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214-476: A Master of Science from the University of Waterloo. The university also offers its students the opportunity to earn credits towards their degree while studying abroad through student exchange and international internship programs. The university has exchange agreements with over 100 institutions outside Canada. The university operates the largest post-secondary co-operative education (co-op) program in

321-648: A campus in Cambridge, Ontario, on the west bank of the Grand River . The architecture campus was the idea of the Cambridge Consortium, a group of Cambridge business owners, who spearheaded the school's fundraising drive to cover a portion of the $ 27 million cost of creating the new campus. The school, along with its faculty and students, was moved to the new campus in September 2004. Since 1979,

428-558: A combined total of thirteen schools and over fifty academic departments. Financial aid available to students includes the Ontario Student Assistance Program and Canada Student Loans and Grants through the federal and provincial governments. The financial aid provided may come in the form of loans, grants, bursaries, scholarships, fellowships, debt reduction, interest relief, and work programs. The university has also partnered with other institutions for

535-560: A complete cast of an Albertosaurus and an authentic skeleton of a Cave bear . The museum also houses an interactive, simulation mining tunnel which aims to teach sustainable mining practices. Also owned and operated by the university is the Museum of Vision Science , which is at the university's School of Optometry building. The university had previously operated the Elliott Avedon Museum and Archive of Games , created by

642-482: A dangerous purpose; and mischief under $ 5,000. Investigators of the Waterloo Regional Police service believe it was a hate-motivated incident related to gender expression and gender identity. The perpetrator pleaded guilty to four counts on June 3, 2024: two counts of aggravated assault and one each of assault causing bodily harm and assault with a weapon. The university's main campus lies within

749-513: A faculty of arts in 1960, and the College of Optometry of Ontario (now the School of Optometry and Vision Science ), which moved from Toronto in 1967. The university is a co-educational institution, with approximately 36,000 undergraduate and 6,200 postgraduate students enrolled there in 2020. Alumni and former students of the university can be found across Canada and in over 150 countries; with

856-591: A federated university. Conrad Grebel University College is a Mennonite university college that was chartered in 1961 and is religiously affiliated with the Mennonite Church Eastern Canada . Renison University College is an Anglican university college chartered in 1959; it entered an affiliation with the University of Waterloo in 1960 and is religiously affiliated with the Anglican Church of Canada . St. Jerome's University

963-677: A grand entrance across from the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex a year later. In 2015 the city approved funding for upgrades to the Park in keeping with recommendations from the Waterloo Park Master Plan. Public consultations were launched in 2016 regarding the redesign of the central promenade from Erb Street West and Caroline Street to Seagram Drive in order to address an influx of pedestrians and cyclists. Budgeted at 1.4 million dollars,

1070-591: A grist mill pond, its creation slowed the flow of water through the Laurel Creek watershed, causing a buildup of sediment from upstream. The problem was exacerbated in 1895 when local residents successfully petitioned the Grand Trunk Railway to extend the Waterloo line to Elmira . A right of way across the mill pond was purchased from William Snider, decreasing the size of the lake and increasing

1177-507: A liaison between the two groups. The legislative act was the result of a great deal of negotiation between Waterloo College, Waterloo College Associated Faculties, and St. Jerome's College , another denominational college in the City of Waterloo. While the agreements sought to safeguard the two denominational colleges, they also aimed at federating them with the newly established University of Waterloo. Due to disagreements with Waterloo College,

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1284-548: A moose. The city transitioned to housing domestic animals in 1990, as part of the park's centennial, at which point the zoo was renamed the Eby Farmstead as a nod to the Eby family who sold the original piece of land used to establish the park. The change was precipitated by the frequency of vandalism leading to animals escapes and concerns for the safety of both the animals and the general public. In operation year-round,

1391-567: A number of award winners, government officials, and business leaders having been associated with Waterloo. Waterloo's varsity teams, known as the Waterloo Warriors , compete in the Ontario University Athletics conference of the U Sports . The University of Waterloo traces its origins to Waterloo College (present-day Wilfrid Laurier University ), the academic outgrowth of Waterloo Lutheran Seminary , which

1498-473: A plan for the replica was based on historical news and photos of Canadian grist mills from the same era. Construction included material from other historical buildings in the region like supporting posts from what had been the Globe Furniture building. The project was later accompanied by a series History Walk at Silver Lake panels. Detailing the role the lake played in Waterloo's industrial history,

