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Laurier recognised with United Way Rising Star Award
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Wilfrid Laurier University has recently become the recipient of United Way Waterloo Region Communities Rising Star Award for its 2019 fundraising campaign. This award recognizes new or returning campaigns that demonstrate initiative and growth throughout the campaign period. “We had a committee of faculty and staff from across all campuses that worked really hard to…
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The Needle & Damage Done event features panel addressing opioid crisis
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On Feb. 8, the United Way hosted a panel discussion featuring local experts to discuss the ongoing opioid crisis in the Waterloo Region. The panel discussion, part of an event titled The Needle & The Damage Done, took place in Communitech’s office space in downtown Kitchener and is one in a series of GenNext events…
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Pillow talk isn’t on par: men and women discuss sex differently
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I overhear conversations almost daily — to be honest, usually from hetero men — who recount their latest lay or sexual conquest like they’re David Attenborough narrating a mating ritual on a BBC nature documentary, only with significantly less English finesse. Commonly accompanied by various hand gestures or aggressively self-assured proclamations of their prowess in…
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