Schedule

Arts Alumni Weekend Tours

​Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. | Modern Language Building, Porcellino

Join us for a 20 min tour of the old and new Arts buildings led by current Arts students.

We promise we won't leave you lost in PAS or Hagey Hall!

Arts Reunion Trivia

​Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Online

Join the Faculty of Arts for Reunion Trivia! This year, the three rounds will be themed:

• Seventies
• Eighties
• Nineties

We'll be giving away some Waterloo/Arts swag and prizes for the top Trivia winners!

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Engineering Reunion Headquarters and Open House

​Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. | Atrium, 1st Floor, Engineering 7

Engineering Reunion Headquarters will be your one-stop shop for all things Reunion: name badges, maps, event information, refreshments, engineering tours and much more!

Additionally, you can...

• Mingle with fellow engineering classmates from the classes of 1962, 1967, 1972, 1977, 1982, 1987, 1992, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2012 and 2017
• Meet the Dean of Engineering and EngSoc executives
• Replace your Iron Ring - the Camp 15 Iron Ring Wardens will be in attendance
• Entertain the kids: Engineering Science Quest will provide fun educational activities
• Purchase your EngSoc souvenirs from the pop-up Novelties Store
• Test your engineering skills at the Engineering Ideas Clinic
• Meet the The Toolbearers and take a photo with The Tool
• Refuel with light refreshments and snacks
• Enjoy a cold beverage from the cash bar

Engineering Tours

​Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. | Departing from the Atrium, 1st Floor, Engineering 7

Take a student-guided tour through the halls of Engineering to see your old stomping ground and new state-of-the art labs and hear about the transformational research taking place within the Faculty of Engineering. A self-led campus tour will also be available.

Reunion Lecture with the Dean of Engineering

​Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. | Online and In-Person

The reunion lecture will be delivered by Mary Wells, the Dean of Engineering at the University of Waterloo. The Dean will deliver a visionary lecture about the future of engineering at the University of Waterloo. Q&A to follow the lecture.

Cost: Complimentary (advanced registration recommended due to limited seating)

ONLINE LECTURE: Register for the ‘Online Lecture’ and you will be emailed a link to watch the lecture live online as well as the link to watch the recorded video at your leisure.

Concrete Toboggan Team Charity BBQ Lunch

​Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. | North Entrance (outside), Engineering 7

Support the Concrete Toboggan student team by enjoying one of their famous ‘Boggan burgers. Vegetarian option available.

Cost: Purchase on-site. Cash only. Lunch combos are around $10.00 each.

Engineering Back to the Classroom Lecture with Prof. Larry Smith

​Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 2:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. | Online and In-Person

“The Economy After Covid: What’s Next and What’s Not”

A discussion of how Covid has affected Canada and disrupted both the global economy and the financial markets. Are public finances unsustainable? Is inflation going to rage and take us back to the future? Are trade wars about to erupt? Has the nature of work truly changed? Has the demographic threat of boomer retirements and missing babies finally been realized? What is our pathway forward?

See the legendary Professor Larry Smith deliver one of his famous addresses. You'll feel like a student all over again!

Can't wait to hear Prof. Smith speak at Reunion? Check out his outrageously popular TEDxUW talk, "Why you will fail to have a great career", which has over 7 million views.

Cost: Complimentary (advanced registration recommended due to limited seating)

ONLINE LECTURE: Register for the ‘Online Lecture’ and you will be emailed a link to watch the lecture live online as well as the link to watch the recorded video at your leisure.

Virtual 25-Year and 50-Year Anniversary Iron Ring Ceremony

​Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. | Online and In-Person Viewing Party

Sanctioned by Camp 15 Waterloo of the Iron Ring Wardens, this special ceremony is exclusively for the Waterloo Engineering Class of 1972 and 1997 to celebrate your golden and silver anniversaries! Advance registration required; spouses and guests are welcome to attend. Join the viewing party on campus or join online from the comfort of your home.

Virtual Waterloo Engineering Class Reunion

​Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 1:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. | YouTube

If we are not able to meet in person for Reunion on June 4, 2022, alumni of the Faculty of Engineering are invited to celebrate their milestone Class Reunions virtually at Alumni Weekend! A schedule of fun virtual events is planned to help you reconnect with your engineering and architecture classmates and engage with what's happening on campus. Programming includes a brief update from Mary Wells, the Dean of Engineering, and the legendary professor Larry Smith will deliver one of his famous economics addresses to help you feel like a student all over again.

Agenda:
1:00 pm – 1:20 pm: Welcome and update from Dean of Engineering Mary Wells
1:20 pm – 1:30 pm: Virtual tour of campus
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm: Reunion Lecture with economics professor Larry Smith on “The Economy After Covid: What’s Next and What’s Not”

Cost: Complimentary; please register to indicate your interest in a virtual Reunion should we not be able to meet in person as planned.

