As of spring 2025, the Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre (WISC) will be merging with the Office of Indigenous Relations (OIR), operating from the main campus. This change aims to increase accessibility to support and resources for the growing […]
Many of us have heard the phrase “truth and reconciliation.” Perhaps it was in a classroom as we were growing up or in conversations with peers. Maybe on the TV news channel, or the radio, or even social […]
About 31 red dresses on the BMH Green on Monday, May 5 serve as a reminder of the missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people in Canada.
This was done as part of Red Dress Day, a […]
UW’s Main Path, the main pedestrian route on-campus connecting South Campus Hall to the newly built Indigenous Outdoor Gathering Space, is being renamed.
As part of the Indigenous wayfinding report that was published this past fall by […]
UW Athletics and Recreation unveiled its Indigenous-inspired logo, designed by professional artist, Kyle Joedickie, a Cayuga Turtle Clan member of the Six Nations of the Grand River. This effort was in conjunction with the Office of Indigenous Relations.
The Office of Indigenous Relations, University of Waterloo School of Architecture in Cambridge, and Southwest Ontario Aboriginal Centre (SOAHAC) will be hosting a social this evening on Feb. […]
The new ‘Painting with Clay’ exhibit opened on Jan. 18 at the Glass & Clay Gallery in Waterloo and presents three generations of art from the Beam family, showcasing Indigenous influence from Canada and […]
This past week, the Faculty Association of the University of Waterloo (FAUW) recognized Tizazu Mekennon, associate professor in the faculty of engineering and Canada Research Chair in sustainable multiphase polymers, as the recipient of the 2024 Equity and […]
The UW community is saddened by the passing of Kurt Gibson, a cherished Indigenous student whose loss is profoundly felt by all who knew him.
Emma Smith, the Interim Director at the Waterloo Indigenous Student Center (WISC) […]
How do you appease a hunger that cannot be satisfied? From the Kwantlen First Nation village of Squa’lets, the tale of Th’owxiya seeks to answer this paradigm lying at the centre of our need […]
