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Laurier professors Carrie Sanders and Manuel Riemer given $50, 000 in federal funding from Canada Foundation for Innovation
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Two Laurier professors have been given federal funding from the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders fund, giving the individuals each over
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The effects of climate change on Canada’s water bodies
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Researchers at Laurier’s Institute for Water Science are encouraging the public to educate themselves on the troubling water levels that are occuring not just
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Considerations for cannabis legalization at Laurier
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On October 17, 2018, the Canadian government will be authorizing the recreational consumption, possession and purchase of cannabis in Canada, fulfilling a major campaign
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Laurier hosts conference on indigenous knowledge
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National Indigenous Peoples Day was 21 June and festivities were held for the local indigenous community in the Victoria Park Pavilion. “It’s a day
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Tips for how to vote in the provincial election
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Ontario’s provincial election, chiefly contested by the Liberals, Progressive Conservatives, New Democratic Party and Green Party, is going to take place on June 7.
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The new federal budget emphasizes spending on science research
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With the Liberal’s new federal budget announcement last week came the news that funding for science research in Canada will be bolstered. To help
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Sustaining Indigenous groups despite environmental change
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Forest fires and receding water levels are just a couple of the obvious ways in which climate change is having direct, adverse affect on
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UPDATED: Student unions at various Canadian universities receiving anonymous packages from Amazon
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Wilfrid Laurier University’s Students’ Union is now the next on a list of student unions in Canada that have been allegedly receiving anonymous packages
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CASA lists mental health recommendations to Federal Government
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On Jan. 9, 2018, the Canadian Alliance of Student Associations (CASA) published a policy paper on mental health. The paper lists a series of
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Laurier student helps develop fake news detecting software
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A Wilfrid Laurier University student recently helped develop a fake news detecting software at the fifth annual Yale Hackathon (YHack) competition, which took place
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