1605-484: A smaller one off of Father David Bauer Drive scheduled for the 2020 season. Waterloo Park is home to the Waterloo Tennis Club, the Eby Farmstead, a log school house and a replica of Abraham Erb 's grist mill, along with multiple baseball diamonds, sports fields and recreation trails. The Park Inn, a refreshment stand located above Silver Lake designed by one time Waterloo city councilor Charlie Voelker,

1712-400: A student from the University of Waterloo. Regardless of the affiliated colleges and federated university's religious affiliations, enrolment is not restricted based on the student's religious beliefs. The university completed the 2014–2015 academic year with revenues of $ 936.240 million and expenses of $ 906.730 million, yielding a surplus of $ 29.510 million. Grants and contracts make up

1819-431: A term-based system, with fall, winter and spring terms. Undergraduate programs comprise the majority of the school's enrolment, made up of 24,377 full-time and part-time undergraduate students. The university conferred 5,741 bachelor's degrees and first professional degrees , 1,605 master's degrees, 332 doctoral degrees, during the 2016–2017 academic school year. The university is organized into six faculties, which operate

1926-588: A total of eight study terms and six work terms in the span of four and two-thirds years. However, some programs have unique co-op streams where consecutive school and work terms are scheduled near the end of the program, giving the students the opportunity to apply for eight-month positions. Students are responsible for securing their work placement for each of their co-op terms. This includes applying for positions and attending interviews during their study terms. Scheduling conflicts between interviews and exams are actively avoided but still possible, in which case one or

2033-555: A transit connection between the main campus, and several off-campus facilities, including the university's start-up incubator program in Kitchener. The university has four libraries housing more than 1.4 million books, as well as electronic resources including e-books, serial titles, and databases. Three libraries are on campus: the Dana Porter Library, housing material relating to arts, humanities and social science,

2140-427: A university outreach facility for the whole region. Close to Algonquin and Arrowhead Provincial Park , the centre's facilities are used for research in ecological restoration and conservation. Sustainability initiatives are divided between several departmental offices at the university, with the university's plant operations charged with their implementation. Prior to 2005, the management of sustainability efforts

2247-578: A week, year-round. The Student Life Centre contains the offices of a number of student organizations, including the Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association (WUSA), Student Housing Office, a number of retail and food services, and a variety of club space and study rooms. In 2017 ground broke on a joint 63,000 square foot expansion of the Student Life Centre and Physical Activities Complex. Built to

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2354-591: Is a Roman Catholic university, founded in 1865, which entered into a federation with the University of Waterloo shortly after the provincial government granted it university status in 1959. United College is a university college founded by members of the United Church of Canada in 1962. However, United now operates independently from the United Church, without any formal or legal relationship. The three colleges and federated university are all within

2461-569: Is a facility owned and managed by the university. The centre provides pre-university courses, part-time studies, online learning and professional development courses. In addition to the Centre for Extended Learning, Kitchener also holds the university's School of Pharmacy . The pharmacy building was designed by Siamak Hariri , and was completed in December 2008. While the School of Pharmacy acts as

2568-517: Is a salaried job on the campus. The idea for a student centre emerged during the 1960s, and to raise the necessary funds for the building students began to levy a $ 10 fee. Construction began in July 1966 and was completed in 1968. Tensions between the university and the student community surfaced over the management and ownership of the Student Life Centre. The conflict was not resolved until 1969, when Professor Johnson resigned his position as chairman of

2675-480: Is ancient. There could be billions of dollars in property damage if there's a major flood. We could be heading for a disaster." The need for a rehabilitation plan was further underscored in August 1995 when several hundred waterfowl, predominantly ducks, died from botulism , the result of extreme temperatures and excrement build up in the shallow, sediment clogged lake. Waterloo settled on a seven-year plan to restore

2782-672: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages University of Waterloo The University of Waterloo ( UWaterloo , UW , or Waterloo ) is a public research university with a main campus in Waterloo, Ontario , Canada . The main campus is on 404 hectares (998 acres) of land adjacent to uptown Waterloo and Waterloo Park . The university also operates three satellite campuses and four affiliated university colleges . The university offers academic programs administered by six faculties and thirteen faculty-based schools. Waterloo operates

2889-665: Is home to the Waterloo Tennis Club and the Laurier–Waterloo Park station (part of the Ion rapid transit system); the Perimeter Institute and the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery sit at the south end of the park, along Silver Lake. Waterloo Park officially opened on August 7, 1893, then called West Side Park, following the purchase of Jacob Eby's 25 hectare farm in 1890. Situated on a slope near Silver Lake,

