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Unionize WLU: It’s Time to Organize Laurier’s Student Workers
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This article is cross-posted with the community edition “Unionize All Student Workers.” If you’ve spent time at Wilfrid Laurier University recently, you’ll have likely seen stickers posted around campus bearing this call to action. Maybe you’ve also seen posters, stuck to bulletin boards or taped up on the door of your favourite professor, exclaiming “I…
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Une politique d’admission spéciale de Laurier accorde la priorité aux demandes provenant d’Afghanistan
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Traduit en français par Elizabeth Calcutt et Jannine Crepelca. L’Université Wilfrid Laurier aide les réfugiés afghans à obtenir l’admission directe grâce à une politique spéciale. Depuis que les Talibans ont pris le contrôle de l’Afghanistan en août, le gouvernement canadien a annoncé son engagement à réinstaller plus de 20 000 réfugiés afghans appartenant à des…
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Laurier’s Special Admission Policy prioritizes Afghanistan applications
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Wilfrid Laurier University is helping Afghan refugees obtain direct admission through a special policy. Since the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan in August, the Canadian government has announced its commitment to resettle over 20,000 Afghan refugees from high-risk groups. In response to Canada’s special immigration policy, WLU supports Afghan refugees who wish to continue their…
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Graduate students at Wilfrid Laurier looking to form a union for teaching assistants
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Graduate students at Wilfrid Laurier University have been actively working towards organizing a union for teaching assistants (TAs) to improve their current working conditions — which include better wages and benefits, increased support, transparency with hiring and contracts and addressing ongoing issues with TAs going over hours. This comes as a result of a group…
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CBSA deporting an innocent refugee
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There are quite a few issues within our social construct that we neglect to acknowledge, speak about or even probe. One such topic is that of deportation and the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA). This lovely country deports over 10,000 people every year and a heavy portion of this group is sent to nations with…
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Laurier develops study with local immigrant partnership
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Wilfrid Laurier University’s associate director of the International Migration Centre, Margaret Walton-Roberts, has been working alongside PhD student Blair Cullens, among other colleagues, to develop a study looking into the role of Local Immigrant Partnerships (LIPs) in the Syrian refugee settlement process. After submitting a proposal to a special call made by the Social Sciences…
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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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First of three sponsored refugee families arrive in Kitchener-Waterloo
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Graphic by Fani Hsieh On January 15, after months of preparation, Wilfrid Laurier University welcomed a sponsored Syrian refugee family. They mark the first of three families to arrive in Canada that Laurier is sponsoring through the blended-visa sponsorship program. After more than 24 hours in transit, the family flew into Toronto Pearson International Airport…
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What’s in a president? A day in the life of Olivia Matthews
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Editor-in-Chief, Shelby Blackley followed around president and CEO of the Students’ Union for a day
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