William Valores "Ben" Uttley, newspaper owner and editor, was born January 1, 1865 in Elmira, Ontario. He started the Daily Record in Berlin (now Kitchener), Ontario, selling it in 1919 to purchase the Elmira Signet. He served as a member of City Council at intervals between 1905 and 1919. He was an original member of the Waterloo Historical Society, and wrote A History of Kitchener, Ontario. He died May 26, 1944 and was buried in Elmira's Saint James Lutheran Cemetery.

Anthony Morse ("Tony") Urquhart, was born at Niagara Falls, Ont., on April 9, 1934. "He studied art at the Albright Art School and U[niversity] of Buffalo. In 1961 he joined a group of London, Ont. artists, including Greg Curnoe and Jack Chambers, who advocated a regional approach to art. Drawing from his own experiences, Urquhart works in a style that makes explicit reference to the underlying complexities and paradoxes he sees in the local landscape. In his boxed landscape sculptures of the 1960's he achieved a surreal juxtaposition of savage and primordial relationships with the actual and familiar. The constructions become at once a personal interior space and a universal collective landscape." [By Kathleen Laverty from Canadian Encyclopedia, 1985.]

Tony Urquhart passed away on January 26, 2022.

Jane Urquhart was born in 1949 in Little Long Lac, Ontario, and received her education in Toronto and Guelph. A novelist and poet, her work has been published since 1982, and includes False Shuffles (1982), The Little Flowers of Madame de Montespan (1984), The Whirlpool (1986), Storm Glass (1987), Changing Heaven (1990), Away (1993) and The Underpainter (1997).

Jane Urquhart has been writer-in-residence at the University of Ottawa, at Memorial University, and most recently in 1997 at the University of Toronto. In 1997 she was awarded the Governor General's Award for Fiction for her novel The Underpainter. Prior to 1997 she had already been the recipient of several literary awards: Le Prix de Meilleure Livre Etrangere (Best Foreign Book Award), France, for The Whirlpool, 1992, The Trillium Book Award in 1993, and the Marian Engel Prize in 1994.
In 1997 Jane Urquhart received an honorary degree from the University of Waterloo.

University Relations is responsible for conveying the University of Waterloo's mission, vision, values and aspirations while working collaboratively to achieve the goals outlined in the University’s strategic plan.

The University of Waterloo Tiddlywinks Club was formed in the Student Village at the University of Waterloo in October 1965.[1]

Charles McLeod, a graduate student in mathematics, was one of the founders of the group and applied for a grant from the Federation of Students (now the Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association, WUSA) to start the club. Initially, the Federation of Students did not take this grant request seriously and laughed at the proposal. However, McLeod was able to convince the committee of the merits of tiddlywinks and was given the grant.[2]

The club had approximately 80 members in 1966. All members were issued membership cards that showed an affiliation to the English Tiddlywink Association and the International Federation of Tiddlywink Association.[3]

The club imported equipment from England however the items were held by Canadian custom officials who suspected the parcel labeled “tiddlywinks” contained something sinister. The parcel was eventually released when a university official explained the game of tiddlywinks.[4]

On February 12, 1966, the University of Waterloo won the Canadian championship in a 16-game playoff with Waterloo Lutheran University (now Wilfrid Laurier University), the only other team in Canada. The final score was 80 to 26 with the University of Waterloo winning 14 of the games.[5]

The University of Waterloo team travelled to Harvard University to compete in the North American Tiddlywink Championship on February 25, 1966, and won. The team had ambitions to then travel to England and compete in the World Championships at either Oxford or Cambridge University.[6] The prize was a trophy donated by Prince Philip known as “Silver Wink.”[7] A photograph of the University of Waterloo team holding a Harvard pennant following their win appeared on page 2 of the Friday, March 4, 1966 edition of the Coryphaeus.

In October 1966, the University of Waterloo team staged a marathon to set the world record of 56 hours of continuous tiddlywinks at Waterloo Square.[8] This event was held to draw attention to the team’s need to raise $4,400 for ten members to travel to England and complete in the World Championships in February 1967.[9] The team successfully set the new record by beating the previous record of 55 hours of continuous play by the Lanchester College of Technology (now Coventry University).[10] However, the club was likely unable to raise enough money to attend the World Championships as there does not appear to be any mention of this event in local or campus newspapers.

