April 24, 2024

Don’t express your opinion at Laurier

BY TYLER MEDEIROS Late last year Wilfrid Laurier University finally apologized to Lindsay Shepherd, a teaching assistant who aired a clip of a gender-pronoun debate. Shepherd was harshly criticized by her peers for showing the clip featuring outspoken University of Toronto professor Jordan Peterson in her tutorials and not immediately condemning his views. Shepherd showed the video as part of a communications tutorial. She did this to spark a debate … Continued

New program partners with small business

By ROLAND FLEMING A new program that will partner students with small business owners is being offered to alumni at Conestoga College and Wilfrid Laurier University and it will not cost them anything. The Digital Innovation Skills Certificate (DISC) program will accept 60 students aged 18 to 29, who will be split into two sections of 30. They will be teamed with 10 local small businesses. The program runs for … Continued

Brantford campus to vote on U-Pass

BY SCOTT BLINKHORN Conestoga students attending Wilfrid Laurier University’s Bra ntford campus will soon have the chance to vote on whether or not they want a universal bus pass (U-Pass). On Sept. 26, the Conestoga Students Inc. (CSI) board of directors agreed unanimously to hold a referendum that asks if a Brantford Transit pass should be mandatory and included in students’ fees every semester. The U-Pass would allow students to … Continued