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Laurier célèbre le Mois du patrimoine musulman dans l’espoir de promouvoir un campus accueillant pour les élèves musulmans
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Traduit en français par Alexanne Wingert, Angélique Guérin et Ko Eun Um. L’Université Wilfrid Laurier offre de nombreux événements pour mettre en valeur les Musulmans de notre campus et pour leur rendre hommage lors du Mois du patrimoine musulman. « C’est une occasion parfaite de créer et de promouvoir un campus inclusif pour les étudiants, ainsi…
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Laurier celebrates Islamic Heritage Month to foster an inclusive campus for Muslim students
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Wilfrid Laurier University has held multiple events this month to highlight and honour Muslim people on campus during Canadian Islamic History Month. “It is a great opportunity and it is creating and fostering an inclusive campus for students, faculty and staff members,” Selda Sezen, faculty and Muslim Chaplin at Laurier said. “I believe that inclusiveness and recognizing diversity…
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Paul Heyer receives the Walter J. Ong Award from the Media Ecology Association
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Paul Heyer, a long-running educator and researcher at Wilfrid Laurier University, has been selected as the 2017 recipient of the Media Ecology Association’s (MEA) Walter J. Ong Award for Career Achievement in Scholarship. The award was presented to Heyer at the 18th annual convention of the MEA, held from June 22 to 25 in San…
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The Graduate Student Association plans for graduate student O-week
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Wilfrid Laurier University’s Graduate Student Association is kicking off their annual ‘Graduate Student Orientation,’ which is set to begin on Sept. 6. This year, graduate students can look forward to a day of sessions, activities and a keynote presentation from social media celebrity, Lego Grad Student (LGS). Natalie Gleba, the GSA’s vice president: student experience,…
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Abortion pill freely available with prescription in Ontario
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Mifegymiso, a two-drug combination also known as RU-486 or as the “abortion pill”, will be available in the Waterloo Region starting today, Aug. 10. The medication was first approved by Health Canada back in 2015, but become available in the country this past January. On Aug. 3, the province of Ontario announced that Mifegymiso will…
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Streetscape project leaves sections of Erb and King closed
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Beginning On Monday July 24, stage two of the King Street streetscape project closed sections of Erb Street and King Street in Waterloo. The closure will take place for approximately 10 weeks, as reported by CBC Kitchener-Waterloo. King Street has set to close from Erb Street to the LRT tracks, as well as Erb Street…
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Local police issue reminder after increase in robberies
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Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) has put out a reminder for anyone walking at night in the region to take proper safety precautions, as there has been an increase of person-on-person robberies in the area. On the nights of July 8 and July 9, two robberies took place on Albert Street and Young Street. In…
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MacLatchy eases into role of president and vice-chancellor
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Wilfrid Laurier University’s new president and vice-chancellor Deborah MacLatchy officially took over the role from former president, Max Blouw, on July 1. Since 2009, MacLatchy served as Laurier’s provost and vice-president: academic, and was appointed as president and vice-chancellor of the university on Jan. 11. Before taking over the role, MacLatchy and Blouw worked closely…
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UPDATE: Man accused in fatal Kitchener stabbing captured in Texas
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Ager Mohsin Hasan, a 24-year-old Hamilton resident who is charged with the second-degree murder of Kitchener resident Melinda Vasilije, was arrested in Texas on Tuesday. In May, a user on the website Reddit claiming to be Hasan authored a post implicating himself in the fatal stabbing of Vasilije, claiming that the act was in self-defence.…
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Woman struck and killed by GO Train in Kitchener
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A woman was struck and killed by a GO Train on Monday night at 8 p.m. in the area of Lancaster and Victoria streets in Kitchener. The Waterloo Regional Police Services reiterated that the woman’s death was not suspicious. As reported by 570 News, the GO Train was headed into Kitchener from Union Station in…
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