Happiest Man Alive
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Laurier students participate in final Communitech competition
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This January, three students from Wilfrid Laurier University have qualified for the chance to win $5,000 through Communitech’s Design to Win Challenge. Local non-profit, Communitech, offers two competitions which are open to all Canadian, post-secondary students. The Code to Win Challenge and the Design to Win Challenge. The final round of the competition takes place…
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A diverse playlist to celebrate decades of influential black music
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“Jab FOREVER” by Skinny Banton The song “Jab FOREVER” by Grenadian Soca artist, Skinny Banton, rings with black pride. It has an infectious rhythm and melody that pulsates in your veins and encourages celebration. While the song hints to elements of Grenada’s carnival (Jab is French patois for “Devil” — a folklore character in carnival…
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Author Charlie Angus gives lecture at laurier
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Charlie Angus, Member of Parliament for Timmins-James Bay, gave a lecture to a large crowd on Feb. 9 at Wilfrid Laurier University. “I don’t want to be prime minister no more. I want to be a paramedic. They help people.” These words were spoken to Angus by a girl raised in an Indigenous community and…
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