2996-548: Is mandatory report high levels of employment from their graduation, with 98 percent of graduates from the Accounting and Financial Management, Math/ CPA , Biotech/CPA, and Master of Accounting programs reporting that they found employment within six months after graduating. In the same year, the graduates of the university's Master of Taxation co-op program reported that 100 percent of its students secured full-time employment prior to graduating. The William M. Tatham Centre

3103-458: Is open 24/7 365, and it is where students go to book out study spaces within the SLC, as well as where they go for information on campus events, directions, and any questions students have. The Turnkey Desk also sells a variety of tickets including GO Transit tickets and various local transit tickets and movie theatre tickets. It is staffed almost entirely by university students or recent graduates, and

3210-431: Is the chair of the senate and a member of the board. The president also holds the position of vice-chancellor, assuming the duties of the chancellor during his absences or a temporary vacancy in the office. The chancellor is elected by the members of the senate for a three-year term, although eligible for renewal. The chancellor's primary duty is to preside at all convocations and present candidates for honorary degrees to

3317-630: Is the home of the Centre for Career Action office, where resources such as resume critiques, mock interviews, and networking advice are available. WaterlooWorks is the university's official job board, on which over 7000 employers post available positions. Most positions on WaterlooWorks are in Canada, although international job listings from employers based in the United States, France, Germany, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, and other countries have also been placed on WaterlooWorks. The United States

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3424-489: Is the most common destination for international work terms. In addition to using WaterlooWorks, students may pursue their own external job search, or found their own company, to receive their co-op credit. The 2024 QS World University Rankings ranked the university 115th in the world and fifth in Canada. The 2024 Times Higher Education World University Rankings placed Waterloo 158 in the world and 7 in Canada, and between 126 to 150 in its 2023 World Reputation Rankings. In

3531-677: The U.S. News & World Report 2022–23 ranking, the university placed 191st in the world, and eighth in Canada, tied with the University of Ottawa . In the 2022 Academic Ranking of World Universities , the university ranked 151–200 in the world and 7–8 in Canada. In terms of national rankings, Maclean's 2023 university rankings ranked Waterloo third in the magazine's comprehensive university category. The university also placed second in Maclean's 2023 reputational survey of Canadian universities. Waterloo Park Also situated in

3638-544: The Engineering Institute of Canada and other Canadian universities, notably the University of Western Ontario, the Associated Faculties admitted its first students in July 1957. On 25 January 1958, the Associated Faculties announced the purchase of over 74 hectares (180 acres) of land west of Waterloo College. By the end of the same year, the Associated Faculties opened its first building on

3745-567: The Laurel Creek Conservation Area to the northwest. Three numbered roads also intersect the main campus: University Avenue West, Columbia Street West, and Westmount Road North. While the main campus is 404 hectares (998 acres), the majority of the teaching facilities are centred on a ring road in its southern portion. The oldest building on campus is the Graduate House, originally a farmhouse dating back to

3852-491: The 19th century. The oldest building which was erected for the university is the Douglas Wright Engineering Building, which was erected in 1958. A large majority of the university's buildings, and its ring road, were constructed during the 1960s. The university's main campus is divided into three major areas: South Campus, North Campus and Northwest Campus. South Campus is the academic core of

3959-404: The Associated Faculties was originally focused on co-operative education in the applied sciences—largely built around the proposals of Ira Needles . Needles proposed a different approach towards education, including both studies in the classroom and training in industry that would eventually become the basis of the university's co-operative education program. While the plan was initially opposed by

4066-612: The Campus Centre Board, along with his colleague Pim Fitzgerald. The university has several satellite campuses and facilities throughout Southern Ontario . The closest off-campus facilities are adjacent to the campus, with the university acquiring land and five buildings from BlackBerry Ltd in December 2013. As of February 2014, the university uses three of the buildings, and leases the other two to BlackBerry Ltd. The Centre for Extended Learning in Kitchener, Ontario

4173-641: The Davis Centre Library, housing material for engineering, mathematics and science, and the Witer Learning Resource Centre, housing material for the School of Optometry and Vision Science. The fourth library, the Musagetes Architecture Library, is in Cambridge, alongside the university's School of Architecture . The libraries of the university's affiliated colleges are also considered a part of

4280-645: The Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies and previously managed by the university's Faculty of Applied Health Sciences . Due to a lack of specific academic interest, in 2009, the decision was made to close the museum and transfer the collection elsewhere. The university has eight student residences: the Minota Hagey Residence, UW Place, Village 1 (the university's first residence), Ron Eydt Village, Mackenzie King Village, Columbia Lake North and South, and Claudette Millar Hall. In addition to

