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Remembering 50 years of opera at Laurier
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With the closing of their final performance of The Llandovery Castle on Mar. 1, Laurier’s faculty of music is celebrating 50 years of Opera Laurier, the dynamic performance program that casts undergraduate and opera diploma students into full-blown productions. The first ever Opera Laurier performance back in 1970 was a monodrama performed by artist-in-residence Carrol…
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Laurier celebrates ninth annual Indigenous Education Week
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Mar. 2 marked the beginning of Wilfrid Laurier University’s ninth annual Indigenous Education Week, a time devoted to recognizing the many contributions that Indigenous people bring to education and sharing Indigenous knowledge. “I want people to know that it is a chance and an opportunity to engage in connections and relationships with the Indigenous community…
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Waterloo launching new campaign to warn against sex trafficking
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It Happens Here, a new campaign surrounding the topic of human trafficking in the Waterloo region, is drawing attention to the disturbing reality that human trafficking isn’t quite as far from home as many people believe. The project aims to dispel the myth that human trafficking is something that only happens elsewhere and to provide…
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