Stephanie Longeway

Named fastest growing tech company in Canada on Deloitte’s 2021 Technology Fast 50, Snapcommerce was co-founded by University of Waterloo alumni Henry Shi (BCS ’14) and Hussein Fazal (BMath ’05). The company has more than 20 million users, $1 billion in sales, and grew by more than 32,000 per cent between 2017 and 2021.

The University of Waterloo has once again placed in the top 100 universities in the world on the Times Higher Education (THE) Impact Rankings 2022. This year, Waterloo moves up 46 spots on the list to number 53. The Impact Rankings are an annual measure of a university’s social and economic impact based on the institution’s success on delivering the United Nations’ Sustainable

Ukraine’s fight against Russia’s invasion of their country is nearing its fourth month. University of Waterloo is unwavering in our solidarity with the innocent victims of this invasion, and we stand in support of those who are calling for its end.  On June 22, Waterloo students had the privilege of participating in a live virtual address from Ukraine’s President Volodymyr

On June 29, the Canada’s Innovation Corridor Summit is taking place promote collaboration within our innovation region that is anchored by Toronto, Kitchener-Waterloo and Hamilton. The Toronto-Waterloo corridor is one of the fastest-growing and densest innovation clusters in the world and was recent…

You’re probably familiar with the University of Waterloo’s world-renowned incubator, Velocity, but did you know that Velocity also leads student programming and resources on campus? Students exploring entrepreneurship can get support from Velocity at every step of their journey in turning an idea in…

On October 20, the Transformative Quantum Technologies team hosted a quantum showcase and the Quantum for Health (Q4Health) pitch competition where students and researchers demonstrated opportunities for quantum to advance health. Transformative Quantum Technologies is a collaborative research initiative led by the University and the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC). It

The University of Waterloo once again ranks in the first spot amongst its Canadian peers for producing the most successful entrepreneurs with undergraduate degrees according to the 2022 PitchBook university rankings. Waterloo also moves up one spot from last year to 21st in the world for founders. P…

daily bulletin Friday, November 4, 2022

As a professor of history, Dr. Kenneth McLaughlin (BA ’65) is skilled at piecing together records and events to tell stories that make sense of our past. He is fondly known around campus as the expert on the University of Waterloo, carefully documenting the University’s origins and important milestones. His three books on the subject include Waterloo: The Unconventional

A frightening medical emergency inspired an idea that is now changing the health and lives of thousands of people. Originally from Nigeria, Folake Owodunni (MBET ’21) was compelled to create Emergency Response Africa to address the gaps in health services available to people living in Africa. In many parts of the continent, there is no consistent or reliable central emergency