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Unsigned: What are our students satisfied about to make us No. 1?
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Laurier was recently ranked the number one school in Canada for student satisfaction in Maclean’s annual university rankings. The article has been shared numerous times by proud Golden Hawks, but it made us wonder how many of these students actually understand the university rankings and how they work. What really is student satisfaction? Looking at…
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Uptown Waterloo said to re-open to two-way traffic by end of November
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Uptown Waterloo has been under construction for the LRT since September 2014. King Street, the main street running through uptown, has now been under construction and closed to traffic since February 2016. Despite many re-openings around uptown Waterloo, such as the intersection of Erb Street and Caroline Street, which reopened this past September, and King…
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Diwali celebrations come to Kitchener
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Diwali, or the festival of lights, will be celebrated in households across the world this Sunday October 30. The celebrations will last for five days and marks an important part of the Hindu religion. However, over time the celebrations have been adopted by many Indians, regardless of their religious beliefs. According to National Geographic, Diwali…
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KW featured in recently published photographic memoir
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Architecture is often synonymous with far away places with large monuments. For older and more historic buildings, images of Rome and Paris come to mind. For more modern architecture, images of Tokyo and New York City may appear. What about Waterloo, Ontario? Our own backyard can provide interesting ideas and stories through the buildings that…
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University of Regina president speaks at Laurier
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Vianne Timmons, president and vice-chancellor of the University of Regina, came to Wilfrid Laurier University last Tuesday, October 11, to speak to students, faculty, staff and members of the community. Her talk, “Women’s Leadership in Academia: Everyone’s Challenge,” presented the concerning statistics regarding women in leadership roles, specifically those in academia. “There is a real…
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Gwynne Dyer talks climate change at Laurier
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Wilfrid Laurier University had the opportunity to host Canadian journalist Gwynne Dyer as he spoke about climate change on September 26. His lecture, based on his new book Climate Wars, revealed his findings from a global two-year tour interviewing scientists, generals, think tanks, diplomats and politicians. Dyer is a freelance journalist, historian, author, columnist, broadcaster,…
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UW advocates for gender equality
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In 2014, UN Women launched the HeForShe campaign headed by goodwill ambassador, Emma Watson. With a mission of gender equality, UN women sought out 30 international partners to act as their impact champions in the IMPACT 10x10x10. The partners were grouped into three categories: head of state champions, university champions and corporate champions. Among the…
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Petition for K-W residents to have free access to transit
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A local Kitchener-Waterloo organization has amped up their push to make public transit free for lower-class residents throughout the region. The Alliance Against Poverty (AAP), founded over a decade ago, is an alliance of individuals from a variety of socio-economic backgrounds striving to eliminate poverty. They have launched campaigns aimed at housing and living wage…
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Laurier students engage with Syrian refugees through seminar
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This semester, 40 students at Wilfrid Laurier University will be participating in a religion and culture seminar entitled Local Response to the Syrian Refugee Crisis. The course is taught by Laurier’s associate dean of student affairs and learning, Dr. Gavin Brockett. Students will have the opportunity to engage with local Syrian refugee families, as well…
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The importance of K-W child care services
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I often suspect that every university student, myself included, has thought fearfully about the unknowns associated with graduating, joining the real world, paying all the bills, starting a career and transitioning into a ‘real adult.’ Some young graduates face the prospect of starting careers and families, but how can they balance the two? A lot…
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