4387-561: The Golden Jubilee of the group, the festival continued for several years drawing performers from across North America and gaining international recognition. The festival ran from 1932 to 1940 and 1946 to 1958, going on hiatus during the early 1940s as a result of World War II . Waterloo Park has undergone a series of enhancements since the mid-2010s ranging from amenity improvements to transportation upgrades. A skateboard park opened in 2012 along Father David Bauer Drive, followed by

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4494-525: The Higher Colleges of Technology. On 30 October 2012, the university's Board of Governors decided to close the university's extension in Dubai. One 29 June 2023, one professor and two students of UW were stabbed during a gender studies class. The perpetrator, a UW graduate, was charged with three counts of aggravated assault; four counts of assault with a weapon; two counts of possessing a weapon for

4601-886: The School of Architecture has also operated an architecture studio in Rome , Italy in the Trastevere neighbourhood. The opportunity to work at the Trastevere studio is offered to fourth-year architecture students. Another facility which is owned and managed by the university is the Waterloo Summit Centre for the Environment, in Huntsville, Ontario. It is a year-round research and teaching centre, which regularly hosts post-secondary student field courses and professional development programs, and also serves as

4708-658: The Stratford campus first took shape when the City of Stratford and the university signed a memorandum in October 2006. It officially opened in September 2010. In November 2009, the university also signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Western Ontario regarding academic initiatives at the Stratford Campus. The campus also hosted the first four Canada 3.0 forums, before its move to Toronto in 2012. The university's School of Architecture uses

4815-671: The TUG Annex, a repository for less-used library resources from the three universities. University of Waterloo also operates the Earth Sciences Museum, on campus in the Centre for Environmental Information Technology. It is mainly used as an earth-science teaching museum for local schools and natural-science interest groups in southern Ontario. The main exhibits cover the Great Lakes , rocks and minerals, dinosaurs and ice age mammals. The museum's fossil exhibit includes

4922-505: The UN Sustainable Development Goals. The university operates under a bicameral system of a board of governors and a senate, as legislated by the University of Waterloo Act, 1972. The Board of Governors has responsibility for the university's properties, affairs, and income. The University of Waterloo Act calls for only 36 members, each of whom must hold Canadian citizenship. However, the number of members in

5029-597: The University of Waterloo was ranked 99th in the world, and 15th in Canada in Times Higher Education University Impact Rankings, a ranking that evaluated 1,115 universities from 94 countries/regions against the United Nations ’ Sustainable Development Goals . A dramatic drop from 2020's ranking of 16th in the world. Waterloo's Institute for Nanotechnology is Canada's largest nanotechnology institute committed to

5136-414: The University of Waterloo's main campus and operate their own residences. Students of these affiliated colleges and federated university are also academically integrated with the University of Waterloo. Students who study at any of them are also considered registered students of the University of Waterloo; with students from the federated universities able to enrol in classes and faculties, and graduate as

5243-567: The Waterloo Research and Technology Park in the north campus. The park was planned to house many of the high-tech industries in the area, and is supported by the university, the Regional Municipality of Waterloo , the provincial and federal governments, and Canada's Technology Triangle . The aim was to provide businesses with access to the university's faculty, co-operative education students, and alumni, as well as

5350-566: The Waterloo Local Architectrual Conservation Advisory Committee, along with an original King Street street light and the front canopy of the hotel, as heritage artifacts. In 1932 the park was the site of the first Waterloo Band Festival. The event took place at a newly constructed bandstand donated for the event by Joseph E. Seagram of Seagram Distilleries . Launched by Waterloo Musical Society director Charles Thiele to mark

5457-468: The anchor institution of this campus, other students and faculty of the university's Faculty of Applied Health Sciences also use the facilities. The campus includes a primary care teaching clinic which will integrate clinical care and teaching in pharmacy and optometry. Two other universities also make use of the Health Science and Pharmacy campus. McMaster University 's medical school makes use of

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5564-429: The assistance of two teams of horses, worked for more than three months leveling and filling in land. Old buildings, fences and tree stumps were removed to prepare for the park's opening, preceded by the planting of nearly 2,000 trees to created shaded areas appropriate for walking and picnics. In 1917 the park was expanded by 16 acres, reflecting the growth of the city. It was expanded again in 1958 when 30 acres of land

5671-406: The board for the 2013–2014 academic year is 40. The Board has five ex officio members, including the university's chancellor and president, and the mayors of Kitchener and Waterloo . The other 32 members of the board are either elected or appointed by the various members of the university community, including alumni, faculty, and student body. The senate establishes the educational policies of

