University of Waterloo Stratford Campus
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| Type | Satellite campus |
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| Established | June 2009 |
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University of Waterloo |
| Director | Ginny Dybenko |
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Stratford, Ontario, Canada 43°22′05″N 80°58′54″W / 43.3680°N 80.98177°WCoordinates: 43°22′05″N 80°58′54″W / 43.3680°N 80.98177°W |
| Website | uwaterloo.ca/stratford-campus |
The University of Waterloo Stratford Campus is located in Stratford, Ontario, Canada. It is one of the three satellite campuses of the University of Waterloo.
Founded in June 2009, the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus is part of the Faculty of Arts, established to provide programs that focus on digital media, digital technologies, content creation and user experience.
On 16 October 2006, the city council of the City of Stratford authorized Mayor Dan Mathieson to sign a memorandum of agreement with the Stratford Festival and the University of Waterloo to explore the possibility of having a liberal arts college located in Stratford.
The Province of Ontario granted $10 million to the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus on 26 March 2008. The following day, Waterloo-based enterprise software company OpenText announced that they had committed $10 million to the project.
On 22 January 2009, the federal government announced that it was pledging $10.7 million over five years for the Corridor for Advancing Canadian Digital Media - now known as the Canadian Digital Media initiative under the Canadian Digital Media Network (CDMN) – a joint initiative between Communitech and University of Waterloo Stratford Campus. In June of the same year, the first ever Canada 3.0 forum in Stratford, ON was hosted by the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus and CDMN. The event was the official launch of the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus.
The official opening of the campus took place on 20 September 2010 at its temporary location at 6 Wellington St., Stratford, Ontario. The first class of the Master of Digital Experience Innovation (MDEI) – an interdisciplinary, professional one-year program - began at the temporary campus the following year.
On 1 October 2011, Ginny Dybenko, the former Dean of the Wilfrid Laurier School of Business & Economics, becomes the Executive Director of the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus.
In January 2012, a part-time Master of Digital Experience Innovation option was added. The program integrated a Project Management Professional certification component into the curriculum for all students.
The first class of the Global Business and Digital Arts program began their studies on 5 September 2012 at the new campus located at 125 St. Patrick St. On 16 October 2012 the building was officially unveiled to the community.
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