UWaterloo Alumni Podcasts
UWaterloo Alumni Podcasts present personal stories and professional expertise from our global network of grads. In "Uncharted" alumni open up about their career journeys to inspire your own path. In "Alumni Know" grads share their expertise on today's timely and important topics. "Event Broadcasts" bring UWaterloo alumni events, including lectures and expert panels, straight to your earbuds.
Episodes
58 episodes
Uncharted: Dreaming in colour feat. Stephanie Boutari (BAS ’11, MArch ’14)
Stephanie Boutari (BAS ’11, MArch ’14) blends her passion for painting with architectural knowledge to create vibrant murals. But this career path wasn't a natural step for the UWaterloo architecture alum. In this episode, Stephanie shares her ...
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Uncharted: Living a happier life feat. Brian Orend (BA ’94)
In a deeply personal conversation, Brian Orend (BA ’94) opens up about his frustrating journey of medical misdiagnosis after having his first seizure at age 30. Brian's anger motivated him to research happiness and share his findings in a book,...
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Uncharted: Juggling dual careers feat. Alice Chu (BA ’18)
After completing her co-op terms at the University of Waterloo, Alice Chu (BA ’18) felt a corporate career was no longer the right fit for her. On this episode of Uncharted, she shares her journey from the Honours Arts and Business program to a...
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Event Broadcast: The quest for happiness
In May, the University of Waterloo launched a new alumni chapter in Ottawa. As part of the event, alumni from the Ottawa region joined a...
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Uncharted: Where does the garbage go? Feat. Michelle Li (BSc ’05)
Michelle Li (BSc ’05) has always been interested in sustainability and took a leap in 2017 to become vegan when she wanted to do more to decrease her own carbon footprint.Today, she’s the founder of Clever Carbon, a playful educational ...
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Uncharted: Entrepreneurship is within reach feat. Ahmed Mezil (BASc ’14)
It can be daunting to decide what schools you want to apply to and what you want to study when you’re only a teenager in high school. But it’s important to remember that what you choose to study doesn’t always dictate what type of career you’ll...
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Alumni Know: The future of finance feat. Ben Janetos (BA '08)
Think back to when you got your first bank account. What year was it? How did you deposit cheques, pay for items or check your balance? I bet a lot has changed since then. Today, you can do all of this from your phone, in any location you choos...
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Alumni Know: What's the deal with taxes? feat. Andrew Bauer (BA '03, MAcc '03, PhD '12)
It happens every spring. You might not want to, but you have to file your income taxes. Collect your documents, file through an accountant or online platform, and through some magical math you'll discover your fate: payment or refund. ...
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Alumni Know: How to build your money mindset feat. Lianne Hannaway (BMath '02, MAcc '02)
Money is personal. And we have a lot of feelings about it. How could we not? Our financial situations directly affect our lifestyles, health and even our self-worth. On top of that, our financial situations as children can change the way we dea...
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Alumni Know: How to make a budget feat. Michelle Hung (BMath '08)
Life can be expensive. Between rent, debt payments, savings and personal expenses — it can be hard to keep track of what's going in and out of your bank account each month.If money feels overwhelming, don't worry! Michelle Hung (BMath '0...
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Event Broadcast: The Road Less Travelled
Earlier this year, alumni in Waterloo Region shared their journeys to unique careers. At the Road Less Travelled event, students and alumni joined us to hear from four grads of the last decade who took an unexepected path. In today's episode, w...
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Uncharted: Finding Indigenous community feat. Robin Jones-Stadelbauer (BA '12)
Universities are not just schools. They're also communities, and today's guest understands that deeply. Robin Jones-Stadelbauer (BA '12, BA '22) decided to study social development because she wanted to work with Indigenous co...
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Building community with the African Alumni Association
There are more than 230,000 Waterloo alumni located all over the world. The beauty of having such a large, global community is that you're bound to find other alumni you can connect with — people who come from a similar background, live in the ...
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Uncharted: Your skills are transferrable feat. Monika Snowdon (PhD '21)
Monika Snowdon (PhD '21) is a nano-scientist. During her PhD, she created microscopic structures that look like tweezers to stabilize carbon nano-tubes when manufacturing microchips. It's a very specific solution for a very specific...
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Uncharted: I don't want to be quiet feat. Sam Spizzirri (BA '19)
On June 28, 2023, two weeks after we recorded this episode, the University of Waterloo was confronted by a hate-motivated, violent attack. A professor and two students in the Philosophy 202/Gender and Social Justice 222 course were attacked...
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Re-release: Reconciliation and Canada's legal system
Originally recorded in May 2021, Brad Regehr (BA '93) shares how he reconnected with his identity and culture, and what the future holds for Indigenous rights in Canada. Brad is a member of the Peter Bellantyne Cree Nation in Saskatchewan. A gr...
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Event Broadcast: The Mistakes That Made Us
Everyone makes mistakes, but most of us don't like to talk about them. Last month, the Vancouver Alumni Chapter invited three Waterloo grads to turn their biggest blunders into talking points. The Mistakes That Made Us eve...
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Uncharted: Startups are hard feat. David Kennedy (BMath '02)
In 2008, David Kennedy (BMath '02) and his co-founders launched a website where users could create comic strips about themselves and their friends. From the beginning, people had a special connection with the animated characters that looked lik...
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Uncharted: Say yes feat. Arda Öcal (BMath '05)
Arda Öcal studied math at Waterloo because it would lead to a stable career. But he was more interested in media. He wrote for Imprint and hung out at CKMS, Waterloo's student radio station. After graduation, he followed that passion, ...
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Event Broadcast: Intentional leadership for the future
In a future that promises opportunity and waves of disruption, great leaders will need more than technical expertise to deliver results for their organizations. Rose Patten is the Special Advisor to the CEO of BMO Financial Group an...
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Event Broadcast: Job Search Club
If you're an international student or new grad, this episode is for you.Job Search Club is a new program for international visa students at UWaterloo...
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Research experience, extracurriculars and UX feat. Michael Cao (BSc '15, MSc '18)
Michael Cao came to Waterloo's Kinesiology program thinking that he might become a doctor or physiotherapist. At that point, he had no idea that his bachelor and master's degrees would give him an edge as a user experience (UX) professional, or...
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Alumni Know: How to make real estate sustainable
For most of us, when we think sustainability, our minds go to the environment. In fact, your mind might go to one specific sector -- oil and gas. But there's more to sustainability, and ESG, than those things. In today's episode, we're talking ...
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Uncharted: Inclusive language and sustainability feat. Tracelyn Cornelius (MEB '21, PhD in progress)
During her time as a communications officer for an Indigenous school board in Manitoba, Tracelyn Cornelius (MEB '21, PhD in progress) witnessed the devastating effects of what happens when business and environmental concerns aren’t aligned. The...
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