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COVID-19 safety protocols limit student social interaction while living in residence
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The 2021-2022 academic school year is officially underway as students delve into their first couple of weeks of classes and adjust to a partially reopened campus. Although this fall term is the closest to “normal” that we have experienced in the last year and a half, COVID-19 safety protocols remain in place. Naturally, this hinders…
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VACCINATIONS REQUIRED TO LIVE IN RESIDENCE
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Students who will be living in residence at Wilfrid Laurier University during the 2021-22 academic year are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19. This comes after a recommendation from Dr. Hsiu-Li Wang, Waterloo region’s medical officer of health, in consultation with Dr. Malcolm Lock, acting medical officer of health at the Brant County Health Unit,…
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COVID-19 outbreak declared in all of University of Waterloo’s residences
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On Tuesday, Mar. 30, the University of Waterloo announced that ten people who live on or have visited campus tested positive for COVID-19. Region of Waterloo public health has declared an outbreak of COVID-19 in all University of Waterloo residences. “All of the cases are related to a large cluster of COVID-19 cases in the…
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The positive and negatives of online learning for first year students
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Due to the current state of our country, post-secondary learning has been moved exclusively to online platforms. Some of us got a taste of it in the spring, but how exactly will Laurier’s first year students adapt to the university lifestyle through their laptops? It will be a different year for all of us —…
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Sending children back to school in the fall may be more complicated than it looks
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With thousands of students across Ontario planning return to school in this fall, many parents are in the difficult position of deciding whether they will send their children back to school. While the Ministry of Education announced their return to school plans with the best medical advice possible, educators, parents, and children are still confused and concerned about how this will look,…
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Laurier students asked to move out of school-operated residences as soon as possible
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Wilfrid Laurier University announced in a news release posted today that students are required to be moved out of all school-operated residences by Wednesday, March 18 at 11:59 pm. This mandatory move-out decision was made in response to the growing concerns surrounding the spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19) and was released only a few…
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Brantford campus launches new podcast studio and podcaster in residence program
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Laurier Brantford’s Creativity Hub is getting new programming in the form of a podcast studio and a podcaster-in-residence program featuring Avery Moore Kloss as the first podcaster. Laurier’s Creativity Hub, located inside the newly opened OneMarket space on the Brantford campus, offers a space for both those in the Laurier community as well as members…
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Oh my God, they were roommates!
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For most first years, moving away from home means moving into a new place with new people. Depending on the type of residence you’re placed in, you might have a no roommates. You might have four. Regardless of how many strangers you’ll be sharing your space with, how you get along with people can be…
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Delving into Waterloo’s housing crisis
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There’s a new trend in the Kitchener-Waterloo Region and no, it doesn’t involve fashion, food or phone apps. Rather, it’s undeveloped student apartments. Over the past two years, four condominium buildings have failed to be completed on time for the beginning of the fall term. The first building was 1 Columbia in 2014. The second…
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Student’s Union provides students assistance
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After recent construction delays with the ICON Waterloo student apartments, the Wilfrid Laurier University Students’ Union Student Right Advisory Committee (SRAC) has been taking action to promote awareness of landlord and tenant rights. The committee is going into its third year and deals specifically with students’ concerns relating to academic policy, landlord and tenant issues…
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