Welcome to Grebel

Residence

Grebel is home to an enthusiastic residence community on the campus of the University of Waterloo. Join this friendly community of people who are dedicated to making Grebel an amazing place to live and grow. Meet some of Grebels current students. Take an in-person or virtual tour. Discover leadership opportunities. Apply now to live in the residence.

Academics

Study with and get to know professors in a community-oriented learning environment. Grebel teaches within the Arts faculty at the University of Waterloo, administering the Music and Peace and Conflict Studies departments at Waterloo, and offering additional undergraduate courses in Arts, History, Mennonite Studies, Religious Studies, and Sociology. Grebel also offers two masters level graduate programs in Theological Studies and Peace and Conflict Studies.

News

Staying focused on values learned at Grebel, Panteli Tritchew (BA 1979, MA 1981) has built community in the classroom and boardroom throughout his teaching career. After a number of corporate jobs in technical writing, Panteli spent the remainder of his career as an educator and administrator in communications at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in British Columbia. He credits the Grebel experience for igniting his enthusiasm for learning and inspiring his desire to effect change. 

By integrating traditional and modern forms of music, Reverend Jacqui Foxall has helped foster a welcoming, collaborative community at Knox Presbyterian Church in Oakville. After experiencing a eureka moment as a young adult, Jacqui discovered her vocational call to become a minister and enrolled in Grebel’s Honours Music and Religious Studies program with a specialization in Church Music and Worship. Integrating her musical knowledge to augment God’s message drives Jacqui in her work and helped her grow alongside the Knox church community. Jacqui’s has retained her Grebel roots as she works toward a Conflict Management Certificate. 

Gordon Campbell is a lifelong contributor to the world of English literature with expertise in John Milton and the history of the Bible. Over the course of his career, he has accumulated numerous awards, been granted more than a dozen academic fellowships, been elected to the British Academy, and edited the 400th Anniversary Edition of the King James Bible upon which King Charles III swore his oath. He lived at Grebel in 1964, the first year of the College’s existence. His greatest fulfillment comes from his long-lasting marriage, three children, and six grandchildren. 

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