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51本色 Fact Sheet

51本色 Fact Sheet

  • Year established: 1911
  • President and Vice-Chancellor: Dr. Deborah MacLatchy
  • Chancellor: Nadir Patel

Senior Leadership

  • Heidi Northwood, Provost and Vice-President: Academic
  • Pamela Cant, Chief Human Resoures and Equity Officer
  • Jason Coolman, Vice-President: Advancement and External Relations
  • David McMurray, Interim Vice-President: Student Affairs
  • Jonathan Newman, Vice-President: Research
  • Lloyd Noronha, Vice-President: Finance and Administration

Locations

  • Waterloo Campus
  • Brantford Campus
  • Milton Campus
  • Kitchener: Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work
  • Yellowknife: Research Office

Students and Faculty Members

Number of Undergraduate Students

  • Full-time: 17,225
  • Part-time: 3,359
  • Total: 20,584

Number of Graduate Students

  • Full-time: 1,368
  • Part-time: 935
  • Total: 2,303

Number of Faculty (Estimate)

  • Full-time: 587
  • Part-time: 414

Number of Staff (Estimate)

  • Full-time: 1,283
  • Part-time: 86

Numbers as of fall 2024.

For additional statistical data, visit the Public Accountability page.

Faculties

Faculties Based at the Waterloo Campus and Kitchener Location

  • Faculty of Arts
  • Faculty of Science
  • Lazaridis School of Business and Economics
  • Faculty of Music
  • Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work
  • Faculty of Education
  • Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies

Faculties Based at the Brantford Campus

  • Faculty of Liberal Arts
  • Faculty of Human and Social Sciences

Research Centres and Institutes

Canada Research Chairs

  • Canada Research Chair in Cold Regions Water Science (tier 1),  (Geography and Environmental Studies)
  • Canada Research Chair in Forests and Global Change (tier 1),  (Biology)
  • Canada Research Chair in Mathematical Modelling (tier 1),  (Mathematics)
  • Canada Research Chair in Business Analytics in Supply Chain (tier 2), Salar Ghamat (Operations and Decision Sciences)
  • Canada Research Chair in Community-Driven Knowledge Mobilization and Pathways to Wellness (tier 2),  (Health Sciences)
  • Canada Research Chair in Corporate Governance (tier 2),  (Policy)
  • Canada Research Chair in Global Adversity and Well-Being (tier 2),  (Social Work)
  • Canada Research Chair in Global Political Ecology (tier 2),  (Political Science)
  • Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Histories and Historical Practice in Canada (tier 2), Lianne Leddy (History)
  • Canada Research Chair in Northern Sustainable Food Systems (tier 2),  (Geography and Environmental Sciences)
  • Canada Research Chair in Northern Wildlife Biology (tier 2),  (Biology)
  • Canada Research Chair in Remote Sensing of Environmental Change (tier 2),  (Geography and Environmental Studies)

Other Research Chairs

  • United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Chair on Food, Biodiversity and Sustainability Studies, 
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) Ontario Chair for Women in Science and Engineering, 

Learn more about our other distinguished research chairs, professors and fellows.

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