Author: Dellesia Noah
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SAC hosts healing and crafting workshop
The sexual assault centre (SAC) hosted a healing and craft workshop to create a collaborative art for sexual assault survivors. On Monday, March 4 Laurier students gathered in the basement of the…
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Launchpad puts on first hackathon event
Laurier Brantford kicked off the month by hosting its very first criminology hackathon. Students gathered during the first weekend in March to participate in Launchpad Brantford’s inaugural criminovation challenge. The event was…
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Laurier hosts panel on refugees and migrants
How do we aid refugees and migrant individuals in their turbulent experiences? That’s what the Laurier community was invited to discuss at the resiliency of refugees panel. Tuesday, March 5, as part…
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Vaisakhi celebration comes to Laurier
On Wednesday, March 6, students came decked out in their best for the first Vaisakhi event to celebrate the New Year in the Sikh religion. Students from both Laurier and Conestoga stepped…
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The decline of volunteer engagement
All Judy Gilbert-Lindsay had to do was put on the red shirt and her dogs would wag their tails with excitement. Unfortunately for both her and her dogs, though, Gilbert-Lindsay had to retire…
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Students Against Ford’s Cuts voice dissapointment
A meeting that was supposed to take place between the vice-president of student affairs David McMurray and some of the students from Students Against Ford’s Cuts was cancelled due to “extenuating circumstances.” Monday,…
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KAOS dance team performs at showcase
Laurier Brantford’s competitive dance team was burning up the dance floor at their annual showcase. Saturday, Feb. 9, the KAOS dance team hosted their annual showcase at Laurier Brantford’s new YMCA centre for the first…
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Laurier students win design challenge
A weekend of design thinking turns into much more for a handful of Laurier students. Sunday, Feb 3, Prepr – in collaboration with Laurier’s user experience program – was wrapping up its United Nations’ social design…
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Voter turnout increase in SU election
Zemar Hakim has made it over the finish line: he has been elected as the new Students’ Union president. For this year’s election, the Students’ Union saw an increase in voter turnout with 23.61 per cent…
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Laurier protests Ford’s OSAP changes
Doug Ford’s recent cuts to OSAP funding has lead the Laurier community to come out in protest. Thursday, Jan. 24, students, faculty and residents of the Brantford community gathered in Victoria Park…
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Presidential candidates go head-to-head in debate
Friday, Jan. 11, Laurier’s four presidential candidates went up against each other for the presidential debate held in the Lobby of RCW. This election season, the four candidates who are running to…
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Queer Sphere hosts HIV/AIDS awareness
The Queer Sphere has paired up with the Grand River Grannies and the AIDS Network to host Brantford’s AIDS awareness week. From as early as Nov. 14 and until Nov. 30, the…
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Brantford marches for the homeless
Citizens of Brantford felt the need to advocate on the behalf of this city’s growing homeless population. Friday, November 9, a small group of brantford citizens gathered outside the Welcome-In Resource Centre with the…
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Mosque hosts solidarity event for city
The Brantford community flooded a local mosque with support after vandalism incident. Friday, Oct. 26 Brantford Mosque held a community event of solidarity after their place of worship had been vandalised last week. The vandalism contained hateful graffitied messages…
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Season three of Riverdale returns to CW
I feel like everyone deserves to ‘stan’ a cringey, made-for-easy-consumption type of media and trust me, I’ve gone through my phases. In high school I would binge historical romance novels, but today, my poison is Riverdale. …
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Scare in the Square returns for another year
Downtown Brantford got a whole lot spookier with the arrival of its annual Halloween celebration. On October 5 and 6, Harmony Square acted as the central location for the city’s annual Halloween celebrations: Scare in…
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Second year for Taco Fest
This past Sunday, Brantford held its second annual taco fest in the heart of downtown. Residents were gathered in the square as early as 11 a.m. ready to eat tacos from local businesses. Businesses…
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New gym facility opens in Brantford
Michael Parsons has taken his home garage gym and turned it into an expanded facility located at Wayne Gretzky Parkway. The doors of Alpha Power and Performance Training, run by Parsons and his team, officially…
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Brantford elections approaching soon
Brantford municipal elections soon upon us. I once heard a Brantford native describe the city as a battle between the “haves” and the “have-nots”. He was irate at the state of the transportation system in…
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DEO to undergo changes this year
On Friday, Sept. 7, Wilfrid Laurier University released a statement about the changes to be implemented at the Diversity & Equity Office (DEO). The initial statement was released via email by CPAM…
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City’s shelter system to be evaluated
A report is to be presented to the Social Service Committee on Wednesday, September 5 on the state of women’s shelters closing in Brantford. The report is supposed to examine the city’s…
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Harm reduction strategies in Ontario
Despite the Ministry of Health putting a pause on supervised safe injection sites, Brantford still offers other harm reduction services. Provincial Health Minister Christine Elliott confirmed on Aug. 13 that the province is “putting…
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Laurier faculty member pens book on Huronia survivors
The Huronia Regional Centre (HRC) for the developmentally disabled has been closed for nearly ten years, but the consequences of its systematic violence still resonate with individuals. Wilfrid Laurier University faculty member Katherine Rossiter worked alongside Jen Rinaldi (faculty member of…
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We never really stop ‘coming of age’
If you think about it, every great coming of age story centers around a high schooler going through this typical hero’s journey in one way or another. There’s an obstacle or challenge…
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A cry-er for attention
Where would a farmer, a town crier, and the poster boy for colon cancer awareness meet? Sounds like the beginning of some corny joke but I actually got a legitimate answer for…
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From ‘un-adoptable’ to adopted
When you think of adoption what do you picture? Maybe a loving smiling family with two parents and a child. Today adoption and fostering in Canada has been opened to include the…
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Knock knock. Who’s there? Dead people
Looking through the window of this home you can see a table set up for two. Over the table is a piece of embroidery, golden and glittery with a floral design. On…
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The evolution of sexting
Do you remember the days you would sign on to MSN and wait for your boo to sign on? That little light would switch from red to green and you would open…
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Privacy settings on high
Anyone who is an expert in the field of technology would tell you that a strong password consists of lower cases, upper cases, numbers, and characters, It isn’t associated with an aspect…
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Colour me blind? I think not
The doll experiment has been resurrected repeatedly for over the past 80 years. For those of you not familiar with the doll experiment, here’s a quick run-through. In the 1940s, Kenneth and…
