The University of Waterloo’s Water Institute and the University of Bordeaux's LabEx COTE Cluster of Excellence have been collaborating since 2014, when the Water Institute convened a workshop in Waterloo with Bordeaux researchers to explore potential areas of collaboration. In 2016, 10 Waterloo researchers, led by Professor Roy Brouwer, executive director, Water Institute, visited the LabEx...

The Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology (WIN) has enjoyed a strong and productive relationship with the University of Bordeaux (UBx) since 2010. As UBx is one of the top institutions in France in nanomaterials research with a similar focus and vision to WIN, our two institutes are natural partners in nanoscience and nanotechnology discovery and applications . Under the structure of the...

The University of Waterloo was established in 1957 with the then novel, cooperative approach (coop) of combining in class learning with work related learning. The idea was advanced that students would alternate in-class, didactic, learning with ‘work terms’ where they could tackle problems in commercial and/or research settings designed to provide meaningful societal benefit. Initially the...