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Students’ Union by-election underway as student body votes in new board members
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Voting for the Wilfrid Laurier University Student’s Union by-election opened on Tuesday, Oct. 5 and will close Thursday, Oct. 7 at 8:00 PM. Students will have the opportunity to vote in three directors for the students’ union board. In June, three former directors resigned from the board, resulting in an unprecedented fall by-election to fill…
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Coach Faulds and his football team focused on improvement with three games left in the season
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Following consecutive losses in the past two weeks, the Laurier Golden Hawks football team dropped to 1-2 after the first half of their schedule. Teams across the OUA will only play six games this year, compared to the usual eight, after the OUA decided on a reduced schedule. These changes took place due to the…
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Part 2 – Inequity at the board table: three students’ union directors quit in under two months
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In the second part of The Cord’s investigative series, Editor-in-Chief, Emily Waitson, delves into the resignation of a third former director from the Students’ Union board of directors. Read Part 1 here. Immediately following an emergency board meeting on June 24, Kianna Low-A-Chee submitted her resignation from the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union board of…
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Inequity at the board table: three students’ union directors quit in under two months
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In a two-part investigative series, The Cord’s Editor-in-Chief, Emily Waitson, explores the resignations of three former directors from the Students’ Union Board of Directors. Fiza Iqbal and Muna Mohamed were the first to be interviewed on June 16, before an emergency board meeting that followed on June 24. Just over a month into the 2021-22…
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Two members of the Laurier Students’ Union Board of Directors resign
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On June 14, Fiza Iqbal and Muna Mohamed posted individual resignations from their positions on the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union Board of Directors on their personal Instagram accounts. The former Students’ Union directors both cited issues with the manner in which they were spoken to by “board members and resources,” as well as “……
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Pride Month at Laurier begins as Students’ Union hosts ‘An Evening with Jonathan Van Ness’
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Pride Month was kicked off for the Laurier community this year with the event ‘An Evening with Jonathan Van Ness,’ hosted by the WLU Students’ Union in collaboration with nine other Ontario colleges and universities. Spencer West, disability advocate and motivational speaker, had a virtual, hour-long chat with Queer Eye celebrity and nonbinary influencer Jonathan…
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Final review of the 2020-21 Students’ Union President and Board of Directors
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The following reviews are based on interviews with the Students’ Union Board of Directors to reflect on the year and if they best represented Laurier undergraduate students. Devyn Kelly – President and CEO With her term coming to an end amidst a challenging and remote year, President Kelly has had great success in maintaining the…
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Unsigned: Responding to Jamalof’s violation of COVID-19 regulations
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On Jan. 29, Pegah Jamalof was announced as the 2021-22 Students’ Union president and CEO during a live Zoom event where she appeared to be at an unsanctioned group gathering. In a follow-up statement, Jamalof confirmed that the gathering did not adhere to COVID-19 bylaws. Jamalof’s violation of COVID-19 bylaws coupled with her lack of…
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Incoming Students’ Union President, Pegah Jamalof, faces criticism for gathering during stay-at-home order, responds to backlash
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Incoming Students’ Union President and CEO Pegah Jamalof has issued a statement after facing criticism for being seen in what appeared to be a gathering on the election results night on Jan. 29. In the election results night recording, which has now been made publicly available, Jamalof can be seen celebrating her win with what…
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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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