5778-517: The campus as its base for its Waterloo Regional Campus, with 56 of the medical school's students admitted at the regional campus in 2012. Wilfrid Laurier University's School of Social Work also uses some of the facilities available on the campus. The university also operates the Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business in Stratford, Ontario. The focus for the Stratford campus is on education in digital arts and media. The idea for

5885-593: The city of Waterloo, Ontario. It sits on the traditional territory of the Neutral , Anishnaabeg , and Haudenosaunee peoples that is part of the Haldimand Tract, land promised to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River . It is bordered by Waterloo Park to the south, Wilfrid Laurier University to the southeast, residential neighbourhoods to the northeast, east and west, and

5992-583: The college to join the newly established University of Waterloo, later joined by professors from the Economic, German, Modern Languages, and Russian departments. Despite this controversy, until 1960 Hagey hoped for a last-minute compromise between Waterloo College and the university. Ultimately, however, the university created its own Faculty of Arts in 1960. It later established the first Faculty of Mathematics in North America on 1 January 1967. In 1967,

6099-510: The college was not formally federated with the new university. The dispute centred on a controversially worded section of the University of Waterloo Act, 1959 , in which the college interpreted certain sections as a guarantee it would become the Faculty of Art for the new university. This was something the Associated Faculties were not prepared to accept. As a result of the controversy, Waterloo College's entire Department of Mathematics broke from

6206-493: The cost of necessary upgrades, including a lack of electricity and a lack of storage or washrooms. The bandshell continues to be used during warmer weather for performances by the Waterloo Concert Band. Since opening, Waterloo Park has been the site of numerous social and cultural events including music festivals, family reunions and athletic competitions. The Wonders of Winter lights festival has taken place in

6313-482: The early 1990s K-W Ornamental Iron Works Limited was contracted by the city to recreate plans for the gateway using old photographs, and a new version was installed to the west of the original location in 1993. A year later, Lou Bechtloff alerted the city to presence of the original archway and columns on her Paradise Lake property, which had been previously owned by Waterloo's City Hotel owner, Edmund Schmidt. They were purchased for use at another park entrance by city and

6420-407: The eight main campus residences, students may also apply to live at any of the university's affiliated college residences. The first residence built was Village 1, completed in 1966. Ron Eydt Village was still known as Village 2 in 1995 but had been renamed by 2000. The largest residential village at the university is UW Place, which houses 1,300 first-year students and 350 upper-year students, while

6527-442: The farmstead consists of five enclosures that house miniature horses , donkeys , alpacas , llamas , peacocks , pot-bellied pigs , pygmy goats and varieties of fowl . In 2019 two in-ground waste containers were added to collect animal manure and facilitate its use as compost by local farmers. Built in 1820, the log school house was originally located on Church Street near King and was in use for 23 years. (In modern times,

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6634-541: The former president of the university, James Downey , signed the Tri-University Group (TUG) agreement between Wilfrid Laurier University, and the University of Guelph . Signed in a period of fiscal constraint, and when ageing library systems required replacing, the TUG agreement sought to integrate the library collections and services of the three universities. In 2001, the university announced it would develop

6741-502: The four themed panels – Waterloo's Beginnings, Joseph E. Seagram , Recreation in Waterloo and Other Early Industries – were placed at significant points along the south side of the water. A bandshell built in 1967 to mark the Canadian Centennial is located on the west side of the park next to the Laurel Creek. In 2009 a master plan for the park approved by the city recommended that it be removed due to its condition and

6848-611: The gates of the Waterloo Park." In 1901 the Victoria Jubilee Gateway was added to the Young Street entrance of the park to commemorate the death of Queen Victoria . Consisting of stone columns and an ornamental lace archway made of iron, it remained in place until 1957 when the archway was removed, followed several years later by the columns, in order to better accommodate increased vehicle traffic. In

6955-421: The grounds of Mount Hope Cemetery and the development of fairgrounds situated near William and Caroline. A Board of Park Management initially consisting of Christian Kumpf , Isaac Erb Bowman , William Snider , Dr. J. H. Webb, Walter Wells, and Jacob Conrad was established to oversee the development of the land. The board hired Andrew McIntyre to serve as Waterloo Park's first superintendent. Ten men, with

7062-539: The home until the early 1890s, at which time Levi was admitted to the House of Industry, and the building stood vacant. MPP Isaac Erb Bowman campaigned to save the building, succeeding in having it purchased by the town of Waterloo and relocated to Waterloo Park. Silver Lake sits to the west of the park, with the Laurel Creek running through it before flowing under the Waterloo Public Square. The lake

