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Laurier professor named Canada Research Chair in Northern Wildlife Biology
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Frances Stewart, an assistant professor in the biology department at Wilfrid Laurier University, was named Canada Research Chair in Northern Wildlife Biology. Stewart’s research focus is on wildlife in Canada’s north. Her lab is called the WILD Lab, which stands for Wildlife Integration for Land Use Decisions. “What we essentially do is we try to…
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How Canadians can achieve financial wellness
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External factors like housing prices play a role in determining financial wellness, but an individual’s habits also predict what category of wellbeing they fall into. According to Adam Metzler, an associate professor in the mathematics department at Wilfrid Laurier University, individuals fall into one of three categories of financial wellbeing. The three categories are “financially…
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Well-being study finds work burnout at an all-time high
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A well-being study from the YMCA of Three Rivers found that employee burnout is at an all-time high in Waterloo, Guelph and Stratford. According to the study, “when asked how frequently they have experienced burnout, 73% of respondents reported that they have experienced burnout at least sometime in the last three months.” Jessie Zhan, an…
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Karen Stote working on second book investigating the coerced and forced sterilization of Indigenous women in Canada
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Karen Stote, assistant professor in women and gender studies at Wilfrid Laurier University, released her first book, An Act of Genocide: Colonialism and the Sterilization of Aboriginal Women, in 2015. “It looks at the history of coerced sterilization roughly from the 1930s to the 1970s in a time period when eugenic legislation was being practiced…
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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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Ryerson University hosting national forum on anti-Asian racism
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Ryerson University (name change pending), is hosting a virtual forum on anti-Asian racism. The event, titled the National Forum on Anti-Asian Racism: Building Solidarities, will run from Nov. 9 to 10 and include several different sessions focused on racism within Canadian universities. The forum was preceded by a similar one held by the University of…
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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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Enseigner le Français en Ontario : du travail assuré mais une transition difficile pour les nouveaux diplômés
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Français English En Ontario depuis cinq ans, il y a une pénurie de professeurs pour le programme d’Immersion Française. Les nouveaux diplômés sont assurés de trouver du travail mais cela ne facilite pas pour autant leur entrée dans la vie professionnelle. Du statut d’étudiant à celui d’enseignant, il y a un cap pas toujours facile…
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What can you do with an arts degree?
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What the hell do you do with an arts degree? It’s a fair question to ask and I’m sure all arts majors have pondered such an open-ended worry. There is a lot of worry and assumptions made by those graduating with an arts degree. Just about everyone and their mother assumes an English major’s one…
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BIPOC, low income earners found to be disproportionately affected by COVID-19
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In a report titled “Initial Analysis of Socio-Demographic Indicators for COVID-19 Cases” released by the Region of Waterloo Public Health in Nov. 2020, local data suggested that COVID-19 has had “a significant disproportionate impact on individuals who identify as a visible minority, as Black, who have a before-tax income of less than $50,000 and whose…
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