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Researchers examined 15 Ontario municipalities with a major university campus, and found only one (Waterloo) had adopted plans designed to accommodate student housing near the campus. Student-oriented housing under construction in Waterloo, Ont., in 2016. (Evelyn Hofmann)

Student housing crisis: Municipal bylaws have created roadblocks for decades

Local governments have far too often been let off the hook for approaches that discreetly limit where students may live.
Police tape on a door following a stabbing at the University of Waterloo on June 28,. Waterloo Regional Police said three victims were stabbed inside the university’s Hagey Hall, and the suspected attacker was arrested. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nick Iwanyshyn

The stabbing attack at the University of Waterloo underscores the dangers of polarizing rhetoric about gender

The stabbings at the University of Waterloo remind us that violence for daring to stand in a classroom and speak is still ever-present.
A community event takes place on June 29 outside Hagey Hall at the University of Waterloo to focus on supporting one another and making everyone feel safe after an attack at the university earlier in the week. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nicole Osborne

University of Waterloo stabbings: We all need to teach ‘gender issues’ to protect our communities from hate

We need to care for those most affected, and consider both how we create safe work and learning environments, and how we de-escalate movements of misogyny, homophobia and transphobia.

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