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Laurier’s Sustainable Hawk Fund recognized nationally as it opens for the year
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One of Wilfrid Laurier University’s own environmental initiatives, the Sustainable Hawk Fund, has been recognized nationally for its contributions to fighting climate change. Canada’s Clean50, an organization meant to recognize projects and individuals in Canada that promote sustainability, recently named the Sustainable Hawk Fund as a 2022 Clean50 Top Project. The fund is meant to…
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Laurier Startup Expanding Business as it Prepares to Represent Canada at Enactus World Cup
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As October approaches, Wilfrid Laurier University’s team of young entrepreneurs gets ready to represent Canada at the Enactus World Cup. Enactus is a global organization created to encourage business-minded students who wish to have a positive impact on the world. The Enactus World Cup features student-led ventures from 34 countries competing against each other, judged…
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Canada banning single-use plastic by the end of 2021
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Environment and Climate Change Minister Jonathan Wilkinson announced in a news conference on Oct. 7 that single-use plastics will be banned in Canada by the end of 2021. Canadians produce an estimated 3.3 million tonnes of plastic waste and use almost 15 billion plastic bags every year and close to 57 million disposable straws every…
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Men’s Curling finish near-perfect season as national champs
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The Wilfrid Laurier Men’s Curling team is back on top of USPORTS as they went into Manitoba this past week and were undefeatable in play at the national championship, going on to capture the third Curling Canada Championship in program history. Coming off of last month’s OUA Championship, their fourth provincial title in the past…
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Greta Thunberg must be protected
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“This shows we’re winning,” responded young Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg to an extremely graphic cartoon sticker earlier last week. The appalling sticker depicts teen activist Greta Thunberg being sexually assaulted with the name of an Alberta oilfield company stretching across the decal. “They are starting to get more and more desperate,” Greta added to…
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