On October 28, 1967, the University of Waterloo hosted the North American Tiddlywinks Championship, the first time this event was held in Canada. Five teams challenged the defending University of Waterloo Tiddlywinks Club.[11] The University of Waterloo lost to Cornell University in the final round by a score of 61 to 51.[12] Despite this loss, the team was still eligible to compete in the World Championships at Oxford University in Spring 1968 if they could raise the money to go. Lord Thomson and Coca Cola declined to sponsor the team. It was suggested that the Athletic department help finance the team through the $22 athletic fee charged to students, since this was the only team at the university with world championship caliber at the time.[13] The club was likely unable to raise enough money to attend the World Championships as there does not appear to be any mention of this event in local or campus newspapers.

Following the North American Tiddlywinks Championship, the University of Waterloo Tiddlywinks Club was largely inactive. The club met on Thursday, October 1, 1970 for the first time nearly three years later to try and rebuild the team. Although there was poor turnout at the meeting, club spokesperson Ross Bell remained optimistic. The club was scheduled to meet every Thursday but it is unclear if the club remained active beyond 1970.[14]

Known members of the club include: Jon Ingram, Charles McLeod, John Kohler, Mark Taylor, Henry Sheilds, Helmut Roth, Andy Tomaino, Marie Kennedy, Ihor Gawdan, Paul Gardner, Barry Gillespie, Ronald Rumm, Ross Bell, Paul Freeman, Bill Webb, and Rosie Wain.[15]

Plant Operations oversees the maintenance, repair, renovation, and improvement of campus spaces, spanning 70 buildings and 1,112 acres of land.

The Office of the Registrar is the central administrative unit working in co-operation with faculties and departments to administer undergraduate programs, prepare data for internal groups, and submit data to various government and external agencies.

The Office of the President team assists the University President with day-to-day activities on and off-campus. This includes setting and managing the President’s calendar of activities, working with internal and external stakeholders to move the University forward and managing the President’s communications activities and outreach efforts, including keynote addresses, digital presence, and more.

The Faculty of Science is among the oldest academic units at the University of Waterloo. Its origins date to 1957, when students were enrolled under a combined Faculty of Science and Engineering. Although these students pursued engineering degrees, their programs incorporated substantial science coursework. By the 1958–59 academic year, more than half of the faculty members were scientists, establishing a strong academic presence that laid the groundwork for the creation of an independent Faculty of Science.[1]

This vision was realized in 1959 with the formal establishment of the Faculty of Science under the leadership of Dean Bruce Kelley. In its inaugural year, the faculty introduced four programs: Honours Chemistry, Honours Chemistry and Physics, Honours Mathematics and Physics, and a three-year General Science course. That autumn, approximately 24 students enrolled, attending classes in the Chemistry and Chemical Engineering building (now Douglas Wright Engineering) and the Mathematics and Physics building (now Physics).[2]

In 1960, Dr. W.A.E. “Pete” McBryde was appointed acting dean as enrolment increased to 75 students. Two years later, the University of Waterloo extended its pioneering co-operative education model beyond engineering for the first time, introducing a co-operative program in Applied Physics.[3]

The 1960s marked a period of significant departmental expansion. Biology was established as a separate department in 1964 under the leadership of Dr. H.B.N. Hynes, followed by the creation of the Earth Sciences department in 1965, chaired by Dr. P.F. Karrow. In 1966, the faculty launched a co-operative Chemistry program.[4]

Over the decades, the Faculty of Science has experienced sustained growth, broadened its academic offerings, and continually enhanced the diversity of its co-operative education opportunities for students. Today, it stands as an integral part of the University of Waterloo and is internationally recognized for its leadership in research and education.

The Faculty of Mathematics is one of six faculties at the University of Waterloo and stands as the only dedicated Faculty of Mathematics in North America.

