President Goel’s Installation Address

Vivek Goel was installed as the University of Waterloo's seventh President and Vice Chancellor on November 8, 2021. The folowing is the text of his installation address. Thank you, Adel, Cindy, Jean and Karen. I appreciate the words of welcome from our Chancellor, the Lieutenant-Governor, Paul Davidson and Goldie Hyder. To the university community and our partners, my colleagues, my friends and family, everyone here this evening and tuning in via livestream: thank you. It is an enormous privilege to be here with you today to be installed as the University of Waterloo's 7th president and vice-chancellor. I am humbled and honoured to now carry the mantle previously worn by such an esteemed group of predecessors.