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Laurier’s UXD (user experience design) using design to tackle homelessness
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An increase in homelessness affects everyone in our community. It has consequences for healthcare accessibility, public security, economic productivity, and tax revenue collection. The
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Laurier’s student-run production of “High School Musical” will hit the stage this January
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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 restrictions. During
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What you need to know about the upcoming Students’ Union election
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From Jan. 24 at 8:00 a.m. to Jan. 26 at 8:00 p.m. , Wilfrid Laurier University students can vote for their next representatives on
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Kitchener-Waterloo ranks high for environmental quality
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According to The Canadian Environmental Quality Index (Can-EQI), a new study that measures environmental quality within and between Canadian cities, Kitchener-Waterloo is among the
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Nationally bestselling, award-winning author Donna Morrissey joins Laurier community for winter 2023
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Acclaimed writer, Donna Morrissey, is Laurier’s Edna Staebler Writer-in-Residence for the winter 2023 term. “She’s kind of a force of nature, this funny and
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SU Midterm Board Reviews 2022-2023
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Shane Symington President and CEO of the Students’ Union entered this position this year as the university has continued transitioning out of the pandemic
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Unpacking Trauma and Mental Health
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As human beings, we go through life experiencing everything as a blur. One of the fascinating parts of humanity is looking into how certain
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A short(ish) history of Christmas and Santa Claus
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Few people, if any, know the world’s most popular holiday as intimately as Gerry Bowler, author of four books on Christmas and a history
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Donald Trump announces he will run for office in 2024
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On Nov. 15 2022, former president Donald Trump announced he would be running in the 2024 American federal election. The announcement was made during
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Canadian housing prices continue to drop, but listings don’t tell the whole story
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Housing prices will continue to drop well into the first quarter of 2023, but home ownership remains an elusive, if not unfeasible, milestone for
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