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=== Organizations === The university's two main student unions are the Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association (WUSA) for undergraduate students,<ref name="about wusa">{{cite web |title=What is WUSA? |url=https://wusa.ca/your-wusa |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200815041756/https://wusa.ca/your-wusa |url-status=dead |archive-date=15 August 2020 |website=Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association |access-date=21 May 2020 |date=21 September 2017}}</ref> and the Graduate Student Association (GSA) for graduate students.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/graduate-student-association/home|title=Home|date=16 August 2012|website=Graduate Student Association|access-date=25 May 2019}}</ref> Founded in 1967 as the Federation of Students,<ref name="about wusa" /> WUSA operates four businesses, twelve student services, oversees over 200 accredited student clubs;<ref>{{cite web |title=Clubs & Services |url=https://wusa.ca/clubs-services |website=Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association |access-date=21 May 2020 |date=7 September 2017 |archive-date=25 September 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200925195828/https://wusa.ca/clubs-services |url-status=dead}}</ref> in addition to operating other student programs and events. Among the WUSA student groups is the [[Glow Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity]], Canada's oldest, continually running university-based [[LGBT|2SLGBTQ+]] group.<ref name="GlowMainPage">{{cite web |title=Glow Centre for Sexual and Gender Diversity |url=https://wusa.ca/services/student-run-services/glow |website=Waterloo Undergraduate Student Association |access-date=18 October 2023}}</ref> [[File:Student Garage Space at the University of Waterloo.jpg|thumb|The Sedra Student Design Centre, where student design teams work on projects such as making an [[Self-driving car|autonomous vehicle]] or a [[Hyperloop pod competition|Hyperloop pod prototype]].|alt=]] Each of the university's faculties has a student society which represent and provide services for the students in their respective faculties.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/feds/student-bodies/student-societies|title=Student Societies|date=24 September 2017|website=Federation of Students|access-date=25 May 2019}}</ref> Services include online exam banks, resume critiques, and technical skills workshops. Some student societies also operate a student deal discount program and one to two shops selling coffee and food at low prices.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.engsoc.uwaterloo.ca/about-us/student-spaces/|title=Student Spaces β C&D|website=Waterloo Engineering Society|access-date=25 May 2019}}</ref> Each faculty also operates a student-run endowment fund, which fund student design teams, laboratory upgrades, and services for their respective student societies.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/science-endowment-fund/home|title=Home {{!}} Waterloo Science Endowment Fund {{!}} University of Waterloo|date=23 April 2013|website=Waterloo Science Endowment Fund|access-date=25 May 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/math-endowment-fund/projects-funded|title=Projects Funded|date=4 May 2017|website=Mathematics Endowment Fund|access-date=25 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190525205057/https://uwaterloo.ca/math-endowment-fund/projects-funded|archive-date=25 May 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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