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Digital Nova Scotia x WatSPEED partnership: 

Bringing expertise to the coast: In collaboration with Digital Nova Scotia, WatSPEED presents specialized programs tailored to the ever-evolving landscape of technology to professionals, leaders, and executives.

Leverage Waterloo's pioneering approach, industry-driven content, and innovative instruction to elevate your skills AI, data science, business, leadership and more. With exclusive pricing for Digital Nova Scotia members, we invite you to transform your expertise and lead the next era of health care innovation. Register now and be the catalyst for change.

Please log in to the Digital Nova Scotia learning centre portal to access WatSPEED courses at exclusive rates for Digital Nova Scotia members (up to 20% off courses).

 


Not yet registered? Let's get started and create a new account with WatSPEED:

Note: If you taken WatSPEED courses in the past and already have an account, you can log in to your account and skip to step four.

  1. Navigate to our student portal and enter your email address in the “I am a new user” section on the right side of the page.
  2. Click "create account" to start the account creation process. You will receive an email to set your temporary password.
    • Please note: If you receive a message that indicates you already have an account with the email address provided, please reach out to WatSPEED-support@uwaterloo.ca for help in accessing your account.
  3. Set your temporary password.
  4. Log in with your email address and temporary password in the “I am a temporary user” section on the middle of the page.
  5. (IMPORTANT) Navigate to your profile and find the section where you can enter a group code, underneath your name and email address.
    • Please enter code G000014 and click "Add Group"
    • Don’t forget to save your profile before navigating away from the page.

 

One-time WatIAM account setup after creating a new account: 

  1. After you have completed your first course purchase, you will receive an email from WatSPEED-support@uwaterloo.ca to create your WatIAM credentials. The link in this email, which is needed to create your permanent account, expires after a period of time. We encourage you to act quickly to complete your account setup once you receive the email.
    • Please note: If you do not set up your WatIAM account before the email expires, please reach out to to WatSPEED-support@uwaterloo.ca for assistance in regenerating the invitation. 
  2. After you have set up your WatIAM account, navigate back to our student portal and sign in using the “I have an account already” section on the left of the page. This will take you to the University of Waterloo's single sign on page to log in to your WatSPEED account using your permanent WatIAM credentials. Use the format “username@uwaterloo.ca” and your password to log in going forward. 

 


Executive programs

Leveraging AI to Improve Health Care in Canada

Designed for senior leaders and executives in the health care space, this integrated learning experience explores how to combine AI and predictive analytics to improve health care services in Canada.

AI Adoption, Policy, and Governance

Join an iterdisciplinary group of University of Waterloo faculty and Centre for International Governance senior fellows to discover how you can position your work and organization strategically amidst rapid AI advancement.

AI and Business Strategy

Join Dr. Joël Blit, Dr. Jimmy Lin, and Dr. J. Mark Weber for this three-part executive sprint to learn how the AI landscape is evolving and the implications this will have for the future of work and organizational strategies at large.

ChatGPT and the LLM Revolution

Join Dr. Jimmy Lin for this three-part executive sprint where you'll learn about large language models (LLMs) and the transformative impact they can have on organizations. Unlock the full potential of LLMs by understanding where, when, and how LLMs can be applied to your organization.


Technology courses

Basics of Modern Statistics and Analysis

Understand hypothesis testing and multivariate regression models. Learn to conduct statistical analysis through the construction of scripts using R. Great for professionals who are new to coding.

Behavioural Insights, Modelling, and Predictive Analytics

Discover multivariate regression models, forecasting, and better understand the data analysis tools needed for effective, well-informed decision-making. Some prior knowledge of R and statistics is recommended.

Digital Transformation

This eight-week course addresses the impact that technology is having on our workforce, and helps you discover new technologies and develop a plan for their integration into your workplace

Foundations of Large Language Models

Gain a comprehensive understanding of the latest techniques, tools, and applications of LLMs so you can build better applications or processes. Prior experience with Python, API endpoints, and machine learning libraries is required.

Python for Machine Learning: The Essential Starter Kit

Perfect for beginners and professionals! This course is designed to introduce you to machine learning tools in Python.

Python and Public Data

Learn modern technologies and programming techniques in Python and discover how to use data to draw meaningful insights. Great for beginners.

