Congrats Dr. El Mekaui! 🥳

Congratulations to Betty Anne Keller (BA '69) on being inducted into the Waterloo Region Hall of Fame! 🥳

Keller is a longtime advocate of arts & culture and the producer of 'Rock This Town,' a documentary about KW rock music concerts in the 60s & 70s: bit.ly/3wkDlaW

“More than 60% of people see retirement as a new chapter in life, an opportunity for exploration & growth.'

Read how Simon Chan (BA '98) helps people reframe thinking & generate new ways of working & learning across stages of life.

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A new publication by ⁦Dawn Moore she/they⁩ and I on prisoners mobilities in Canada. ⁦Prison Transparency Project⁩ ⁦UWaterloo Arts⁩ ⁦Sociology and Legal Studies⁩ ⁦Carleton Law and Legal Studies⁩ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/14…

One of the most fulfilling things about co-op is that you can make a big difference! Learn about Co-op for Social Good and how helps it students like Graeme Tooley make an impact on the community: bit.ly/47SHeAS

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“Having more availability for students to see psychiatrists or therapists would go a long way to stopping mental health crises.”

Read more on Mello, the mental health app designed by five GBDA students from UWaterloo Stratford: bit.ly/4decKwV #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth

We are excited to launch the 2024 #UWaterlooMagazine - 'Happiness'.😃

In this issue, we explore the people, policies, innovations & insights that are helping to create a world where happiness & well-being are possible for everyone.

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“Warnings are fantastic in informing people about the specific harms of smoking. Everyone kind of knows that smoking is bad for you but they don’t know how bad.'

Read more from Geoffrey Fong of UWaterloo Psychology on the importance of cigarette warning labels: bit.ly/4do9ejF

I was interviewed for a short radio piece by Blair Sanderson blair sanderson on the popularity of poetry now, and in the past:

Columnists from CBC Radio - April 29, 2024: When was the last time you read a poem?

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Influencers have gotten creative with using trending topics & hashtags to get political.

This bait-and-switch technique is all about 'using the thing that's already popular and then using that popularity to redirect [attention],' says Bri Wiens, PhD: bit.ly/3JEW2ZV

Shout out to Arts student Courtney & partner Nicholas from Waterloo Science on winning the Silver Award for their work on insect-based carbon quantum dots!

Congratulations to Rebecca MacAlpine of History Department & Chris Martin of UWaterloo English, this year's recipients of the Warren Ober Award for Outstanding Teaching by Graduate Students! 🥳

Read more about their research and teaching: bit.ly/3UfNsFS

For anyone interested in African politics, music & art and how these things interact (and intersect) with the African diaspora and the wider world, I'll be teaching Pan African Global Politics ( PSCI304/BLKST304) at UWaterloo this coming term!! Please tell a friend !!

'If you’re a person who continually asks, 'Why not' or 'Why not me,' that will take you very far because then you become essential to the solution.' -Iyinoluwa Aboyeji (BA '12)

'DEI, then, can be seen as a rhetorical Swiss Army knife of weaponized language. It can be used to blame racialized people for doors falling off airplanes, history classes, bridges collapsing, student activism or simply for getting jobs,' says Jenny Saul: bit.ly/3Qe1Op2

Join Elders Jean Becker @jeanbecker3 and @Myeengun Henry, Indigenous Knowledge Keeper at #UWaterlooHealth , on Friday, May 3, as we honour and remember the missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls and Two-Spirited people in Canada. Details here: bit.ly/3WbclF9

“There is a significant transformation of the economy and society on the horizon around artificial intelligence,” says Joel Blit of Waterloo Economics.

Read more on Ottawa's $50M budget to hedge against job-stealing AI: bit.ly/3Qfhj02

#UWaterloo grad students across all 6 faculties will soon be able to obtain a new interdisciplinary diploma in climate change.🌐

More: bit.ly/448sc9A | #EarthDay #UWaterloo News

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Dr. Jennifer Harris and Dorothy Leung, UWaterloo Arts alumni, released a children's book titled 'The Keeper of Stars.' It tells the story of Milo, a boy who climbs out his window every night to help the Keeper of Stars clean up the sky. 🌙⭐

Learn more: bit.ly/49DdlVL

Dr. Brianna Wiens Bri Wiens, PhD and Dr. Shana MacDonald Dr. Shana MacDonald are here presenting their work with Feminist Think Tank for 'The Future of Digital Feminism.'

Their research explores feminist practices on social media.

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