Canadian Forces release detainee statistics
This month, the Canadian Forces (CF) released statistics on individuals detained by the CF in Afghanistan between 2001 and 2008 after it was decided that releasing the numbers no...
Waterloo continues to struggle financing the RIM Park debt
RIM Park may be a valuable facility to local residents, but its construction did not come without a cost Today, the City of Waterloo continues to pay the price of the unforeseen...
Canada in brief: Sept. 22, 2010
Online university loses accreditation Fredericton (CUP) – An online university once considered a success story by the New Brunswick government has had its degree-granting...
Contribution to foreign aid falls short
Canada continues to fall short of the 07 per cent GDP benchmark for foreign aid set by Lester B Pearson’s Commission on International Development in 1969, and last week’s...
Accessing you
Student involvement in activities supplementing their education is stressed more and more as individuals are forced to come up with impressive items differentiating themselves...
Why is it so difficult to buy your textbooks?
As Laurier students ease back into the school year, they have again faced frustrations gathering their course materials During the first week of classes, the line-up flowed out...
News in brief Sept. 22, 2010
Laurier to present award in immigration research University of Victoria PhD student Stephen Fielding is the first ever winner of the Gunn Award for best essay on international...
Beyond regular office hours
With the trend of increasing class sizes, “meet the profs nights” have become an important tool for undergraduate students wanting face-time with professors outside of the...
Sociology professor draws attention to end of the world
“The world today is not the same as it was five years ago,” said Wilfrid Laurier University sociology professor Garry Potter “But both for you and I it’s recognizably the...
Copyright fee could rise
Access Copyright, a Canadian copyright organization, has proposed a new tariff for Canadian universities that would amount to a yearly $45 royalty payment for each full-time...