UW Administrative Professionals Community Event
- What: Community of Practice event for UW administrative professionals to network and share resources. - When: Wednesday, April 22, 2026. - Where: University of Waterloo — see details and registration at uwaterloo.ca.
University of Waterloo staff have until Wednesday, April 22, 2026, to gather for an in-person event built for administrative professionals to meet colleagues and swap practical advice. (uwaterloo.ca) The university’s Daily Bulletin said the Administrative Professionals Community of Practice is holding its second annual event on April 22, the date recognized as Administrative Professionals Day this year. A follow-up notice on April 8 said the registration deadline had been set for Friday, April 10, ahead of the event itself. (uwaterloo.ca 1) (uwaterloo.ca 2) Organizers described the April 22 program as a chance to celebrate “the behind-the-scenes work” administrative professionals do across the university. The March 27 notice also said the event would include an interactive keynote. (uwaterloo.ca) At Waterloo, a community of practice is a formal group organized around a shared job, topic, or problem, with members trading experience and resources on a regular basis. The university’s Communities of Practice website says these groups are meant to help campus communities “improve and grow” through repeated interaction. (uwaterloo.ca) That structure matters for administrative staff because the work often runs across departments rather than inside a single faculty or office. Waterloo’s communities page lists campus groups for academic advising, wellness, and project management alongside other cross-university networks. (uwaterloo.ca) The event also lands during a period of broader attention to staff roles at Waterloo. On April 17, the university’s Daily Bulletin highlighted a new memorandum of agreement covering University Support Group staff, a separate update that underscored current focus on staff working conditions and representation. (uwaterloo.ca) For attendees, the immediate next step is simple: show up on Wednesday, April 22, for a gathering designed to make an often invisible part of university operations more connected and more visible to one another. (uwaterloo.ca)
