Health Sci students volunteer with VIDA
Earlier this month ten health science students from Wilfrid Laurier University, along with 12 bio-medical students from the University of Guelph, travelled to Guatemala with...
Scholars discuss uncertain future
The campuses of Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo (UW) definitely felt a larger presence this week, as 7,000 scholars from across the country flooded the...
Margaret Atwood speaks about liberal arts and Canadian literature
As part of the weeklong “Big Thinking” series at Congress 2012, Canadian literary icon Margaret Atwood gave her take on liberal studies to an enthusiastic crowd of academics...
Lobbying versus protest
Despite the fact that talks between the Quebec government and student leaders resumed on May 28, the escalating protests in the province have sparked a dialogue in other provinces...
Will he stay or will he go?
It was ten minutes before the CFL draft, but Shamawd Chambers wasn’t glued to his TV The star Laurier receiver and No 3-ranked pre-draft prospect was somewhere he felt much more...
Johnston calls for the global expansion of knowledge
“Yes, I’ve come home, and it’s good to be home,” said David Johnston, the Governor General of Canada and former president of the University of Waterloo, at Congress 2012...
University presidents hail importance of humanities and social sciences
For Wilfrid Laurier University president Max Blouw, seeing 7,000 academics descend on his school's campus this week will be five years in the making When Blouw was applying for...
WLUFA sends support to students in Quebec
With the student demonstrations in Quebec reaching a whole new level, it is beginning to spark various responses from outside the province, including one from the Wilfrid Laurier...
Waterloo community hopes to boost reputation with Congress 2012
Beginning this Saturday, the campuses of Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Waterloo (UW) will be buzzing again, as approximately 7,000 delegates roll into Waterloo...
Anthropology department to be reduced to a program
The anthropology department at Wilfrid Laurier University may soon be facing some major cuts Michael Carroll, the dean of arts at Laurier, explained that earlier this year...