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=== Off-campus facilities === [[File:School of Pharmacy UW 2013.jpg|thumb|left|The university's [[University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy|School of Pharmacy]] based in [[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]]]] The university has several satellite campuses and facilities throughout [[Southern Ontario]]. The closest off-campus facilities are adjacent to the campus, with the university acquiring land and five buildings from [[BlackBerry Ltd]] in December 2013.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/blackberry-stock-rises-16-despite-4-4b-loss-1.2471346|title=BlackBerry stock rises 16% despite $4.4B loss|publisher=[[CBC News]]|date=20 December 2013|access-date=20 December 2013}}</ref> As of February 2014, the university uses three of the buildings, and leases the other two to BlackBerry Ltd.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com/business/2013/12/20/university_of_waterloo_buys_blackberry_buildings_land_for_41_million.html|title=University of Waterloo buys BlackBerry buildings, land for $41 million|newspaper=[[Toronto Star]]|date=20 December 2013|access-date=20 December 2013}}</ref> The Centre for Extended Learning in Kitchener, Ontario is a facility owned and managed by the university.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/about/how-find-us/maps-and-directions/satellite-campuses-and-locations|title=Satellite campuses and locations|publisher=University of Waterloo|access-date=12 July 2012|date=15 May 2012|archive-date=5 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705164540/http://uwaterloo.ca/about/how-find-us/maps-and-directions/satellite-campuses-and-locations|url-status=dead}}</ref> The centre provides pre-university courses, part-time studies, online learning and professional development courses.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dce.uwaterloo.ca/|title=Centre for Extended Learning|publisher=University of Waterloo|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120718181244/http://dce.uwaterloo.ca/|archive-date=18 July 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref> In addition to the Centre for Extended Learning, Kitchener also holds the university's [[University of Waterloo School of Pharmacy|School of Pharmacy]]. The pharmacy building was designed by [[Siamak Hariri]], and was completed in December 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/pharmacy/about-school-pharmacy/pharmacy-building|title=The Pharmacy building|publisher=University of Waterloo|access-date=12 July 2012|date=21 February 2012|archive-date=8 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120708232236/http://uwaterloo.ca/pharmacy/about-school-pharmacy/pharmacy-building|url-status=dead}}</ref> While the School of Pharmacy acts as the anchor institution of this campus, other students and faculty of the university's Faculty of Applied Health Sciences also use the facilities.<ref name="campu">{{cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/about/how-find-us/campuses|title=Campuses|publisher=University of Waterloo|access-date=12 July 2012|date=5 April 2012|archive-date=5 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120705161700/http://uwaterloo.ca/about/how-find-us/campuses|url-status=dead}}</ref> The campus includes a primary care teaching clinic which will integrate clinical care and teaching in pharmacy and optometry. Two other universities also make use of the Health Science and Pharmacy campus. [[McMaster University]]'s medical school makes use of the campus as its base for its Waterloo Regional Campus, with 56 of the medical school's students admitted at the regional campus in 2012. Wilfrid Laurier University's School of Social Work also uses some of the facilities available on the campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://fhs.mcmaster.ca/mdprog/waterloo_regional_campus.html|title=Waterloo Regional Campus|publisher=McMaster University|year=2012|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-date=29 August 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120829102329/http://fhs.mcmaster.ca/mdprog/waterloo_regional_campus.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> The university also operates the [[University of Waterloo Stratford Campus|Stratford School of Interaction Design and Business]] in Stratford, Ontario. The focus for the Stratford campus is on education in digital arts and media. The idea for the Stratford campus first took shape when the City of Stratford and the university signed a memorandum in October 2006. It officially opened in September 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.stratfordbeaconherald.com/2010/09/21/u-of-waterloo-showcases-new-stratford-campus|title=U of Waterloo showcases new Stratford campus|work=Stratford Beacon Herald|date=22 September 2010|last=Beitz|first=Mike|access-date=25 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140218220053/http://www.stratfordbeaconherald.com/2010/09/21/u-of-waterloo-showcases-new-stratford-campus|archive-date=18 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> In November 2009, the university also signed a memorandum of understanding with the [[University of Western Ontario]] regarding academic initiatives at the Stratford Campus.