university culture
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Exchange student expectation versus reality: is it worth it to decide to study abroad?
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To commit to an exchange program abroad is not always as easy. Things do not always go the way you expect. I talked to some exchange students at the University of Birmingham to find out what they hope to get out of their exchange experience. “Getting to experience studying in a different country while also…
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What I wish I knew in First Year
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First year of university was the most terrifying, daunting and most exciting and engaging year of my life. Looking back now, there’s lots of things I would change and lots of things I wouldn’t. But today let’s focus on five things I wish I’d known during my first year of university. Everyone else is just…
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Moving to Europe as an undergraduate student
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One day I woke up and told myself I was bored. Bored of what, I’m still unsure. I have a great family life, a great social life and a great school to attend. But something was missing. Maybe it was COVID-19 that did this to me, or maybe it was just the incessant need to…
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Schools across Ontario call for mental health support
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According to a survey conducted by advocacy group People for Education, 91 per cent of schools in Ontario expressed a need for further support in mental health programming for students. The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, the province’s elementary teachers’ union, expressed concerns similar to those elaborated in the survey, going so far as to…
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Why kids are going back to school but university students aren’t
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Primary and secondary schools are opening across Canada, yet many post-secondary institutions, including Laurier, aren’t. For a while, I couldn’t see the reasoning behind allowing kids to go to school during a pandemic and prohibiting what the majority consider adults. Are kids more responsible than adults in preventing the spread of COVID-19? What makes university…
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Lead levels in water in Ontario schools found to exceed legal limits
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Reports that came out this past week has released data that over 2,400 Ontario schools and daycares have exceeded the provincial limit for lead levels in drinking water, affecting students across the province. 29 per cent of schools were in an exceedance between 2016 and 2018, with some schools exceeding 1,000 parts per billion, a…
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Lessons learned beyond the classroom are important
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Recently, I’ve had many discussions with one of my roommates about what we have actually learned in university. Aside from economics, accounting and calculus, I have learned many lessons that I never would have learned in high school. First off, university is a great, humbling experience because I realized I’m not as smart as I…
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Local high school looks to expand
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Big plans for the future of the Northdale area and Waterloo Collegiate Institute are currently being discussed amongst a partnership between the Waterloo Region District School Board, Wilfrid Laurier University and the City of Waterloo. The visionary project could include a complete renovation and a new four-storey building for Waterloo Collegiate Institute. The partners are…
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Deconstructing the social ‘taboo’ around virginity
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Considering all of the pressures within university culture, students often feel obligated to give in to the social expectations of the “college experience.”
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Letter to the Editor – Feb 2, 2016
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It’s Time to Talk: Graduate Student Mental Health “Grad school is HARD!” How many times have you heard this, or said it yourself, since you made the decision to come to grad school? Or better yet, even when you started applying? Something that I continue to grapple with is the value of a university degree,…
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