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The Friends of the Library present the 10th annual Celebration of UW Authors and the Creative Process

Transforming Technology: A Social Dilemma
a talk by Christine Cheng

Photo: Christine Cheng
From climate change to the provision of clean water, technology has often been put forth as the solution to many of the world's problems. The reality is that access to technology is unequal and that technological solutions may never reach the people who need them the most. In light of this dilemma, what is the role of scientists, engineers, and research institutions in ensuring that technology is developed and used in a socially responsible manner? The answer lies in assuming individual, institutional, and national responsibility—to recognize these inequalities and to take action against them.

Christine Cheng earned a University of Waterloo degree in systems design engineering in May 1999. The following year, she served as president of UW's Federation of Students. She was awarded the Nomura Fellowship, a full graduate scholarship at Princeton University where she has just completed her master's degree in public affairs focusing on international relations.

While at Princeton, Cheng was the co-editor of the Journal of Public and International Affairs. She also was awarded the Jay Bleiman Public Service Summer Internship Award. This award enabled her to work, in the summer of 2001, as an Intern at the United Nations Secretariat in New York.

May 8, 2002

The Friends of the Library is a group of alumni, faculty, staff, and local community members interested in promoting the collections, services, and needs of the University of Waterloo Library.

The Friends are proud to salute the following University of Waterloo writers, artists, and musicians who have had works published in 2001.


Author Title of Work
Beam, Robert E.
Laiken, Stanley N.
Barnett, James J.
Introduction to Federal IncomeTaxation in Canada, 22nd edition, 2001-2002
Bow, Erin
Poems for Carl Hruska
Boyle, Phelim
Boyle, Feidhlim
Derivatives: The Tools that Changed Finance

Bryant, M. Darrol
Canadian Anglicanism at the Dawn of a New Century
Chesney, William
Change Is Gradual (mural)
Dagg, Anne Innis
The Feminine Gaze: A Canadian Compendium of Non-Fiction Women Authors and Their Books, 1836-1945
Gunz, Sally
Canadian Business and the Law
Hecky, Robert
Munawar, M.
The Great Lakes of the World (GLOW): Food-web, Health & Integrity
Higgins, Michael W.
Sangue Eretico: La Geografia Spirituale di Thomas Merton
Huss, Elizabeth M.
Love That Lasts
Kapur, Ashok
Malik, Y. K.
Gould, Harold A.
Rubinoff, Arthur G.
India and the United States in a Changing World
Golini, Vera
Sanguinetti Katz, Giuliana
Pietropaolo, Domenico
Theatre and the Visual Arts
Lemon, W. Morley
Horngren, Charles T.
Harrison, Walter T., Jr.
Bamber, Linda Smith
Norwood, Peter R.
Accounting, Volume III
Letson, Douglas R.
Sex and Marriage in the Catholic Tradition: An Historical Overview
Ober, Warren U.
Hultin, Neil C.
Fairy Legends and Traditions of the South of Ireland
Smith, Larry
Beyond the Internet: How Expert Systems Will Truly Transform Business

Making Economic Connections


Last Updated: January 24, 2006
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Last Updated: January 24, 2006