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://communications.uwo.ca/com/media_newsroom/media_newsroom_stories/waterloo_and_western_will_explore_digital_media_collaboration_in_stratford__20091106445177/|title=Waterloo and Western will explore digital media collaboration in Stratford|work=Western News|publisher=University of Western Ontario|date=6 November 2009|access-date=12 July 2012}}</ref> The campus also hosted the first four [[Canada 3.0]] forums, before its move to Toronto in 2012.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lfpress.com/news/london/2012/07/05/19953071.html|title=Stratford loses Canada 3.0|work=London Free Press|publisher=Canoe Sun Media|last=Beitz|first=Mike|date=5 July 2012|access-date=12 July 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130612112558/http://www.lfpress.com/news/london/2012/07/05/19953071.html|archive-date=12 June 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> {{multiple image | align = right | direction = horizontal | image1 = UW School of Architecture 1.jpg | caption1 = Main building in [[Cambridge, Ontario|Cambridge]], Ontario | width1 = 180 | alt1 = | footer = The university's [[University of Waterloo School of Architecture|School of Architecture]] operates from several off-campus facilities | image2 = Piazza di Santa Maria in Trastevere 1 (15606121138).jpg | caption2 = Trastevere studio, Rome | alt2 = | width2 = 180 | total_width = }} The university's [[University of Waterloo School of Architecture|School of Architecture]] uses a campus in Cambridge, Ontario, on the west bank of the [[Grand River (Ontario)|Grand River]].<ref name="arch">{{cite web|url=http://www.architecture.uwaterloo.ca/aboutus.html|title=About Us β Waterloo Architecture|publisher=University of Waterloo|access-date=12 July 2012|date=5 March 2012}}</ref> The architecture campus was the idea of the Cambridge Consortium, a group of Cambridge business owners, who spearheaded the school's fundraising drive to cover a portion of the $27 million cost{{clarify|Canadian dollars or U.S. dollars?|date=March 2014}} of creating the new campus. The school, along with its faculty and students, was moved to the new campus in September 2004.<ref name="arch" /> Since 1979, the School of Architecture has also operated an architecture studio in [[Rome]], [[Italy]] in the [[Trastevere]] neighbourhood. The opportunity to work at the Trastevere studio is offered to fourth-year architecture students.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/architecture/rome|title=Rome|publisher=University of Waterloo|access-date=25 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203200952/https://uwaterloo.ca/architecture/rome|archive-date=3 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Another facility which is owned and managed by the university is the Waterloo Summit Centre for the Environment, in Huntsville, Ontario. It is a year-round research and teaching centre, which regularly hosts post-secondary student field courses and professional development programs, and also serves as a university outreach facility for the whole region.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/waterloo-summit-centre/about-waterloo-summit-centre|title=About the Waterloo Summit Centre|publisher=University of Waterloo|date=25 January 2014|access-date=25 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203200927/https://uwaterloo.ca/waterloo-summit-centre/about-waterloo-summit-centre|archive-date=3 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/waterloo-summit-centre/student-field-courses|title=Student field courses|publisher=University of Waterloo|access-date=25 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203201005/https://uwaterloo.ca/waterloo-summit-centre/student-field-courses|archive-date=3 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> Close to [[Algonquin Provincial Park|Algonquin]] and [[Arrowhead Provincial Park]], the centre's facilities are used for research in ecological restoration and conservation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://uwaterloo.ca/waterloo-summit-centre/research-facilities|title=Research facilities|access-date=25 January 2014|publisher=University of Waterloo|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140203200824/https://uwaterloo.ca/waterloo-summit-centre/research-facilities|archive-date=3 February 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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