7169-442: The international symbol for relative humidity Unconventional warfare Unconventional warfare (United States) , a United States-specific definition of unconventional warfare used by its Department of Defense Unia Wolnosci (Freedom Union), a former Polish political party from 1994 to 2005 See also [ edit ] WU (disambiguation) U of W (disambiguation) Uwu (disambiguation) Topics referred to by

7276-412: The introduction of an additional pedestrian bridge and improved crossings to address concerns about getting from the east to the west side of the park following the introduction of the Ion rapid transit through the park. The Lions Lagoon splash pad closed after 25 years in the fall of 2019. Plans for the closure were accompanied by funding for new splash pads in parks across the city by 2022, including

7383-525: The lake following a two-hour council discussion about costs and timelines in November 1995. The plan included the dredging of the lake and the introduction of a cascading outlet, along with new walking amenities and general environmental improvements By 1997 plans were underway to rehabilitate the area including the creation of wetland and wildlife habitats and the rehabilitation of mudflats. A boardwalk, gazebos and lighting along walkways were introduced along

7490-402: The lake in 2000. Redevelopment of Silver Lake and the surrounding area were announced in September 2019, with $ 9 million budgeted to introduce a new promenade and boardwalk, as well as reshape and in some cases naturalize areas around the Lake and the Laurel Creek. The project will include land vacated by the 2019 closure of the Lions Lagoon splash pad. Waterloo Park is located on land that

7597-438: The land was acquired from Eby's widow the Village of Waterloo for $ 74/acre. The land included Eby's farmhouse and existing orchards. It was purchased following a review by Waterloo to create more green space for the growing number of residents transitioning from rural to urban living. The committee responsible for the review had considered two additional scenarios: the establishment of a joint park with Berlin, now Kitchener, on

7704-548: The largest post-secondary co-operative education program in the world, with over 20,000 undergraduate students enrolled in the university's co-op program. Waterloo is a member of the U15 , a group of research-intensive universities in Canada. The institution originates from the Waterloo College Associate Faculties, established on 4 April 1956; a semi-autonomous entity of Waterloo College , which

7811-488: The largest source of revenue for the university, totaling $ 392.357 million, followed by academic fees at $ 357.889 million. Salaries make up nearly half of the university's expenses, at $ 439.973 million. As of 30 April 2015, the university's endowment is valued at $ 335.731 million. Waterloo is a publicly funded research university, and a member of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada . It functions on

7918-527: The location of the log school is known as Central and King Streets.) Deemed too small to accommodate a growing number of school aged children, the building was replaced by a stone school and the log school was dismantled. It was relocated to Berlin, near the current location of the Kitchener Collegiate Institute , where it served as the home of the formerly enslaved Levi Carroll, of Maryland, and his family. The Carrolls remained in

8025-587: The objective of transforming its campus into a model of environmental responsibility. The university's School of Environment, Enterprise and Development placed first in Canada in the Corporate Knights 2011 ranking for undergraduate business programs incorporating sustainability. The university campus received a C+ grade from the Sustainable Endowments Institute on its College Sustainability Report Card for 2011. In 2021,

8132-503: The other are rescheduled, with the examination taking precedence. In order for the student to receive their co-op credit, their work term must meet a number of conditions. This includes being full-time, that it is related to the student's field of study, that it lasts for the full 16-week duration, and that it is compensated with at least the minimum wage in the location of work. Exceptions can be made for some of these conditions; for example, first work terms often do not have to be related to

8239-635: The park are a refreshment stand called the Park Inn, the oldest log school house in the Region of Waterloo , the Eby Farmstead and Jacob Eby's farmhouse, which has been occupied by the Waterloo Potters' Workshop since 1967. Silver Lake, an artificial body of water created in 1816 following the damming of the Laurel Creek by Abraham Erb to power a grist mill, sits at the south end of the park. Beyond recreational and educational amenities, Waterloo Park

8346-663: The park since 1993, attracting roughly 40,000 people to the park over the course of the holiday season. The park has also served as the location of the annual pow wow hosted by the Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre . Animals were introduced to the park as part of a wildlife zoo in the 1960s as a centennial project gifted to the city by the Waterloo Lions Club. When first opened the zoo housed animals representative of Canadian wildlife including bears, wolves, cougars and, at one point,

8453-556: The presence of sediment deposits. In 1994 Waterloo city council approved the undertaking of $ 100,000 environmental assessment of the lake by the Grand River Conservation Authority . At the time the lake it was referred to by locals as Mud Lake due to a widespread sediment build up and was viewed as a flood risk. Councillor Tricia Siemens was quoted in The Record as saying: "The flood control area

