activism
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Activists speak up on lack of women’s shelters in KW
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In March of this year, it was announced that the Young Women’s Christian Association of Kitchener-Waterloo (YWKW) would be closing their 66-bed emergency shelter location formerly located at 84 Frederick St. On July 1, the Region of Waterloo took possession of the building. In a 2023 Women’s Homelessness in Cambridge study completed by the Young…
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Unionize WLU cancels the hate on campus
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Event held in front of Bricker Academic to express disappointment with hosted lecture Editor’s Note: This article was updated on May 24, 2024. On March 6 at 3:30 p.m., the Wilfrid Laurier Heterodox Academy brought lawyer Lisa Bildy to campus to give a presentation called, “How much of their speech rights must professionals relinquish to…
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Laurier Helps Ukraine: an inspiring story of student advocacy
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Content warning: This article mentions sexual assault, war and violence. Sofiya Bezruchko is a second-year psychology and criminology student at Wilfrid Laurier University. She was born in Ukraine and immigrated to Canada when she was 10 years old. When Russia invaded Ukraine this past February, Ukrainian students like Bezruchko felt the impact personally. “We now…
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Initiative aims to provide free menstrual products across all Laurier campuses
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A program at Wilfrid Laurier University is aiming to make free menstrual products readily available to students on each of the school’s campuses. This initiative is the result of 3.5 years of advocacy work that has been spearheaded by Hayley Newman-Petryshen and the Laurier Students Public Interest Research Group, with support from a collection of…
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Laurier runs virtual programming throughout the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence
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Laurier has organized a series of online events to be held during the annual 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. The 16 Days of Activism is an international event that runs from Nov. 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, to Dec. 10, World Human Rights Day. Universities across Canada…
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Greta Thunberg must be protected
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“This shows we’re winning,” responded young Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg to an extremely graphic cartoon sticker earlier last week. The appalling sticker depicts teen activist Greta Thunberg being sexually assaulted with the name of an Alberta oilfield company stretching across the decal. “They are starting to get more and more desperate,” Greta added to…
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Editorial: Don’t just share, act!
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Climate change has been a growing cause of concern for people across the globe for years. We see the effects of climate change everywhere: across the news, on the internet, through social media and, for some of us, even first hand. However, for those of us who are lucky enough to live in a place…
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Four LGBTQ+ celebrities who are making a positive impact
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Although Pride Month may be wrapping up, there is no reason not to celebrate and be prideful all year long. By no means is this meant to be extensive, but here is a list of four celebrities who are making a difference within the LGBTQ+ community in 2019. Laverne Cox Laverne Cox is an American actress…
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Coming together to oppose the new president
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On Jan. 20, Donald Trump was sworn into office, marking the official beginning to his first presidential term. Over the past year, we stood in awe as Trump effortlessly overwhelmed the Republican Party’s most accomplished politicians. The rise of Trump represents something different to each person. If you are an admirer of Trump, you are…
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Responding to LifeLink’s demonstration
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Religious activists need to stop caring about sex I’m sure by now that everyone saw or heard about the demonstration in the quad last Thursday. Laurier LifeLink, a Students’ Union club, put little pink and blue flags all over the grass in the quad. Each flag is supposed to represent ten fetuses that were aborted…
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