spring cleaning
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Laurier’s notable alumnae: Keegan Connor Tracy
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Editor-in-Chief Bronte Behling interviews one of Laurier’s featured female alumni. March 8 is International Women’s Day, and the theme this year is “invest in women: accelerate progress,” the Government of Canada announced. This theme highlights the government’s dedication to exemplifying that each Canadian has a “role to play in building a future where everyone can…
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La célébration de la journée internationale des femmes avec l’AFKW
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Français English L’AFKW (Association des Francophones de Kitchener-Waterloo) est une institution incontournable pour la communauté francophone de Kitchener-Waterloo. Elle permet en particulier aux francophones et aux francophiles de se rencontrer régulièrement pour des moments de détente et de conversation en français. Le 6 mars, quelques-uns des membres de l’association se sont réunies dans un…
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Laurier panel celebrates women’s leadership during the pandemic
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On March 4, Jane Klugman, real estate broker, president of Whitney and Company Realty and vice-chair of the Waterloo chapter of the International Women’s Forum, moderated the panel “International Women’s Day: Celebrating Women’s Leadership & Resiliency Amidst a Global Pandemic” in partnership with Wilfrid Laurier University. “For the fourth year in a row, we were proud to…
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Laurier hosts Indigenous entrepreneurship panel for International Women’s Day
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To mark International Women’s Day on Mar. 8, the Office of Indigenous Initiatives and Laurier’s Women Entrepreneurship Centre (WEC) hosted a live panel discussion featuring four Indigenous entrepreneurs. The panelists included Jennifer Harper, CEO and founder of Cheekbone Beauty, Dakota Brant, CEO and co-founder of Sapling & Flint, Trish Meekins, owner of Nikaanaganaa Counselling &…
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Examining International Women’s Day in Waterloo
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Mar. 8 is known worldwide as International Women’s Day, a day to celebrate women, their accomplishments and acknowledging the struggles they still continue to face. “IWD is a opportunity to remember the women who fought for equality in the past and recognize the activists who continue to push for gender parity and human rights,” said…
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International Women’s Day luncheon aims to educate and advance women in STEAM
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On Friday, Mar. 8, the second annual International Women’s Day luncheon, entitled “Advancing Women in STEAM,” was held by Laurier Alumni in partnership with the International Women’s Forum at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Kitchener. Laurier President Deborah MacLatchy gave a keynote address at the luncheon and was followed by a speaker panel, moderated by…
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Editorial: Recognizing everyday sexism
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International Women’s Day just passed with a flood of female empowerment related social media posts and appreciation for all of the strong women deserving of recognition. Although we have made considerable progress with women’s rights and the movement overall, there is still a long way to go and it is by no means perfect. I…
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International Women’s Day highlights progress of women
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March 8, 2018, was International Women’s Day and Women 2018 hosted a successful event in Downtown Kitchener to highlight the progress of women today and movements still to come. The Women 2018 event, which sold out, featured speakers and artists meant to capture the many problems women continue to face in 2018. The event also…
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Despite what a lawmaker may say, women are powerful
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Just days away from International Women’s Day, Polish EU Lawmaker Janusz Korwin-Mikke, stood up in the EU parliament to voice his opinions on the wage gap between men and women. He told legislature, “Of course women must earn less than men because they are weaker, they are smaller, they are less intelligent; they must earn…
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Spring cleaning encapsulates more than just your physical belongings
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Students have an incredibly hard time staying organized and managing their belongings, from free pens given out in the concourse, to water bottles from O-Week and ticket stubs from 12 Barz; students are the ultimate hoarders. With every year it seems like more “stuff” is accumulated and less stuff is discarded. Although decluttering may seem…
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