Waterloo Pride
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Robert Langen Art Gallery to open in Laurier library
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Come September 2016, Wilfrid Laurier University will be opening the Robert Langen Art Gallery on the first floor of the Library as part of an initiative to support local artists and provide Laurier’s community with engaging programming. The gallery, which was previously located outside of the entrance into the music building, will now span across…
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Tri-Pride festival coming to Kitchener-Waterloo
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Summer after summer we watch many cities gather to celebrate LGBTQ communities around the world. This year there is a pride festival coming to Kitchener-Waterloo, also known as the tri-cities. Alex Chunaco, the coordinator of this weeklong festival, expressed how meaningful this event is for our communities. “Since 1995, pride festivals have had traditions of…
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Schlegel Centre renamed
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After becoming the second university in Canada to receive the Ashoka U Changemaker Campus designation in March, Wilfrid Laurier University continues to encourage the development of social entrepreneurship and innovation on campus. The recent name change of the Schlegel Centre for Entrepreneurship to the Schlegel Centre for Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation reflects this development. Joanne…
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‘Homeless in Waterloo’ page created to raise awareness
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Members of the community in the Waterloo Region have been nothing but supportive of the newly developed Homeless in Waterloo Facebook page. The overwhelmingly positive response has been encouraging for founder, fourth-year Wilfrid Laurier University business and administration student, Justin Chan. The page was started March 9 of this year, with the intention of breaking…
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