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Environment Open House and Faculty Tours

Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 10:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | Minto Atrium, Environment 3

Check-in, pick up your name tag and enjoy a coffee and breakfast bites in the beautiful Minto Atrium of LEED Platinum Environment 3 as you visit with fellow alumni, test your Faculty of Environment Trivia and enjoy a relaxed start to the day.

Then, take a student-led tour through the hallways you once called home and see what’s new in the Faculty of Environment. New and familiar stops will include the Ecology Lab, the rooftop gardens, the planning design studio, and of course, the ESS Coffee Shop!

Class Reunion: Plan '68-'70 and friends

​Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. | Wildcraft Grill & Long Bar

You and a guest are invited to join your Class Champions, Chris Fleming, Ian MacNaughton, Barry Morrison and Mike Kosces along with Planning '68-‘70 classmates, and friends, to catch up over drinks at the nearby Wildcraft Grill & Long Bar, 425 King Street North, Waterloo, ON.

Class Reunion: Planning Class of '97

​Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. | Huether Hotel (tbc)

Planning class of 1997 (and non-coop 1996), and guests, are invited to reconnect with their classmates and catch up over drinks at the Lion Brewery Restaurant at the Huether Hotel, 59 King St. N, Waterloo ON.

Class Reunion: Knowledge Integration Class of '12

​Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. | KI Design Studio, EV3-2002

Knowledge Integration Class of 2012 graduates (Amsterdam 1), and guests, are invited to a 10-year class reunion celebration as part of Alumni Weekend 2022. Join your class champion, Ryan Voisin other classmates and the Class of 2017 (Berlin 2) cohort for a fun time in the KI Design Studio, revisiting some of your favourite KI activities and catching up with friends & faculty members.

If public health measures prevent the class from meeting in person, we will host a virtual event instead and all registered guests will be notified.

Class Reunion: Planning Class of '12

​Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

Join your class champions, Andrea Santi and Eric Mark for a walking/LRT tour to see what’s changed in Uptown Waterloo, including Waterloo Park, the Barrel Yards and all the places to grab a frosty beverage and catch up!

Class Reunion: Knowledge Integration Class of '17

​Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. | KI Design Studio, EV3-2002

From 2-5 pm, please join your fellow Knowledge Integrators back in the studio for a time of fellowship and fun! Relive such excellent memories as reading Banding Together, and debating which font to use on our didactics, as we participate in fun activities to test how literate, numerate, articulate, and collaborative we’ve stayed 5 years out!

We have several contingencies planned in case COVID restrictions limit gathering sizes indoors, but we hope we are joined by the FIRST ever graduating class of KI, the Class of 2012, as they celebrate their 10-year reunion. Many of KI’s beloved faculty & staff will also be joining us!

If public health measures prevent the class from meeting in person, we will host a virtual event instead and all registered guests will be notified.

Class Reunion: Planning Class of '17

​Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. | University of Waterloo Ion Rapid Transit Stop

Do you remember how many times the new LRT was used as a case study in our classes? Do you remember the LRT construction that caused your blood pressure to rise? Join your old friends, reminisce, and take a tour of the new(ish) iON LRT with your favourite transit professor to see how Waterloo has changed in the last five years.

Your Class Champion, Vikram Hardatt

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Faculty of Health Latest and Greatest

​Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. | Faculty of Health Expansion 1689

Join Dean Lili Liu for highlights from the Faculty of Health. Learn about the positive impacts of changing our faculty name, including increased enrollment and growing community partnerships. She will be joined by the following faculty members to share exciting highlights from their areas:

• Warren Dodd, Assistant Professor in the School of Public Health Sciences, will speak about the School of Public Health Sciences’ international community and presence.
• Troy Glover, Professor and Department Chair of Recreation and Leisure Studies, will speak about his research on neighbourhood walking and other research and community projects coming from Recreation and Leisure Studies.
• Russ Tupling, Professor and Department Chair of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, will speak about research and community program from Kinesiology and Health Sciences.

Faculty of Health Alumni Weekend Tours

​Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 11:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. | BMH

Explore your old stomping grounds and see all that’s changed since your convocation! Current students will tour you around our 3 buildings - Burt Matthews Hall, Lyle Hallman Institute for Health promotion, and the new (depending on when you graduated) 56,000 square foot Health Expansion.

UW WELL-FIT 20th Anniversary Community BBQ

​Sunday, June 5, 2022 | 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. | Centre for Community, Clinical and Applied Research Excellence

Over the last 20 years, UW WELL-FIT has been offering safe and evidence-based exercise programming to improve the well-being of more than 2000 people with cancer in our region. Join us, along with KW’s very own Chef D, for a BBQ meal with donations and proceeds supporting our UW WELL-FIT cancer and exercise programs. Come and enjoy tours of our facilities, games/activities for kids, music, and more.

