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Why weight gain during the pandemic isn’t always your fault
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There are plenty of valid reasons as to why our new pandemic lifestyles can and have led to weight gain. I’ve plumped up like a balloon since the state of emergency was announced. For one, stress levels are high. We’re living in a period of constant unknowns. To throw all of our regular daily stressors…
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World Water Day educates students on preserving water, conserving water and those who don’t have clean water
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Between Mar. 21 to Mar. 22, Wilfrid Laurier University celebrated the internationally-recognized “World Water Day” with a series of on-campus events, plenary talks and panel discussions aimed at targeting various water-related issues in our community. Each year, United Nations Water (UN-Water), an organization dedicated to the coordination of dealing with international water issues, presents a…
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Laurier opens new official research office in Yellowknife
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On Sept. 25, Wilfrid Laurier University hosted the grand opening of its new research office in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. The opening of this new office in Yellowknife is representative of Laurier’s broad focus on conducting research pertaining to environmental matters in the north. This focus has been facilitated by a ten-year agreement the university made…
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Food for thought: A detailed look at the culture of weight loss and fat shaming
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When I was eight years old, I weighed around 140 pounds. By the time I was 17, I couldn’t weigh myself with an ordinary scale. The digital ones flashed a loaded ‘error’, while the analog ones spun more than a full circle — all the way past 300 and into uncharted, supposedly uninhabited territory.…
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