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Minimum wage in Ontario sees increase this past week
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On Oct.1, the general minimum wage in Ontario rose from $11.40 hourly to $11.60 hourly. The jump is a step in the provincial government’s
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Sonja Larsen wins the 2017 Edna Staebler Award for Creative Non-Fiction
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Sonja Larsen’s Red Star Tattoo: My Life as a Girl Revolutionary has been chosen as the winner the 2017 Edna Staebler Award for Creative
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Laurier’s International Office works to foster the success of international students
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Wilfrid Laurier University’s International Office continues their efforts to aid the success of international students within the Laurier community. With a rising number of
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UW students compete in the Hyperloop Pod Competition
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Since January 2017, students from the University of Waterloo have been working to compete in the Hyperloop Pod Competition sponsored by SpaceX. The most
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Student Life Levy funds nap pods at Laurier
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Empowering Students with Power Naps is a project created by Fani Hsieh, Wilfrid Laurier University alumna, and funded by the Student Life Levy (SLL)
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Laurier student seeks unique opportunities as a Naval reservist
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Simon Gonsalves, fourth-year political science and history student at Wilfrid Laurier University, has spent his time throughout his post-secondary career undertaking a unique part-time
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The Circle of Music brings dementia patients and the community together in the form of a choir
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The Circle of Music is a funded and research based program that places people living with dementia, their care partner and high school student
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The psychology behind mindful eating
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Psychology research at Wilfrid Laurier University has concluded that those who practice mindful eating have healthier eating behaviour. Mindfulness is intentional awareness of experiences
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Laurier Toronto hosts interactive art performance at Nuit Blanche
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As part of Toronto’s approaching Nuit Blanche festival taking place on Sept. 30, Wilfrid Laurier University’s Toronto campus is hosting an interactive art performance
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President of PepsiCo presents at Laurier
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On Sept. 26, Jason McDonell, president of PepsiCo Foods Canada, presented a talk to Wilfrid Laurier University students in the Lazaridis Hall atrium. McDonell,
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