 using UWaterloo’s CEMC courseware
November 27, 2024 at 8:23 PM
Enriching the linear systems of equations unit in Math 10 using UWaterloo’s CEMC courseware
Areas of Waterloo are experiencing a power outage. I'm on UWaterloo's campus, and about half of here is down.
October 22, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Areas of Waterloo are experiencing a power outage. I'm on UWaterloo's campus, and about half of here is down.
You did the solar decathlon too? I was a very minor player in UWaterloo's North House many years ago.
January 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
You did the solar decathlon too? I was a very minor player in UWaterloo's North House many years ago.
Canada Geese killed a turkey on UWaterloo’s campus a few years ago
May 26, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Canada Geese killed a turkey on UWaterloo’s campus a few years ago
My colleague wrote about the impact of #UWaterloo's RTO policy for staff on campus health, especially when it comes to airborne illness transmission. uwimprint.ca/uw-staff-lef...
UW staff left questioning new working guidelines
Uncertainty about staff health and morale remain
Several UW staff have expressed concerns about new work guidelines sent out to the university community, which outline an expectation that university s...
uwimprint.ca
November 26, 2025 at 3:28 AM
My colleague wrote about the impact of #UWaterloo's RTO policy for staff on campus health, especially when it comes to airborne illness transmission. uwimprint.ca/uw-staff-lef...
An interesting design decision in UWaterloo's Davis Centre was driven by energy conservation and the architect's belief that academics reliably follow a 9 to 5 schedule. At night, office lights would turn off if motion was not detected. People working late had to wave their hands every so often.
October 6, 2024 at 12:47 PM
An interesting design decision in UWaterloo's Davis Centre was driven by energy conservation and the architect's belief that academics reliably follow a 9 to 5 schedule. At night, office lights would turn off if motion was not detected. People working late had to wave their hands every so often.
Interestingly it cites UWaterloo's Statement on Institutional Neutrality, which came out of a recommendation in our Report, but not the Report itself. And so McGill's report falls into the trap of 'balancing' free expression against other issues, which is always a bit of a red flag. 2/2
February 4, 2026 at 1:46 PM
Interestingly it cites UWaterloo's Statement on Institutional Neutrality, which came out of a recommendation in our Report, but not the Report itself. And so McGill's report falls into the trap of 'balancing' free expression against other issues, which is always a bit of a red flag. 2/2
When I first lived on campus in the 1960s, UWaterloo's cops had police dogs to keep the students in line. The dogs mostly lived in a kennel, up by Brubacher House.
We bred our mutt with one of them. This had some amusing consequences.
We bred our mutt with one of them. This had some amusing consequences.
February 5, 2025 at 6:52 PM
When I first lived on campus in the 1960s, UWaterloo's cops had police dogs to keep the students in line. The dogs mostly lived in a kennel, up by Brubacher House.
We bred our mutt with one of them. This had some amusing consequences.
We bred our mutt with one of them. This had some amusing consequences.
You can also get a card for the local academic libraries. You too can browse all ten stories of Dana Porter Library!
November 14, 2024 at 2:43 AM
You can also get a card for the local academic libraries. You too can browse all ten stories of Dana Porter Library!
UWaterloo English prof Brianna Wiens participated in UWaterloo's Global Futures launch event on Jan. 21. tinyurl.com/3xs7zwsr
February 6, 2026 at 7:12 PM
UWaterloo English prof Brianna Wiens participated in UWaterloo's Global Futures launch event on Jan. 21. tinyurl.com/3xs7zwsr
Do other Ontario universities have UWaterloo's issues with geese overrunning their campuses?
April 19, 2024 at 5:30 PM
Do other Ontario universities have UWaterloo's issues with geese overrunning their campuses?