University of Waterloo

Mitacs and the Indigenous and Black Engineering and Technology PhD Project (IBET), an initiative at the University of Waterloo, are expanding their partnership with a pilot initiative that will enable 10 PhD students currently…

Researchers have developed a new mining technique which uses microbes to recover metals and store carbon in the waste produced by mining. Adopting this technique of reusing mining waste, called tailings, could transform the mining…

The University of Waterloo has appointed Murray Gamble (BASc ’85) as chair of the University of Waterloo’s Board of Governors. His term of office begins May 1, 2023 and will run for three years. Gamble is the president of the C3 Group of…

The way our senses adjust while playing high-intensity virtual reality games plays a critical role in understanding why some people experience severe cybersickness and others don’t.Cybersickness is a form of motion sickness that occurs…

In a world hungry for clean energy, engineers have created a new material that converts the simple mechanical vibrations all around us into electricity to power sensors in everything from pacemakers to spacecraft.The first of its kind and…

The University of Waterloo and Velocity are officially expanding their presence in downtown Kitchener today with a groundbreaking event at the new Innovation Arena building on Waterloo's Health Sciences campus. The new site is part of…

The need to limit flood risk in Canada is urgent, with approximately 1.5 million homes, representing 10 per cent of the Canadian residential housing market, in high-risk zones where they are ineligible for flood insurance. A new CSA Group…

The new Diploma in Indigenous Entrepreneurship will be delivered in partnership with post-secondary institutions across Canada and will focus on the unique needs and priorities of Indigenous entrepreneurs. “Our goal is to become a…

Professor Chris Houser will join the University of Waterloo as dean of the Faculty of Science for a five-year term commencing 1 July 2023. Houser succeeds professor Bob Lemieux who has served as dean since July 2015. The appointment was…

New research indicates that a small percentage of financial landlords, like private equity firms and institutional investors, own four times more of Montreal’s rental housing stock than was previously estimated. Neighbourhoods with more…