Jumpstart to Higher Education


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    LSOI event at UW cancelled over $28,500 security fee

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    LSOI event at UW cancelled over $28,500 security fee

    An event hosted by Laurier Students for Open Inquiry (LSOI) set to take place on April 30 has been cancelled due to increased security costs. Lindsay Shepherd, the controversial Laurier TA behind LSOI, announced the cancellation of the event via tweet at 1:57 p.m. “$28,500 is the confirmed figure @UWaterloo said we would have to…

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  • Reviewing the most popular stories at Laurier and around Waterloo in 2018

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    Reviewing the most popular stories at Laurier and around Waterloo in 2018

    Studentsโ€™ Unionย President elected Tarique Plummer was elected as Laurierโ€™s Studentsโ€™ Union president for the 2018-19 term, claiming the position with 52.35 per cent of the vote. Despite four candidates in the running, only 22 per cent of the student body cast their vote. Plummer experienced a rocky start to the beginning of his tenure as…

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    Manulife donates $300,000 to Laurier Jumpstart Program

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    Manulife donates $300,000 to Laurier Jumpstart Program

    Wilfrid Laurier Universityโ€™s Jumpstart to Higher Education program recently received a $300,000 donation from Manulife earlier this month. The generous gift will ultimately allow the program to continue running and expand further into the Waterloo Region as well as into Brantford. โ€œLaurier and Manulife enjoy a successful partnership that has spanned nearly four decades,โ€ Deborah…

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