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Schools across Ontario call for mental health support
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According to a survey conducted by advocacy group People for Education, 91 per cent of schools in Ontario expressed a need for further support in mental health programming for students. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, the province’s elementary teachers’ union, expressed concerns similar to those elaborated in the survey, going so far as to…
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Feds ban TikTok on government phones
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On Feb. 28 the federal government finalized a decision to remove and block the TikTok app from all government-issued devices. While government officials using TikTok probably merits worry in itself, serious security issues accompany the typical attentional and epistemological consequences of using the app for this cohort. “The key issue is, when considering government devices,…
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Laurier student clubs provide relief for Türkiye and Syria after earthquakes
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On Feb. 6, Türkiye and Syria were devastated by a 7.8 magnitude earthquake followed by a 7.5 magnitude quake and more than 9,000 aftershocks. The death toll has since surpassed 50,000 people and damage reports estimate more than $34 billion USD in direct physical damage. Halfway across the world, Wilfrid Laurier University students are working…
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Laurier professor to lead Holocaust field course in Poland
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This spring, 22 undergraduate students from Wilfrid Laurier University will explore the history of the Holocaust by visiting the very properties upon which that history unfolded. Over 13 days, Eva Plach, an associate professor at WLU’s Department of History, will lead these students in a field course titled “Into that Darkness: Poland, World War Two,…
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B.C. drug decriminalization: a cautious step in the right direction
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On Jan. 31, 2023, British Columbia began a three-year experiment in user-level drug decriminalization. Effective last week, an exemption from the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act guarantees that adults in B.C. will not be arrested or charged for possessing illegal drugs at a quantity of 2.5 grams or less. The compounds covered under the exemption…
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Kitchener-Waterloo ranks high for environmental quality
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According to The Canadian Environmental Quality Index (Can-EQI), a new study that measures environmental quality within and between Canadian cities, Kitchener-Waterloo is among the nation’s leading cities for environmental quality. Daniel Rainham, an environmental epidemiologist and health geographer at Dalhousie University and co-author of the Can-EQI, said the study is focused on environmental characteristics which…
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What you need to know about the upcoming Students’ Union election
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From Jan. 24 at 8:00 a.m. to Jan. 26 at 8:00 p.m. , Wilfrid Laurier University students can vote for their next representatives on the school’s Student Union. For those new to Laurier, the Students’ Union is a not-for-profit organization that is made up of 12 Board of Directors – all of whom are volunteers.…
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A short(ish) history of Christmas and Santa Claus
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Few people, if any, know the world’s most popular holiday as intimately as Gerry Bowler, author of four books on Christmas and a history professor at the University of Manitoba researching the intersection of religion and popular culture. The original religious inspiration for Christmas, as the symbol of the nativity scene suggests, has everything to…
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Canadian housing prices continue to drop, but listings don’t tell the whole story
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Housing prices will continue to drop well into the first quarter of 2023, but home ownership remains an elusive, if not unfeasible, milestone for young Canadians. Since their peak in February of this year, average housing prices in Canada have decreased by about 11 per cent. In a housing outlook released last month, the Canada…
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More than one way to remember: Laurier honours Remembrance Day with in-person ceremony
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Remembrance Day is one way to acknowledge that old truism – freedom isn’t free. Last Friday, Wilfrid Laurier University honoured Remembrance Day with a ceremony organized by the Laurier History Students’ Association (HSA) and the Students’ Union. Speeches and presentations were given by students and faculty, including a reading of “In Flanders Field” by Shane…
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