Join WPIRG in celebrating 15 years of Rainbow Reels!
Based in Waterloo, Rainbow Reels Queer and Trans Film and Art Festival has worked hard to increase awareness of queer, lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender issues by showcasing projects from new and...
View Article2015 Annual General Meeting and Board Elections
Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2015 Time: 5:00-8:00pm Location: Community Education Room 2202, Conrad Grebel College, University of Waterloo, 140 Westmount Rd. North Facebook event page here The AGM is...
View ArticleUpdate – Support Grows for Call to Reinstate Marilyn Boutilier at UW
Updated on January 15, 2015. Originally published on December 19, 2015. The Waterloo Public Interest Research Group is pleased to announce that over 300 individuals have signed our letter calling for...
View ArticleBoard of Director Elections 2015!
Candidate Profiles: Maximillian Alvater 1B, Geography My name is Maximilian Altvater, a first year student here at UW. I’ve been involved on the executive committee of SFPR (Students for Palestinian...
View ArticleUpdate – Support Grows for Call to Reinstate Marilyn Boutilier at UW
Updated on January 15, 2015. Originally published on December 19, 2015. The Waterloo Public Interest Research Group is pleased to announce that over 300 individuals have signed our letter calling for...
View ArticleWelcome our new Board of Directors!
WPIRG is excited to welcome the new members of the Board of Directors as elected at our Annual General Meeting on April 2015. Matt Feagan (community member), Amna El-Shatshat (4B Biochemistry), Shalaka...
View ArticleSpring 2015 Refunds
The WPIRG fee ($4.75) is refundable for the first three weeks of every term. Students wishing to receive this refund may do so at the following locations and on the following dates and times: SLC...
View ArticleMay 2015 Members Meeting
Wednesday May 28th 5:00-7:30pm Quantom Nano Centre 1506 Our first Members Meeting of the Spring 2015 term is coming up May 28. Please submit agenda items (funding requests, WPIRG endorsements, action...
View ArticleCinema Politica Waterloo’s June Screening
FILM SYNOPSIS:In this feature-length documentary, Alanis Obomsawin tells the story of Shannen’s Dream, a national campaign to provide equitable access to education in safe and suitable schools for...
View ArticleCinema Politica New Members Meeting
WPIRG’s Cinema Politica Waterloo is looking for new members to join our collective and help us grow one of the KW’s best documentary film series! On a monthly basis, we screen socially and...
View ArticleMarch for Jobs, Justice & the Climate!
Join WPIRG’s Waterloo350 on the KW & Guelph Bus! On July 5th we’ll be marching in Toronto for an economy that works for people and the planet.We want an economy where workers win, communities have...
View ArticleJuly Members Meeting
Thursday, July 23 – 5:00-7:30pm Quantum Nano Centre 2501 Save the date for our second and last Members Meeting of the Spring/Summer 2015 term. Please submit agenda items (funding requests, WPIRG...
View ArticleLunch and Learn: The Youth of Aamjiwnaang Confront Chemical Valley’s Toxic...
July 9, 12:00-2:30pm Waterloo Aboriginal Education Centre 190 Westmount Rd. North, St. Paul’s College, University of Waterloo Event Page Ten years ago, a health report surfaced that showed two girls...
View ArticleJuly Screening: The End of Immigration?
Trailer Event Page Part of Cinema Politica Waterloo’s Summer 2015 Film Series: Social Movements, Austerity and Democracy in Canada
View ArticleChemical Valley Toxic Tour 2015
Ten years ago, a health report surfaced that showed two girls were being born for every boy in Aamjiwnaang First Nation due to toxic chemicals emanating from industry in Chemical Valley. The news made...
View ArticleFree Show w/ Humble the Poet, DarkMatter & the KW Poetry Slam
Featuring Humble the Poet, DARKMATTER & the KW Poetry Slam Thursday, September 24, 7pmHumanities Theater, Hagey Hall, University of Waterloo Facebook event page FREE ENTRY! It has become a WPIRG...
View Article“You Don’t Like the Truth”— 4 Days Inside Guantanamo – Cinema Politica...
Cinema Politica Waterloo, WPIRG, and LSPIRG invite you to join us for the second film of our Fall 2015 Cinema Politica documentary series: YOU DON’T LIKE THE TRUTH — 4 Days...
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