Recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize don’t always deserve it
Contributed image The five Nobel Prizes which are awarded annually to those who have made great strides in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature and peace were the product...
A look at the 2020 Grammy nominations
Contributed image The 63rd Grammy Awards are not too far away, airing on Jan 31, and nominations have just been released As always, there are mixed reviews, some seeming fair...
Laurier recognised with United Way Rising Star Award
Wilfrid Laurier University has recently become the recipient of United Way Waterloo Region Communities Rising Star Award for its 2019 fundraising campaign This award...
Brown and Laurie each honoured with the President’s Award after historic seasons
The Laurier Golden Hawks honoured their student-athletes, supporting staff and department members as they announced major award winners through an online banquet near the end of...
Golden Hawks announce award winners through online banquet
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Laurier was forced to cancel their athletic banquet this year and instead held a digital version to honour their top student-athletes and hand out...
Laurier Stedman Prize awards $10,000 to young writers
The second-ever biennial Laurier Stedman Prize competition for young writers came to a conclusion on Friday, Feb 7, awarding 10,000 dollars in prize money over the course of the...
Waterloo author to receive TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award
Local author Heather Smith has been nominated for the prestigious TD Canadian Children’s Literature Award, one of the nation's top literary prizes, for her most recent verse...
Laurier Professor Alison Blay-Palmer named finalist for Canadian research impact award for second time
Alison Blay-Palmer, Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at Laurier and food sustainability researcher, has been named a finalist for the Social Sciences and...
Joseph Fo receives Peter C. Ansley scholarship award
Earlier in June, Wilfrid Laurier University held its Laurier Society celebration which is an event hosted by Development and Alumni Relations The event is in place to honour...
Art isn’t all about awards
It’s the recognition we don’t get that makes us crave it more, but it’s the recognition we do get that inflates our egos I suppose there really is no way to come out on top,...
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