About Us

Imprint is the official student magazine of the University of Waterloo and is a publication written by students for the campus community. It is an editorially independent magazine and news website published as part of the  Student Publications department under WUSA. Imprint has been publishing news since at UW since 1978.

Imprint is funded by a student fee paid for by undergraduate students at UW of $5.40 as well as advertisement sales. The fee covers the operations of Imprint including printing cost and staff. We currently offer 20 part time jobs for students to write, design and produce the magazine, online stories, and social media content. We also offer volunteer and paid contributor roles for students on campus. Our mission is to both produce engaging and informative content, holding UW administration and other campus groups accountable, while also providing an opportunity for students to learn and develop new skills.

Student Publications budget for 2025-2026 is $372,257.89. The top three expenses are full-time and part-time payroll, and printing cost.

2025 Ontario Community Newspapers Association (OCNA) Better Newspapers Competition, 1st place for Student Feature Writing – The Online News Act: Why student publications across Canada are creating secondary Instagram accounts

2025 Canadian University Press (CUP) John H. McDonald Awards for Excellence in Student Journalism for Sports Reporting (Silver) – Warriors: A Playoff Pursuit

2024 CUP John H. McDonald Awards for Excellence in Student Journalism for Opinion Editorial – It happened. What are we going to do about it?

2024 OCNA Better Newspapers Competition – 2nd place for Student News Writing – Why did WUSA’s used bookstore really shut down?

2024 OCNA Better Newspapers Competition – 2nd place for Best Website – uwimprint.ca

2024 OCNA Better Newspapers Competition – 3rd place for General Excellence – Fall Semester & Winter Semester