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A FOCUS ON DIGITAL MEDIA

At the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus, our focus is digital media. This collaborative, strategic partnership between the City of Stratford and the University of Waterloo will bring students, leading researchers, businesses and entrepreneurs together to create, examine and commercialize opportunities in the digital media space.

The Waterloo Stratford Campus is leading an evolution in learning and career preparation. Students will be immersed in a rich, technology-driven environment where theory and practice, science and commerce, creativity and innovation merge to forward digital media.
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Take a virtual tour of the Waterloo Stratford Campus. To learn more about our history, please see our Wikipedia entry.

Our Timeline

October 2006

A memorandum of agreement was signed by the City of Stratford, the University of Waterloo and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival
March 2008

Province of Ontario grants $10 million to the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus. Open Text also partners with the University of Waterloo and pledges $10 million to the project
January 2009

Federal government announces $10.7 million in funding

City of Stratford finalized acquisition of the “Cooper site” downtown Stratford to become the home of the Waterloo Stratford Campus
June 2009

1st ever Canada 3.0 in Stratford, ON hosted by the University of Waterloo Stratford Campus and Canadian Digital Media Network. The event was the official launch of University of Waterloo Stratford
November 2009

University of Waterloo and The University of Western Ontario in London, Ontario signed a memorandum of understanding with plans to work together
May 2010

Waterloo Stratford Campus hosts officials from Zambia, Africa. The campus will be the research arm of a program that will see the first auto-disable safety syringe factory in Zambia
2nd annual Canada 3.0 in Stratford, ON with a call for a "moon shot": everyone can do anything online anywhere in Canada by 2017
September 2010

Official opening of the Waterloo Stratford Campus at 6 Wellington St., Stratford, ON
Waterloo Stratford Campus signs an agreement with Chiba University in Japan
October 2010

Waterloo Stratford Campus and the Stratford | Perth Centre for Business announces a partnership to open a Digital Media Incubator
February 2011

Waterloo Stratford Campus unveils designs for new campus building, a 45,000 square foot, three-storey building with large glass walls and an open-concept to allow for collaboration between students and faculty.
June 2011

Construction begins on the new campus at St. Patrick Street. The completion date is slated for July 2012.
July 2011

The Masters program is approved and the name is changed from Master of Digital Innovation to Master of Digital Experience Innovation to reflect the hands on experience in the program. Admissions also begin for September 2011.
September 2011

The first class of Master of Digital Experience Innovation begins at the temporary campus with a 17 student enrollment.
November 2011

Ginny Dybenko, previously the Dean of Business & Economics at Wilfred Laurier University, is appointed as Executive Director of the Stratford Campus.

Waterloo Stratford Campus unveils plans for interior of building. At full capacity, the number of undergraduate and graduate students will top 500.
December 2011

Waterloo Stratford Campus opens admissions for the class of Global Business and Digital Arts students starting fall 2012.