8560-401: The project aimed to introduce wider, paved trails with a dedicated lane for cycling and another for pedestrians, and make improvements to the tree canopy, lighting and light rail transit crossings. During the summer of 2018 a series of reconstructed and partially separated trails opened, allowing pedestrians and cyclists to travel more safely through the park. The $ 2.5 million project included

8667-500: The purposes of jointly operating a graduate program. The Balsillie School of International Affairs (BSIA) is a graduate school and research centre operated in partnership with the Centre for International Governance Innovation and Wilfrid Laurier University. The Perimeter's Scholar International program is another graduate program operated in partnership with the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics , in which its graduates receive

8774-433: The remaining residential villages. Each council organizes their own events and has their own executive, budget, and meetings. However, the overall mission of both councils is to act as the official representatives for all residents living at the university's residences. The Student Life Centre is the centre of student governance and student directed social, cultural, entertainment and recreational activities, open seven days

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8988-517: The senate. Jagdeep Singh Bachher has been the chancellor since 1 July 2024. He succeeded Dominic Barton , who held the position since 27 October 2018. In March 2011, Feridun Hamdullahpur was announced as the sixth president of the university, having been interim president since October 2010. On November 17, 2020, Vivek Goel was announced as the seventh president of the university. His five-year term began on July 1, 2021. The university also includes three semi-autonomous affiliated colleges and

9095-590: The site, the Chemical Engineering Building. "The greatest product which we will realize from our electronic era is the better educated race. This applies to all fields – not just the field of science." — Ira Needles , 1956 In 1959, the Legislative Assembly of Ontario passed an act that formally split the Associated Faculties from Waterloo College, and re-established it as the University of Waterloo. The governance

9202-425: The smallest residence is the Minota Hagey Residence, which houses 70 students and is almost exclusively for upper-year students. In September 2010, 24.9 percent of the undergraduate population lived on campus, including 71.1 percent of first-year students. Residents are represented by two residential councils at the university, South Council which represents the students at UW Place, and North Council which represents

9309-401: The steps undertaken by McMaster University to make itself eligible for some provincial funding by establishing Hamilton College as a separate, non-denominational college affiliated with the university. Following that method, Waterloo College established the Waterloo College Associate Faculties on 4 April 1956, as a non-denominational board affiliated with the college. The academic structure of

9416-407: The student has already completed, and where the work term takes place. The university's highest earning undergraduate co-op students in 2018 were mathematics undergraduates (including computer science and computing and financial management) on their sixth work term and were working in the United States, who made an average of US$ 28,600 (C$ 38,000) per four-month work term. Several programs where co-op

9523-495: The student's field of study, especially if the student has had difficulty securing a position. At the end of the work term, the employer submits a performance evaluation for the student which is presented to the student's future employers during their next application stage. As of 2018, the university reports that its co-op students earn an average of CA$ 12,100 per work term when working in Canada. However, co-op earnings vary greatly depending on field of study, how many work terms

9630-483: The university and makes recommendations to the board of governors in the management of the institution. The senate has 24 ex officio positions, including the university's president and chancellor, the vice-presidents, the senior dean of each faculty, the presidents of the undergraduate, graduate, and faculty associations, and the presidents and principals of the university's associated colleges. The senate's 61 other members are appointed or elected by various communities of

9737-405: The university including the faculty of the university, its associated colleges, the student body, and alumni. The president, appointed by the board of governors, acts as the university's chief executive officer with the senate's approval, administers the affairs of the university, and acts on behalf of the board with respect to the operational management and control of the university. The president

9844-783: The university managed four undergraduate programs in Dubai . The university worked in partnership with the Higher Colleges of Technology , the largest post-secondary institution in the United Arab Emirates . Discussions regarding the partnership emerged in 2004, and the Dubai campus was officially opened in September 2009. Through the partnership, the university offered undergraduate degrees in chemical engineering , civil engineering , financial analysis and risk management, and information technology management. The programs offered in Dubai took place in facilities provided by

9951-606: The university's infrastructure and resources. Groundbreaking was on 25 June 2002, with the first completed building, the Sybase campus building, opening on 26 November 2004. In 2010, the Waterloo Research and Tech Park was renamed as the David Johnston Research and Technology Park, after David Johnston , the 28th Governor General of Canada and former president of the university. From 2009 to 2012,

10058-491: The university's library system. Doris E. Lewis was the first University Librarian. The university's library system is also a member of the TriUniversity Group, a partnership between the University of Guelph , the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University. The group provides students and researchers at all three universities with access to all of the collections and services. The group also operates

