Biology
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Laurier professor named Canada Research Chair in Northern Wildlife Biology
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Frances Stewart, an assistant professor in the biology department at Wilfrid Laurier University, was named Canada Research Chair in Northern Wildlife Biology. Stewart’s research focus is on wildlife in Canada’s north. Her lab is called the WILD Lab, which stands for Wildlife Integration for Land Use Decisions. “What we essentially do is we try to…
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New Waterloo-based startup aims to make grocery shopping more efficient during COVID-19
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For people who spend too much time looking for the items they need while grocery shopping, a Waterloo region-based tech start-up claims to be a potential solution to this problem. With the onset of COVID-19, “Spot It” CEO Caleb Opersko saw an opportunity to utilize his company’s software in order to help people in need.…
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Sobeys eliminates plastic grocery bags as a first step in reducing plastic waste
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As of Jan. 31, popular grocery chain Sobeys has discontinued the use of plastic grocery bags in its 255 Canadian stores, making them the first national grocery chain in Canada to do so. Sobeys Inc. announced their plan to eliminate the use of plastic grocery bags on July 31, 2019, and have followed through with…
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Laurier’s first bio and chem PhD student is creating better liquid crystals
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The future is and always will be unknown. We can guess and worry and plan, but never fully anticipate. For Katie Psutka, four years ago the future may have looked especially daunting, given that she was asked to blaze a trail as one of the first students accepted into Wilfrid Laurier University’s new Chemistry and…
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New store looks to cut down on waste in Waterloo
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Zero Waste Bulk is Waterloo’s first zero waste grocery store scheduled to open Fall 2018, the store will be located at 110 King Street South just two kilometres away from campus. Ellin Park and Kevin Choi, co-founders of Zero Waste Bulk, opened the store in hopes of encouraging others to become more sustainable or even…
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