The origins of the Faculty of Health at the University of Waterloo date back to 1964, when the University launched a one-year post-degree program leading to a Bachelor of Physical Education under the new Department of Physical Health and Education. This program was designed to provide professional training for university graduates pursuing careers in physical education, health, and recreation. It was supervised by the Senate Committee on Physical Education and the department chairman Dan Pugliese.[1] The program was supported by several full-time and part-time lecturers, including Ruth Hodgkinson, who became the first women's instructor in the department.[2]

The program enrolled 41 students in its inaugural year including 37 men and 4 women. The curriculum featured 13 lecture and laboratory courses. In addition to academic coursework, students learned the fundamentals of a wide range of sports. Students also participated in a camping trip at Camp Tawingo. This off-campus experience allowed them to practice activities such as canoeing and sailing that were not possible on campus.[4] This one-year post-degree program remained in place until 1966, with its final offering in the 1967-68 academic year.

In 1966, the Department of Physical Health and Education transitioned into the newly established School of Physical and Health Education. This reorganization introduced two distinct departments. The Department of Physical and Health Education focused on academic instruction and research in the fields of physical and health education, while the Department of Athletics managed intercollegiate and intramural athletics, as well as physical education services for students, faculty, and staff.[5]

Two years later, in 1968, the School was renamed the School of Physical Education and Recreation, following the introduction of a degree program in recreation. At this time, the School was reorganized into three departments: Kinesiology (formerly Physical and Health Education), Recreation, and Athletics.[6]

In Fall 1972, the Faculty of Human Kinetics and Leisure Studies was officially established, replacing the School of Physical Education and Recreation. It retained the same three departments, although by 1982, the Department of Athletics appears to have separated from the Faculty.[7]

In 1990, the Faculty was renamed as the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences and included four departments: Dance, Health Studies, Kinesiology, and Recreation and Leisure Studies. The Department of Dance was closed in 1996.[8]

The Faculty adopted its current name, the Faculty of Health, in 2021, following recommendations from its own strategic plan. The change aimed to enhance brand clarity, particularly for external stakeholders, and better reflect its three academic units: Department of Kinesiology and Health Sciences, Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, and the School of Public Health Science.[9]

Throughout its history, the Faculty of Health has fostered a vibrant community of faculty, staff, and students, dedicated to promoting and protecting health and well-being through excellence in education, research, advocacy, collaboration, and partnerships.

The development of the University of Waterloo’s Faculty of Environment reflects an evolution from technical design programs to an interdisciplinary academic unit dedicated to addressing complex environmental and societal challenges.

Graduate studies in Human Physical Environments began at the University of Waterloo in 1965 with the introduction of a Master of Applied Sciences in Environmental Design and a Diploma in Design offered through the Faculty of Engineering.[1]

In 1967, Environmental Studies and Architecture programs were added under the Department of Design in the Faculty of Engineering to prepare students for architectural practice and address environmental challenges.[2] By 1968, growing recognition that architectural issues were more social than technical prompted a shift toward a broader academic structure. Under Vice-President Academic Dr. Howard Petch, these programs separated from Engineering in October 1968.[3] At the same time, the Faculty of Arts expanded its offerings through the Department of Geography and Planning, introducing programs in urban and regional planning.[4]

Later that year, Dr. Petch proposed creating a College of Environmental Studies to address pressing issues such as housing, air and water pollution, transportation, urban blight, farmland preservation, and unequal living standards. The proposal received broad support from the Senate, the Planning Group in the Department of Geography, and professionals outside the university, including Gordon Phillips, Director of Education Programs at the American Institute of Architects, and Norman H. McMurrich, President of the Canadian Association of Architects. The proposal gained further support through the findings of a subsequent ad hoc committee formed to investigate its merits. The committee, comprising Professors T. Bjornstad, J.B. Ellis, L.O. Gertler, and R.R. Krueger, concluded that universities were not adequately addressing pressing issues such as housing, urban development, and land use.[5]

On February 20, 1969, the Senate approved the establishment of the Division of Environmental Studies, effective July 1, 1969. Equal in status to existing faculties, the Division integrated two professional schools, Architecture and Urban and Regional Planning, and two academic departments: Geography and Man-Environment Studies. This structure fostered interdisciplinary collaboration. The term “Division” was chosen over “Faculty” or “College” to allow greater autonomy for the professional schools.[6] Dr. Peter Nash was appointed as the first Dean, Division of Environmental Studies in 1970.[7]

