Alex Pham
-
Investigating the gender wage gap at Laurier
/
The 1996 Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act saw to the creation of the Ontario Sunshine list. The Sunshine list keeps a catalogue of all employers within the public sector and documents each employees name, position and total earnings for a given year. The act was designed to make public institutions more transparent and accountable, but…
-
Brantford candidates continue to represent Laurier as a multi-campus
/
This year’s Students’ Union election sees more candidates and more participation from students over last year’s election, especially from Brantford. With two Brantford candidates in the running for president, two for the board of directors and one for the senate, Brantford has a total of five members of their campus in the race for positions…
-
College strike results in a stressful end of semester for students
/
After five long weeks, the strike at Conestoga College has finally ended. Students have returned to class and faculty have resumed their posts as a result of a back-to-work legislation mandated by the provincial government. As of the official conclusion of the strike, the union and council were in the process of selecting a…
-
Halloween for Hunger provides for students
/
The Laurier Waterloo Food Bank (LWFB) will be hosting their twelfth annual Halloween for Hunger food drive on Oct. 28, 2017. Every year for Halloween for Hunger, the LWFB sets out to collect donations of non-perishable food items and groceries for the food bank. Anthony Tomizza, vice-president of programming and services for Wilfrid Laurier University’s…
Featured stories
The Tie That Binds WLU Since 1926
Serving the Waterloo campus, The Cord seeks to provide students with relevant, up to date stories. We’re always interested in having more volunteer writers, photographers and graphic designers.