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Building Belonging: Waterloo Launches Bold Anti-Hate Initiative
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The Region of Waterloo launched its “We All Belong Here” campaign on October 23, 2025, as a collective effort to combat hate-based crimes within the region and promote a sense of belonging within the local community. The initiative comes at a time when the region has been grappling with some of the highest rates of reported hate crimes in…
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Campus frustrations continue to plague me
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Like most others, I returned to Laurier feeling excitement and nervousness. This will (hopefully) be my last year as a full-time Laurier student and being in my fifth year, I figured I knew what to expect. Unfortunately, some aspects of my first week of school have been rather lackluster, partly due to myself and partly…
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2023 Waterloo orientation line up
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As first-year students navigate settling into life on campus for the first time, deciding what orientation week events to attend may seem like a daunting task. However, with a vast number of events taking place from Sept. 4 to Sept. 9, there is an event for everyone. In addition to special events taking place each…
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Orientation Week events kick off new school year
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Orientation Week, a Laurier tradition, is returning to campuses this fall. Commonly referred toas O-Week, this time serves as an introduction period for first-year students – allowing them to familiarize themselves with the campus, their peers and the Laurier community. Taking place from Sept. 5 to Sept. 10, this year’s O-Week aims to integrate new…
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How COVID-19 will affect Laurier for the foreseeable future
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There’s no telling how COVID-19 will change university education for students in the long term. For the foreseeable future though, Laurier has undergone and will continue to undergo changes that align with the current public health standards. In doing this, the school has had to proactively adapt, explained Dan Dawson, chair of the Pandemic Recovery…
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What goes into making a great O-Week?
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Each year, Laurier welcomes all new first year students with Orientation Week: a week of various events to engage all new students and teach them about university life, safety when away from home, and Laurier-specific opportunities available to them. “I am very excited about O-week and I can’t wait to see all the new Golden…
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How media fuels racism’s flame
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The other day, I asked my mother if she would have left Iraq had it been safe to stay. She responded with, “of course not, I wish I could go back.” She then proceeded to tell me stories of her childhood, how she was raised and her love for the country where she was born.…
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Students’ Union Board of Directors discuss plans for O-Week
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The Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union Board of Directors has begun preparing for the fast approaching beginning of fall semester. With training completed over the past weekend for the upcoming year’s cohort of O-Week ice breakers, attention at the July 9 Board of Directors meeting turned to the directors’ involvement with orientation activities. The primary…
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