The #consequences of #heatwaves on #homeless people in #Canada are often ignored. “The same way we accept, as a #HumanRight , that people will have warmth and comfort in the winter, we have to start thinking about access to being cool in the summer,” said Blair Feltmate, head of the Intact Centre of #ClimateAdaptation at the #UniversityOfWaterloo . 
Experts have even claimed that #ExtremeHeat is just as #dangerous for homeless people as extreme cold is during winters

https://www.fairplanet.org/editors-pick/how-the-record-heat-waves-are-affecting-canadas-homeless-population

by #AliciaWang in #Imprint:

"On Wednesday afternoon at approximately 4 p.m., a stabbing incident occurred toward the end of PHIL 202: Gender Issues in Hagey Hall...

"Jinming Li, an arts and business student in the class, was an eyewitness to the event. According to Li, a man of about 20-30 years of age entered the class and asked the professor what the class was about. The man closed the door, pulled two knives out of his backpack and proceeded to attack the professor. Students ran to the back of the class to exit out of the one class entrance."

https://uwimprint.ca/article/stabbing-at-hagey-hall/

#violence #stabbing #GenderStudies #HigherEducation #UniversityOfWaterloo #education #terrorism

A suspect has been charged in the stabbing of a professor and two students during a class on gender issues at the #UniversityofWaterloo in #Canada 🇨🇦 in what police are calling a hate-motivated attack.

“The accused targeted a gender studies class and investigators believe this was a hate-motivated incident related to gender expression and gender identity,” Waterloo police said in a statement on Wednesday.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/29/canada-stabbing-attack-university-waterloo-gender-issues-class

It is so incredibly, irritatingly windy in #Kitchener especially in the concrete canyons downtown (you don't get a pass either #Waterloo :/) Given the whole innovation spiel we love to tell ourselves so much, why aren't we some hub of in-city wind-based technology? Let's at least put this frigging annoyance to work for us.

@waterlooregion #KW #WindPower #renewableEnergy #IKeepWritingWaterlolAndIKindOfLoveIt
#dtk #UniversityofWaterloo #TechStartup #PutThatOverweeningPrideToWork

Young Canadian Digital Creators Praise AI
University tech students in Canada aren't afraid of artificial intelligence. Some see a "miracle" that will save lives.
https://verdantsquare.net/blog/2023/04/19/young-canadian-digital-creators-praise-ai/505958/
#Featured #technology #AI #ArtificialIntelligence #Canada #PublicHealth #UniversityOfWaterloo

Labibah Salim is the vice president of #UniversityOfWaterloo 's #Muslim #StudentsAssociation . She said the student association hosts daily congregational prayers #OnCampus after Iftar, and 500 people attend on average. 

#Students with limited incomes can #register for the program and pick up their #Iftar package, which consists of a healthy meal, water and dates, on campus each day.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/kitchener-waterloo/ramadan-muslim-student-associations-create-community-1.6796559

#Kitchener #Waterloo #Ontario #POC #Community #StudentsHelpingStudents #Canada

Nicolas Pellegrino
#universityofwaterloo

Studying global biodiversity by analyzing #insects

Climate change, restructuring ecosystem -> mass #extinction

>75% decline over 27yrs (insect biomass)

Bio scan project (U of G): international barcode of life project
-want to discover all species
-species interaction
-species dynamics

Interesting exploring how #MachineLearning
might help us track changes in #biodiversity

Learning from Rebaz about the #climatecrisis situation in #Iraq

Loss of flowing #water increasing in dams upstream
Up to 10x the number of #duststorms (220 in 2009)
Wheat production dropping, livestock loss, high unemployment, urban migration
1.2mil internally displaced ppl

#climateinstutute #universityofwaterloo

At a student #climate conference at #universityofwaterloo

Dr. Amelia Clarke speaking to how we need to stay focused on the solutions to stay motivated, to work within our spheres of influence.

#Energy #climatecrisis

Tech (Global News): AI and breast cancer: How a Canadian lab plans to use new tech to treat patients https://globalnews.ca/news/9496451/artificial-intelligence-breast-cancer-research-canada/ #globalnews #TechNews #Technology #artificialintelligencehealthcarecanada #artificialintelligencehealthcare #ArtificialIntelligence #breastcancerresearchAI #CanadianCancerSociety #breastcancerresearch #UniversityofWaterloo #aihealthcarecanada #breastcancercanada #breastcancerAI #aihealthcare #BreastCancer

#WetlandsAreGold
We (excluding politicians 😠 ) understand the value of our wetlands. Small ⚡isolated ⚡ wetlands are low areas that trap water and slowly drain and dry.
Large amounts of agricultural #Nitrogen and #Phosphorous pollutants are also trapped‼️ these areas are the first to be filled-in by developers. #UniversityOfWaterloo 🇨🇦 scientists have developed the math that describes this filtering. Now let the politicians/developers argue the math is wrong.
https://phys.org/news/2023-02-small-isolated-wetlands-pollution-catching-powerhouses.html

An #Introduction.

I grew up in #Waterloo and got my degree in #Math from #UniversityOfWaterloo. I lived in #Toronto for 30+ years and now #Kingston is home.

I was a club #DJ and worked #MusicRetail for about a decade.

In 1994 I launched a #BBS for Sony Music. We started on the web in 1995 and ran forums, newsletters, and online chats. I registered schafer.com that year and started blogging in 2000.

I worked at #Tucows for ten years, mostly running #ProductManagement. I’m quasi-retired now.