Youth violence hasn’t let up in Toronto. In fact, it’s getting worse. Community members say it’s a major problem that needs a more holistic solution.
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Laurier students aren’t content with simply earning a university degree. To them, education is a springboard to something greater: it’s the key to shaping a life, building a community and making a difference.
For more than a century, Laurier has been known for academic excellence. But we’ve also been dedicated to the philosophy that our students’ success is measured through more than grades – it’s based on the quality of the lives they lead, and those they inspire.
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Yi-Fu Tuan, who died in August 2022, was considered the father of humanistic geography. His scholarship on our sense of space and place can tell us a great deal about the challenges we face today.
Indigenous-led conservation economies have immense reconciliatory potential and need to be respectfully supported and engaged in order to create a new shared and equitable economic system.
While decent housing and food are fundamental human rights, they are often treated separately, and primarily as commodities. How can we tackle housing and food insecurity together, and better?
Game making is an art form that many aren’t intimately familiar with. Unlike other creative practices, game makers must create the rules and laws that govern and shape player behaviours.
Revamping standardized testing needs to be accompanied with tangible actions to mitigate students’ opportunity gaps at the community level, particularly for racialized students.
Influencer perlu menyadari bahwa beberapa pengikut mereka mungkin memiliki hubungan yang tidak sehat dengan media sosial. Meskipun kontras dengan tujuan mereka, influencer dapat membantu menciptakan hubungan yang sehat.
The Platinum Jubilee serves as an opportunity to reflect on the complex interactions and historical evolution of the British monarchy and the transformations in sport, politics and society.
The government needs to implement its proposed action plan. The families of the missing and murdered put their trust in a federal inquiry process, but have yet to receive that justice.
Influencers need to be aware that some of their followers may have unhealthy relationships with social media. Although it contrasts with their goals, influencers can help create healthy relationships.
It’s fair to say the Canadian men’s national soccer team’s victory on Sunday meant something, eh?
Despite advances in human rights and treatments, stigma toward individuals diagnosed with mental illness is common in Ghana.
The Olympics, and all “mega sports,” are inevitably embedded in the political contexts of their times. To dismiss or bypass the political issues that arise seems naïve at best.
Although insurance is important in natural disaster recovery, government and property owners also play an important role in protecting Canadians against the impact of catastrophic weather events.
Cancel culture is what is left when people who have caused harm fail to actively accept responsibility and work to repair that harm.
Now that restrictions are lifting and leisure travel is resuming, we need to be reminded that travel has positive effects on our health and wellness.
Mettre fin à la déforestation présente un grand potentiel, mais le Canada a du pain sur la planche s’il veut atteindre ce nouvel objectif et faire cesser la perte continue de forêts et de carbone.
The pledge to end deforestation holds great potential, but Canada has some work ahead if it is to make meaningful progress on the new goal and stop ongoing forest and carbon loss.
Problems include no fields, no courts for games, no playgrounds, no bike racks and no traffic-calming surrounding the school. Bringing in minimum standards is important.
Brady taking a knee is counter to both the man and the league. Nonetheless, had he done so, he would have been received much more favourably.
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Associate Professor of Cultural and Communication Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Doctoral Candidate, Department of Religion and Culture, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Associate Professor of Health Studies, Research Associate, International Migration Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor of Sociology, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor, International Migration Research Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor of Accounting, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor of Communication Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Teaching Faculty, Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Assistant Professor of Law and Society, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Associate Professor, Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor, South Asian Politics, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Omar H. Fares is a Friend of The Conversation.
Lecturer of Marketing in the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Associate Professor, Department of Communication Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor of Geography & Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Assistant Professor, Organizational Behavior & Human Resource Management, Wilfrid Laurier University