On October 17, 1972, the Board of Governors received a proposal to rename the academic unit as the Faculty of Environmental Studies to eliminate confusion caused by the term “division,” which was also used for sub-units in other faculties on campus. The proposal was later approved and came into effect in 1973.[8] In 2008, the Faculty adopted its current name, Faculty of Environment. The name change was driven by the perception that the term ‘studies’ conveyed passivity, whereas the Faculty sought to emphasize its active commitment to environmental action and solutions.[9]

Today, the Faculty is recognized as a leader in research, education, and innovation, addressing global challenges such as climate change, urban growth, resource management, and sustainability.[10]

The Faculty of Engineering is one of six faculties at the University of Waterloo. It is not only the largest faculty at the University, but also the largest engineering school in Canada.

The Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo traces its roots to the institution’s formative years in the late 1950s. Initially, the University did not plan to establish a dedicated arts faculty. Instead, it anticipated that arts instruction would be provided by Waterloo College (now Wilfrid Laurier University), which was expected to affiliate with the University alongside St. Jerome’s College.[1] However, disagreements over governance, particularly concerning control of the arts program and representation on the University Senate, led Waterloo College to decline the proposed affiliation. In response, the University of Waterloo made the pivotal decision to create its own Faculty of Arts.[2]

This decision culminated in the formal announcement of the Faculty of Arts in May 1960.[3] President Dr. Gerald Hagey appointed Dr. W. Keith Thomas as acting dean, entrusting him with the task of building the faculty and recruiting academic staff. Under Dr. Thomas’s leadership, four departments were established: Mathematics, chaired by Dr. Ralph Stanton; History, led by Dr. Paul Cornell; German and Russian, headed by Dr. J.W. Dyck; and English, directed by Dr. Thomas himself. Historical records indicate that the Faculty employed approximately 22 academic staff members in its first year, with more than half serving in the Mathematics department.[4]

To support students enrolling in the new arts program, the University’s Senate Committee on Scholarships introduced ten scholarships, each valued at $1,650.[5] The Faculty welcomed its first cohort of students in the fall of 1960, with lectures beginning on September 26. Between 54 and 58 students enrolled that year, paying an annual sessional fee of $413, which covered tuition, health insurance, student activities, and a contribution to the Student Union Building fund.

In its inaugural year, the Faculty of Arts faced significant infrastructure challenges. There was no dedicated arts building, administrative space, or arts library. At the time, the campus library consisted of a single room on the third floor of the Mathematics and Physics building. These limitations eventually spurred the construction of key facilities, including the Modern Languages building, completed in 1962, and the Dana Porter Library, which opened in 1965.[6]

Within the first year, Dr. Thomas stepped down as acting dean to focus on chairing the English department. Dr. Norman H. High succeeded him as acting dean for the 1961–62 academic year and was formally confirmed in the role in fall 1962. This leadership transition marked a new phase of expansion for the Faculty, which soon added departments such as Sociology, Romance Languages, Economics, Political Science, Philosophy, Classics, and Geography. A major structural change occurred on January 1, 1967, when Mathematics officially separated to form its own faculty.[7]

From its modest beginnings, the Faculty of Arts has evolved into a vibrant and diverse academic community, bringing together students, faculty, and staff engaged in the humanities, social sciences, and fine, performing, and media arts at the University of Waterloo.

The Kitchener-Waterloo Federated Charities was formed in 1941 by community and business leaders to raise money for war work done by local agencies. When World War II ended, the organization continued to raise money for local social service organizations and charities. In 1969 its name was changed to Federated Appeal of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area. On June 12, 1984 the board voted to join United Way/Centraide Canada and its name was changed again, to United Way of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area. The organization's mandate has always been to aid people who need help by conducting a yearly fund-raising campaign benefitting its member agencies, who provide that help. (Williams, Cindy. Fifty Years of Caring and Sharing: a History of the United Way of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area, 1941-1991. Kitchener, Ont.: United Way of Kitchener-Waterloo and Area, 1993, c1992.)