Secure Coding

Learn key concepts for securing software applications so you can protect sensitive data, prevent security breaches, and ensure the reliability and trustworthiness of software products. 

Supervised Machine Learning

Gain practical, hands-on experience using Python to implement and evaluate supervised learning algorithms to draw relevant insights and solve problems.

Unsupervised Machine Learning

Explore three key concepts and practices of unsupervised machine learning—dimensionality reduction, association rules, and clustering and learn how they can be used to discover patterns and similarities in unlabelled data sets without human intervention.


All business and project management courses

Advanced Project Monitoring and Control

Focus on project execution, monitoring, control, and completion. Learn to apply advanced techniques of project management to actively guide your projects to a successful outcome.

Change Enablement: Realization of Project Value

Address change enablement and adoption through the effective integration of change management activities. Learn how change management activities are integrated into project management processes.

Digital Transformation

Understand the impact that technology is having on our workforce, discover new technologies, and develop a plan for their integration into your workplace.

Foundations of Adaptive Project Delivery: Agile Hands-On

Use agile simulations, realistic project scenarios, group discussions, and hands-on exercises to understand adaptive project management approaches.

Managing Stakeholder Expectations

Build essential skills to navigate one of the most challenging aspects of many projects: Managing stakeholder expectations.

People Skills: The Secret Behind Project Success

Better understand yourself and the specific techniques and strategies that enable you to communicate and engage with others successfully.

Project Management Applied Tools and Techniques

Learn about powerful tools and techniques for managing the complete project life cycle. Designed for new or aspiring project leaders and project team members.

All leadership courses

Coaching for Success

Build the best coaching techniques for your workplace. Learn how you can get more from your teams and colleagues through tried-and-true methods of coaching.

Delegating for Dynamic Results

Understand the process of delegating and explore effective delegation techniques. Learn how to motivate and continuously develop staff.

Essential Skills for New and Potential Supervisors

Transition from team member to team supervisor or manager while enhancing your capability for success.

Hiring and Retaining Staff

Understand how your organization can stay competitive in today's labour market. Learn how to attract the best people and retain them after they are hired.

Key Strategies for Business Sustainability

Learn to align sustainability with operations, understand risks, and leverage opportunities. Ideal for leaders aiming to implement or enhance sustainability and ESG in their organizations.  

Leading Change for Team Leaders

Establish the skills and knowledge you need to empower your team to accept change, encourage improved performance, and lead innovation.

Leading People to Effectiveness

Improve your understanding of yourself and your leadership style. Explore the most fundamental work of leaders to achieve important business outcomes.

Meetings Mean Business

Get more out of your meetings and increase your confidence to lead team members. Learn to identify the differences between task and interpersonal issues in a group.

Managing the Opportunities Provided by Conflict

Rather than focus on a step-by-step process for conflict resolution, learn techniques to curb destructive behaviors and effectively respond to conflict situations.

Performance Management and Development

Manage performance while inspiring and motivating employees and meeting numeric targets.

Planning and Organizing Work

Improve results by aligning tasks with organizational and team goals. Learn practical tools that will instill confidence as you plan and organize work with your team.

Problem-Solving and Decision-Making for Leaders

Develop the knowledge and tools you need to help people creatively tackle everyday workplace problems and decisions.

Strategic and Business Planning

Improve your capacity to look ahead and plan for the future. Learn how to create a vision and strategic plans to help your organization achieve your goals that are deeply rooted in your business' values.

Supervisory Communication Skills

Explore the essentials of supervisory communication and learn concepts and techniques that will help you better lead or manage teams.

Team Building and Team Dimensions

Learn the powerful principles that empower people to reframe what it means to work together.

The Art of Negotiation

Develop the knowledge and attitudes required to improve your negotiation skills. Equip yourself with techniques you can employ during real-life situations where your wants or needs conflict with others.

Time Management for Modern Hybrid Work

Establish control over your time while resisting the perpetual cycle of speed for speed’s sake. Learn to look at individual time effectiveness in twelve critical areas.

Understanding Human Behaviour

Improve your interpersonal effectiveness and emotional intelligence. Learn to communicate more effectively with others, build stronger working relationships, and increase your performance in both your professional and personal life.

Understanding Your Agile EQ

Explore the concept of emotional intelligence and introduces the idea of Agile EQ – the ability to stretch beyond one’s comfort zone and adopt the best response in each situation.