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Wednesday, February 22, 2012 - 2:08pm

- from a Master of Public Service release

On Thursday, February 16, students and faculty in the University of Waterloo’s Master of Public Service (MPS) program were delighted to share an intimate dinner at the University Club with the Honourable Glen Murray, Minister of Training, Colleges and Universities and Member of Provincial Parliament for the riding of Toronto Centre.

Minister Murray was the guest of honour at the event, which was organized by the Master of Public Service Association (MPSA), the executive body representing students in the program. Other special guests included UWaterloo President Feridun Hamdullahpur and the Honourable Navdeep Bains, Member of Parliament for Mississauga-Brampton South from 2004 to 2011 and Parliamentary Secretary to the Prime Minister in 2005, who currently teaches public policy development in the MPS program.Arts News Image

The dinner marked the culmination of months of planning by the MPSA Officers, who worked diligently to organize the event while juggling their demanding course load and applying and...

Friday, February 17, 2012 - 2:56pm

Howard Barker's play reveals the gore in the glory of battle

On October 7, 1571, the naval fleet of the Holy League, a coalition of European Catholic states, decisively defeated the main fleet of the Ottoman Empire. In a matter of hours, the Battle of Lepanto changed the course of history: the victory of the Holy League prevented the Mediterranean Sea from becoming uncontested territory for Muslim forces, it protected Italy from Ottoman invasion, and it prevented the Ottoman Empire from advancing further into Europe. The Battle of Lepanto was theArts News Image last major naval battle in the Mediterranean fought entirely between galleys, and to this day, October 7 is a day of celebration and symbolic significance in many parts of Europe; out of the violent destruction of a battle, came the birthday of a bond and mentality that would become modern Europe.

Scenes from an Execution takes us to Venice shortly after the battle, where the head of state has commissioned the most talented and extraordinary artist of the time to paint this pivotal moment in history on a canvas...

Upcoming Events

Monday, February 27, 2012 - 3:30pm
HH1101

Scholarship for an Uncertain World – A Series of Public Lectures by Professors in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo

The Winter 2012 Arts Lecture Series has begun. This year the series is borrowing the theme from the upcoming Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences (www.congress2012.ca):...

Monday, February 27, 2012 - 5:00pm
Tatham Centre, Room 2218 A/B

The Department of Sociology & Legal Studies

UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO

is pleased to announce

THE THIRD ANNUAL JAMES E. CURTIS MEMORIAL LECTURE 

Habits-of-Inequality Theory:

 A New Approach to Sociology's Oldest Problem

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