St. Paul's United College (1963–2005)
St. Paul's University College (2005–2022)

Alfred Henry Tyrer was born in Birkdale, Lancashire (England, United Kingdom) around 1870, to William and Anna Williams Tyrer. He emigrated to Canada during his twenties. In 1894, Tyrer married Mary “Minnie” Adelaide Golden (1868-1929) in Hamilton (Ontario). The couple had one child named Elliott Golden Tyrer (1902-1972). Alfred Henry Tyrer worked as a Reverend for the Church on England in Canada and published several books on the matters of sex education and birth control. Tyrer died in York (Ontario) on April 28, 1942.

William Thomas Tutte was born on May 14, 1917, in Newmarket (United Kingdom). In 1935, Tutte received a scholarship to study Natural Sciences at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he majored in Chemistry and graduated with first-class honours in 1938. In 1940, as a graduate student, he transferred to Mathematics. During that time, Tutte and his colleagues Cedric Smith, Leonard Brooks, and Arthur Stone started researching mathematics and publishing under the pseudonym Blanche Descartes. They were one of the first to solve the problem of Squaring the square, and the first to solve it without a square subrectangle.

In January 1941, Tutte joined Bletchley Park, the organization of code-breakers in the United Kingdom. While at Bletchley Park, Tutte worked on a set of machine-ciphers named Fish, used for high-level communications between Berlin and the field commanders. In 1943, the British Post Office created the electronic computer COLOSSUS with algorithms created by Tutte and his collaborators Max Newman and Ralph Tester. COLOSSUS was used to break Fish codes throughout the remainder of the Second World War.

Once the War was over, in late 1945, Tutte resumed his studies at Cambridge where he received his Ph. D. with a dissertation titled "An algebraic theory of graphs" where he established the subject of Matroid theory.

In 1948, after an invitation from geometer Harold Scott MacDonald Coxeter, Tutte moved to Canada and started teaching at the University of Toronto where he gained preeminence in the field of Combinatorics. In 1958, he was made Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (FRSC). In 1962, Tutte began teaching at the University of Waterloo, helping establish the identity and reputation of the University and create the Faculty of Mathematics (in 1967). At the University of Waterloo, he became one of the first members of the Department of Combinatorics and Optimization. Tutte retired in 1985 but continued working as Professor Emeritus. Between 1990 and 1996, Tutte was the first president of the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications. In 2001, he was named Officer of the Order of Canada.

In 1949 Tutte married Dorothea Mitchell. The couple lived in West Montrose until Dorothea's passing in 1994. Afterwards, Tutte moved back to Newmarket (United Kingdom). He returned to Waterloo in 2002.

William Thomas Tutte died on May 2, 2002, in Waterloo.

Andy Turnbull usually works as a writer but during his time at The Record he worked as a photographer.

Iris Turcott was a dramaturge, director, and actor. She obtained an Honours degree with the University of Western Ontario on English and Drama as well as a Bachelor of Education at the University of Toronto. Turcott has worked with many Canadian stage companies such as the Canadian Stage and the Stratford Festival. She was also part of international plays in Manchester, Melbourne, and the Abbey Theatre. Turcott was also involved in the education and mentorship of the arts, having taught at the National Theatre School of Canada. She was the recipient of the George Luscombe Award in 2008 and the Playwrights Guild of Canada's Honorary Award in 2013. Turcott died on September 22, 2016.

Tsimshian are an Indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest Coast.

Pierre Eliot Trudeau was the prime minister of Canada in 1968 to 1979 and 1980 to 1984. Born in Montreal on October 18, 1919, Trudeau was a politician, constitutional lawyer, and a writer. Trudeau was an prominent figure in Canadian politics as well as internationally. He is known for negotiating the independence of Canada from Britain and creating a new Canadian Constitution with the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. He was married to Margaret Sinclair and had four children. Trudeau died on September 28, 2000 in Montreal.

Justin Trudeau is the 23rd Prime Minister of Canada.

Trotter Studios was operated by Albert Trotter.