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Laurier Startup Champions Food Waste Reduction Through App, Youth Programs, and Smart Labels
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From Campus Pitch to National Stage: Verdanza’s Mission to Reduce Food Waste A student pitch competition, here at Laurier, has grown into a nationally recognized sustainability startup, as Verdanza, a student-led venture incubated through Laurier Changemakers, works to address food waste through technology, education and packaging innovation. Founded by Urvi Budhiraja and Helen Sue, Verdanza began two years ago as an idea presented at a…
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Meghan and Harry’s Oprah interview and the royal Twitter storm
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The recent interview of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle by Oprah Winfrey can be seen in many different ways. Was it a polemic against the royal family? An attack on the system of monarchy itself? Did it expose the attitudes of royals that had been kept in the dark? Was it, alternatively, an act of…
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Pegah Jamalof elected Students’ Union president and CEO for 2021-22
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Pegah Jamalof has been elected as Wilfrid Laurier University’s Students’ Union president and CEO for the 2021-22 term. The results were officially announced shortly after 10 p.m on Jan. 29 via Zoom, after a Bingo with Twan event that started at 8 p.m. Jamalof won the election with 63.85 per cent of the votes with…
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A lesson from afar: Navalny in Russia
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In August of last year, Alexei Navalny, opposition leader and anti-corruption activist in Russia, was poisoned in Siberia. The nerve agent Navalny was exposed to placed him in serious condition and a coma in a Berlin hospital. The Russian government was the prime suspect of the attack. But this week, in an act of defiance…
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Re-Examining Mental Health Funding in Ontario
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There is no question that November is a stressful time for university students. Assignments are stacking up, exam dates are slowly approaching and extracurricular activities or other commitments are losing their fun lustre. And just when we thought that was all we had to contend with, the sky darkens at 5 p.m., the temperature drops…
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A return to bipartisanship is a big ask
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As I write, I am caught in a limbo between two realities. The US presidential election has still not been called. From my current perspective, it seems likely that former Vice President Joe Biden will emerge victoriously, but I suspect that the legal challenges and allegations of election interference will rage on for many months.…
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Hong Kong is under attack and Canada lies dormant
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When we think of the past, it is easy to imagine ourselves in the boots of righteous rebels and martyrs, fighting to the end against all odds in pursuit of noble goals like democracy. We would like to be Lafayette, sailing across the Atlantic from France to the United States to help those with little…
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Laurier loses number one spot in student satisfaction for Canadian universities
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The 2021 Maclean’s Magazine university rankings were released on Oct. 8, which ranks all universities across Canada in various categories related to postsecondary education and campus life. While Wilfrid Laurier University saw increases in reputational rankings, they dropped to number 5 in comprehensive student satisfaction. In 2019, Laurier was voted number one in student satisfaction for the fourth year…
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A vacant seat should not be a battleground
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Until the passing of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Sept. 18th, American political junkies had little to quarrel about: responses to the global pandemic, criminal justice reform, rioting, climate change. How could one survive on this insufficient diet of political fodder? Now a new political debate rages about who will replace Justice…
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Fourth year Laurier students working to better the KWC community with help from the CCRLA
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Fourth year students in Laurier’s PS 492 class have been making an impact in their community with help from the Centre for Community Research Learning and Action (CCRLA) partnering with community organizations to help not only with students’ research but also furthering the betterment of KW-Cambridge. “11 years ago, this research centre was started by…
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