Select your meal preference from Chef D’s delicious menu in advance:

• Beef burger
• Chicken Burger
• Vegan Quinoa salad (gluten-free, nut-free)
• Kid-friendly meal (hotdogs of course)

Learn more about our celebrity host for the event https://www.chefdtv.com/about?

While the event is free, please consider supporting our programs by making a donation during registration or at the event.

Parking: Parking in ‘X’ lot is free on Sunday. If you are able, please park in X lot and walk up to the Toby Jenkins building. Limited parking spots will be available near the Toby Jenkins Building for individuals requiring accessibility accommodations.

For more event details and information about the UW WELL-FIT 20th Anniversary Celebration visit https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-community-clinical-applied-research-excellence/events/uw-well-fit-20th-anniversary-celebration

Mathematics Dean's Lecture Series

Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.  | Mathematics 3, M3 1006

Celebrate Alumni Weekend with an exclusive update about the Faculty of Mathematics and a conversation exploring the importance of using data and building technology that is responsible, fair, and inclusive.

Featured Talk
Preparing students to care about responsible technology by Maura R. Grossman, J.D., Ph.D.

Maura will discuss how a clinical psychologist and lawyer ends up as a research professor in a school of computer science, and her mission to teach data science, computer science, and software engineering students to move slower and break fewer things.

Speakers

Maura R. Grossman, J.D., Ph.D., is a Research Professor in the David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science at the University of Waterloo, an Adjunct Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School of York University, and an affiliate faculty member at the Vector Institute of Artificial Intelligence. She also is Principal at Maura Grossman Law, an eDiscovery law and consulting firm in Buffalo, New York. Maura is most well known for her scholarly work on technology-assisted review (“TAR”), most notably, Technology-Assisted Review in E-Discovery Can Be More Effective and More Efficient Than Exhaustive Manual Review, published in the Richmond Journal of Law &Technology in 2011, which has been widely cited in case law, both in the U.S. and abroad. She is also known for her appointments as a special master in multiple high-profile federal and state court cases. In addition to her J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center, Maura also holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in Psychology from the Derner Institute of Adelphi University.

Christiane Lemieux, Associate Dean, Operations and Academic, will describe our efforts to build enthusiasm for math, computer science, and data science in larger, more diverse groups of prospective students and enhance data science education to develop a new generation of versatile, entrepreneurial, and ethical data scientists.

Double Degree Program 20th Anniversary Celebration

​Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. | Mathematics 3 Atrium and Patio

The University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University are proud to announce another milestone in the history of the Double Degree program. In 2021, we celebrated 20 fabulous years! Join us for a celebratory cocktail reception, featuring a special address from alumnus keynote speaker, Steven Balaban, Chief Investment Officer of Mink Capital, and award-winning lecturer at the University of Waterloo. Don’t miss the chance to reconnect with fellow classmates, current students, and program faculty members

Time:
3:30 pm (ET) – Reception begins
4:00 pm - Welcome remarks & speakers
5:30 pm – Reception ends

Location:
Mathematics 3 Atrium and Patio and M3-1006
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1
Canada

Map link: https://uwaterloo.ca/map/

Cost: Complimentary - Your ticket includes one beverage ticket. Additional wine and beer will be available for purchase onsite. Credit/Debit only

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Jurassic Family Breakfast

​Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. | EIT Foyer by Earth Sciences Museum

We’re offering a complimentary assortment of breakfast favourites sure to quell even the fiercest of appetites. You’ll be able to tour our new interactive T-Rex exhibit as well as experience other incredible museum favourites like our Cobalt mining tunnel. You might even find yourself in your very own T-Rex photo!

COST: Complimentary but registration required

Science Tours

​Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. | EIT Foyer

Our fantastic team of Science Ambassadors are will lead you through our newest science labs and lecture space as well as throw in a few nostalgic places. You might just learn a few things on your journey!

COST: Complimentary

Chemistry Class of ’72

For information on specific details of this reunion, contact David Timms, Director of Advancement

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Conrad Grebel Late '70s - Early '80s Alumni Reunion

Saturday, June 4, 2022 | 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. | Conrad Grebel University College Atrium

Please join us in-person or online for this hybrid Alumni Reunion celebrating those at Grebel in the late '70s and early '80s. Snacks from the Grebel kitchen and a cash bar will be on site. We will live-stream a program at 5:00 with your hosts Dean Peachy '82 and Melissa Miller '81. Your planning committee includes Nancy Dykstra '84, Harold Thiessen '81 and Kathleen Cleland Moyer '81.

COST: $20 In-Person | Free Online

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