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Muslim Chaplaincy provides Ramadan services to Laurier students
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As the term comes to an end, Muslim students on campus are observing the holy month of Ramadan, a yearly spiritual time for reflection and fasting. “Ramadan is a very special time period for Muslims,” said Selda Sezen, faculty and Muslim Chaplain at Wilfrid Laurier University. Ramadan follows the lunar calendar and this year it…
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Shevaungh Thomas soutient les étudiants racisés parmi les nouveaux conseillers de Laurier
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Traduit en français par Tatianna Antunes et Jingqi Hou. Shevaungh Thomas est la nouvelle conseillère du Centre de Santé et veut que les étudiants racialisés de Laurier sachent qu’ils ont les ressources et le soutien sur le campus. « Tous les étudiants sont confrontés à l’anxiété et à la nervosité; c’est la nature de la…
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L’Université Wilfrid Laurier poursuit la transition vers l’apprentissage en personne
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Traduit en français par Ania Fatyga, Caroline Janczak et Jessica St-Onge Le 31 janvier, l’Université Wilfrid Laurier a lancé un plan en quatre phases pour une transition vers l’apprentissage en personne, le plan se poursuivant jusqu’à la fin du mois de février. Malgré le risque de transmission du COVID-19 parmi de larges groupes de personnes,…
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Decolonization in Education
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Colonialism is embedded in the policies, practices and systems (including educational institutions) of Canada. Providing Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) training at institutions may be a stepping stone to decolonization and inclusion at university. “It provides a strong foundation to have important discussions and think about the needs of equity deserving groups, particularly how the…
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Wilfrid Laurier University continues the transition to in-person learning
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On Jan. 31, Wilfrid Laurier University began a four-phased plan for a transition back to in-person learning with the plan resuming until the end of February. Despite the risk of COVID-19 transmission among large groups of people, Laurier, similar to other institutions, has decided to proceed with the return. “When [COVID-19] cases flattened out, you…
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COVID-19 Waterloo Region Update
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As of Tuesday, Jan. 18, health officials logged 325 new COVID-19 cases in Waterloo region, bringing the total number of active cases to 4,093. There are currently 76 outbreaks in the region and no new deaths were reported. There are 36 people in the hospital with 17 of them being in an ICU. Province-wide, there…
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Strangulation law in Ontario targets domestic violence in Waterloo region
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In 2019, strangulation was added as a separate offense under the Criminal Code and there have been over 200 strangulation-related charges in Waterloo region since then. This year has had an increase of cases with 120 laid, 10 of those being in November. Sergeant Jamie Brosseau, who is in charge of the Waterloo region police’s…
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Karen Stote working on second book investigating the coerced and forced sterilization of Indigenous women in Canada
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Karen Stote, assistant professor in women and gender studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, released her first book, An Act of Genocide: Colonialism and the Sterilization of Aboriginal Women, in 2015. “It looks at the history of coerced sterilization roughly from the 1930s to the 1970s in a time period when eugenic legislation was being practiced…
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Locals say the housing market in Waterloo region is no longer affordable
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The average price of houses jumped by 34 per cent in Waterloo region, and 23 per cent province wide year over year. This has made it increasingly unaffordable for community members to rent or purchase homes. A report showed that Ontario needs to add one million homes to keep up with population growth in the…
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Homelessness in Waterloo Region
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Waterloo region’s Point in Time (PiT) Count that was conducted in September 2021 found a total of 1,085 people experiencing any type of homelessness. “One of the tricky things with numerating homelessness is that so much of homelessness is hidden homelessness,” Erin Dej, professor at Wilfrid Laurier University in the department of criminology said. Hidden…
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