Nicholas Quintyn
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Black excellence, social advocacy and literature with George Elliott Clarke and Mayann Francis
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[siteorigin_widget class=”SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget”][/siteorigin_widget] In the spirit of Black History Month, last week I had the chance to sit down with poet George Elliott Clarke who is currently a professor of English at the University of Toronto. Clarke has written extensively on the history of black Canadian communities which he calls Africadia. He previously served as…
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Emily Urquhart appointed 2018 Writer in Residence
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Emily Urquhart has been appointed Wilfrid Laurier University’s Edna Staebler Writer in Residence for the winter 2018 academic term. The appointment comes following an intensive hiring process spearheaded by the Edna Staebler Writer in Residence Committee. Urquhart will be starting her residency on Jan. 15, 2018 and will spend ten weeks at the Waterloo campus…
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GRT implements barriers in busses in order to keep drivers safe
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Grand River Transit (GRT) will be piloting the use of protective barriers in some of it’s buses to protect drivers from violence on the job. The pilot project comes in response to the most recent contract negotiations with Unifor through which their Health and Safety Committee raised concerns over front line driver safety. GRT will…
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