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COVID-19 UPDATES AND VACCINE RATES WATERLOO REGION
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As of Monday, July 5, 35 new COVID-19 cases were logged by health officials, bringing the total active case number to 357. None of these cases were variants of concern, and the total number that had been confirmed as variants of concern is 3,929 cases. There are currently 18 active COVID-19 outbreaks across the region,…
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COVID-19 Updates: Mar. 3
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There were 46 new cases of COVID-19 reported in Waterloo Region on Tuesday, with one virus-related death. These bring the total in March to 88, and since March 2020 there have been 10,790 cases. According to Region of Waterloo Public Health, there are 419 active cases with 40 people in hospital and six currently in intensive care…
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COVID-19 vaccine rollout: Why students & youth should also be a priority
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The opinions represent that of author, and do not represent the opinions of The Cord. Canada’s COVID-19 vaccine rollout is moving at the pace of the tortoise. Roughly 315 488 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered to Canadians accounting for less than 0.811 of the total population. In comparison, countries like Israel have…
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Researchers at Laurier trialing antiviral drug found to be effective at blocking two strains of coronavirus
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A team of researchers at Wilfrid Laurier University has been developing an antiviral drug aimed at boosting the body’s innate immune response against respiratory infections such as COVID-19. This drug, code-named AntiV™ during its development, has been shown to boost the body’s natural immune response to viruses such as COVID-19, preventing infection and replication in…
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How excited should we really be about a nationally available vaccine?
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For months, Canadian citizens have been hoping and praying for a nationally accessible vaccine for COVID-19. But even after all those months, we still have no relative idea of when to expect a return to normalcy. On Nov. 9, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that he would like to see accessible vaccines at some point…
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Letter to the Editor: Teaching assistants create petition
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Dear Wilfrid Laurier community, The last time there was news about graduate teaching assistants unionizing at Laurier, the union committee encouraged employees to exercise their right to vote on union representation. The vote happened from Nov. 5 to 6, and during this period of time, over 300 people voted! This incredible…
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Letters to the Editor: Responding to controversy on campus
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Due to the amount of letter submissions received, we have opted to publish all of them here in full. Baffled and disappointed I’m writing to register my disappointment and utter bafflement at the way this misguided free speech crusade has been handled at Laurier. When being respectful to a group of marginalized people seems like…
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Letter to the Editor: 10-hour rule
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In the 1990’s the Ontario Government sought support from the Ontario Council on Graduate Studies for something called the 10-Hour Rule, which states that graduate students are not allowed to work more than an average of 10 hours per week on-campus. The OCGS adopted the rule, binding all Ontario universities to comply. In 2014 the…
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Letter to the Editor: PhD student teaching opportunities
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Re: Bargaining Continues between WLU and WLUFA, November 9th, 2016 Missing from your lengthy article last week was the PhD student perspective relating specifically to bargaining point #2: job security. As a student leader dedicated to ensuring that the graduate student experience at Laurier is second to none, I offer this rebuttal to WLUFA’s claims…
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Letter to the editor: CAS negotiations
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With negotiations stumbling on for Contract Academic Staff (CAS), it has made me pause and consider the startling inequity that exists on campus. If I were a student, I would assume that the university employs quality, superior instructors to deliver courses. I wouldn’t know, as a first-year student, the difference between a CAS instructor and…
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