Tag: campus
How nature can help us improve our health
Conversations surrounding health and the natural environment have become increasingly common in recent years as the COVID-19 pandemic and the climate crisis have taken...
Campus housing releases EDI and anti-racism plan
On Thursday, Jan. 20, campus housing released their Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism Plan of Action. The Catalyst’s anti-racism newsletter, which was initially established...
Who even is Ira Needles? Where the names on campus come...
On Aug. 23, Ryerson University’s Board of Governors voted in favour of changing the university’s name. Egerton Ryerson, the University’s namesake, was a key...
President’s Anti-Racism Task Force open to UW community members
On June 15, 2020, the University of Waterloo publicly announced the formation of the President’s Anti-Racism Task Force (PART), whose overall mission is to...
UW to require proof of vaccination status for fall 2021 As...
Students, faculty, staff and visitors to the University of Waterloo’s campus will be required to provide proof of their vaccination status beginning Sept. 7.
In...
Mandatory vaccines should be implemented for UW’s fall reopening
When the University of Waterloo announced on May 11 that it would be re-introducing in-person learning for the upcoming fall 2021 term, many students...
Peter Fulcher of Plant Operations to retire after 36 years
Peter Fulcher is retiring this year after 36 years of service in UW’s Plant Operations. Plant Operations is the university’s largest support department with...
Letter to the editor
Dear Editor,
I write in response to the new guidelines effective November 9th which make not following COVID-19 safety precautions a Policy 71 non-academic offense. ...
Students call out UW on its state of equity
Students and equity services, seeking justice for UW’s treatment of BIPOC, united in support of student-led social media campaign ‘Equity4WHO’.
On July 7, Equity4WHO released...
No Fall Term Sports: OUA Announces Cancellation of all Sanctioned Programming
On June 8, 2020, Ontario University Athletics (OUA) announced the cancellation of all OUA-sanctioned sport programming up to Dec. 31, 2020 as a result...