The Indigenous Speakers Series is co-presented by the Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre and the Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo. The Series highlights the voices of Indigenous artists, writers, activists, and leaders from across Turtle Island, offering UWaterloo students, faculty and staff opportunities to learn from, understand, and engage with Indigenous issues. Learn more at https://uwaterloo.ca/arts/about/indigenous-speakers-series
CRITICAL TECH TALK, produced by the Critical Media Lab at the University of Waterloo, is a series of honest dialogues about technological innovation. From data harvesting to the conflict minerals in our smartphones, critical thinking is shifting the momentum towards positive change – towards Tech for Good®. Each of the university’s six faculties will co-host a techno-critical speaker and invite Waterloo students and local tech sector members to participate in an on-stage dialogue and lead a post-event discussion online. The series is sponsored by Communitech, the Office of Research at the University of Waterloo, and the faculties of Arts, Environment, Engineering, Health, Math, and Science.
Institutions of higher learning are environments where new ideas, insights, and discoveries are cultivated. Here is where unexplored territory provides the space for curiosity to grow, for rigorous enquiry to nurture understanding, for innovation to reach new heights. It’s where professors and students conduct extensive research in the constant pursuit of knowledge, truth, and justice. The speaker series (October 2023 – March 2024) involve talks by members of the University of Waterloo academic community on the broad subject of antagonistic and intimidating responses to academic research and pedagogy. A sample of the talks are shared here.