10165-522: The university, while North Campus holds the Research and Technology Park. Northwest Campus is the least developed area of the main campus, made up primarily of farm fields and an environmental reserve, which divides it from North Campus. In addition, the university owns several other properties in Cambridge , Huntsville , Kitchener , and Stratford , Ontario . The Ion rapid transit system provides

10272-632: The west of Burt Matthews Hall Green the expansion will connect all three floors with the Red North corner of the PAC providing social, fitness, study, multi-faith, dining, and bookable spaces for students. The project was initially projected to complete in Fall 2018; although has not been completed as of 2021. The WUSA also operates an information desk in the Student Life Centre called the Turnkey Desk. It

10379-611: The world with over 20,000 undergraduate students. For co-op students, each term acts as either a study term or a work term depending on their co-op sequencing, typically for the entire length of their degree. Co-op work terms are mandatory for all undergraduate engineering programs, as well as several arts and mathematics programs. Engineering students are required to complete five out their six scheduled work terms to graduate from their program, while students from other faculties typically need to complete four work terms. Engineering students alternate between school and work terms, completing

10486-570: The world's first department of kinesiology was created. The present legislative act which defines how the university should be governed, the University of Waterloo Act, 1972 was passed on 10 May 1972. A coat of arms has been in use by the university since 1961. The coat of arms was officially registered with the Lord Lyon King of Arms in 1987 and with the Canadian Heraldic Authority in 2001. In February 1995,

10593-520: Was affiliated with the University of Western Ontario since 1925. When Gerald Hagey assumed the presidency of Waterloo College in 1953, he made it his priority to procure the funds necessary to expand the institution. While the main source of income for higher education in Ontario at the time was the provincial government, the Ontario government made it clear it would not contribute to denominational colleges and universities. Hagey soon became aware of

10700-413: Was an affiliate of the University of Western Ontario . This entity formally separated from Waterloo College and was incorporated as a university with the passage of the University of Waterloo Act by the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in 1959. It was established to fill the need to train engineers and technicians for Canada's growing postwar economy. It grew substantially over the next decade, adding

10807-464: Was conducted by the university's waste management coordinator. The university's sustainability initiatives are solely institution-specific, as it has not signed any national or international sustainability declaration. However, the university, along with the other members from the Council of Ontario Universities , signed a pledge in 2009 known as Ontario Universities Committed to a Greener World , with

10914-748: Was initially part of Waterloo Township, one of the five townships within Waterloo Country , and is today known as Waterloo, Ontario. It is situated on land historically referred to as Block 2 of the Haldimand Tract, land granted to the Haudenosaunee Six Nations ( Iroquois ) who had served on the British side during the American Revolution as part of the Haldimand Proclamation . The Block 2 land

11021-404: Was modeled on the University of Toronto Act of 1906, which established a bicameral system of university government consisting of a senate, responsible for academic policy, and a board of governors exercising exclusive control over financial policy and having formal authority in all other matters. The president, appointed by the board, was to act as the institution's chief executive officer and act as

11128-409: Was not part of the land initially purchased from Jacob Eby's widow although it contributed to the aesthetics of the park. It was instead acquired by the city in 1915 after the death of William Snider, then owner of the grist mill, for $ 300, at which time it was given the name Silver Lake. The lake was created in 1816 when the Laurel Creek, then called Beaver Creek, was damned by Abraham Erb. Used as

11235-479: Was opened in 1955. The original building was renovated in 2005 to allow for updated electrical service and an expanded refreshments menu. Jacob Eby's farmhouse remains in the park and has been occupied by the Waterloo Potters' Workshop since 1967. In addition to the park attractions, the Waterloo Tennis Club has been operating out of the park since 1915. The grist mill replica opened June 23, 1998. Since Erb's original mill had been torn down and replaced in 1850,

11342-595: Was purchased by Richard Beasley from the Six Nations of the Grand River via Joseph Brant in 1796. Financial difficulties led to Beasley selling 60,000-acre tract of land to the German Company of Pennsylvania in 1803, which led to the eventual founding of Waterloo by Abraham Erb. As of 2019, the park sits on 111 acres of land in Uptown Waterloo, bordered by Seagram Drive and University Avenue to

11449-645: Was purchased from Sunbar and Canbar Ltd. and an additional 34 acres were acquired along Westmount Road. A grandstand, situated between the Eby farmhouse and the cricket pitch, was built in 1895, providing seating for sporting events and concerts. The same year it was the location of the 13th annual Canadian Wheelmen's Association championship races. Hosted by the Waterloo Bicycle Club the Daily Record reported on July 2, 1895, that: "At least 1,500 wheelman and altogether 10,000 people passed through

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