Schools across Ontario call for mental health support
File photo According to a survey conducted by advocacy group People for Education, 91 per cent of schools in Ontario expressed a need for further support in mental health...
Wilfrid Laurier University’s efforts to help students who are experiencing food insecurity
File photo People all around Canada are feeling the effects of the growing cost of living and increased food costs Communities at Wilfrid Laurier University are no different...
Application to have homeless encampment removed declined by Ontario Superior Court of Justice
Contributed image Credit: Matthew Viveen The region of Waterloo’s application to have a homeless encampment removed from 100 Victoria Street was declined by The Ontario...
First lecture of Laurier’s Milton Lecture Series sheds light on homeless encampments
File photo On Jan 11, the first lecture of the year as a part of Laurier’s Milton Lecture Series was held at the FirstOntario Arts Centre in Milton  Beginning in Oct...
Kitchener-Waterloo ranks high for environmental quality
File photo According to The Canadian Environmental Quality Index (Can-EQI), a new study that measures environmental quality within and between Canadian cities,...
Laurier’s UXD (user experience design) using design to tackle homelessness
Photo by Sadiya Teeple An increase in homelessness affects everyone in our community It has consequences for healthcare accessibility, public security, economic productivity,...
Laurier’s student-run production of “High School Musical” will hit the stage this January
Contributed image This January, Laurier Musical Theatre (LMT) is putting on High School Musical––their first student-run production in over two years due to COVID-19...
Santa Claus Parade returns after two years
File photo On Nov 19th, the infamous Santa Claus parade returned to the streets of Kitchener after two years of COVID-19 restrictions altering the delivery of the...
Laurier contract faculty in legal strike position
Photo by Darien Funk Wilfrid Laurier University’s Contract Teaching Faculty (CTF), represented by WLUFA (Wilfrid Laurier University Faculty Association) will be in legal...
Laurier’s Sustainability Office partners with community leaders in tree-planting initiative
Photo by Darien Funk The Sustainability Office, with support from Sustainable Waterloo Region and the Laurier Renewable Energy student club, has arranged to plant two micro...