Therapy dogs will be returning to the Laurier Brantford campus

CONTRIBUTED IMAGE Wagging tails and smiling faces return to the Laurier Brantford campus as the beloved therapy dogs program is expected to make a come back, after a semester-long break, this March. The therapy dog program that has been a…

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Laurier’s fight on the mental health front

Mental health has become a topic of importance over the past few years, and Wilfrid Laurier University has acknowledged this more readily than most other Canadian universities; between their newly enacted fall reading week and other improvements such as the…

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The troubling issue of teammates fighting teammates

Percy Harvin is a dynamic football talent. He has blistering speed, excellent hands and is a versatile game-breaking player. That sounds like a pretty good package to have in an athlete right? It definitely is, but there was one outstanding…

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Mental health does not define you

You will never make it to university!  Why can’t you just be happier? I don’t understand why you’re like this! Just snap out of it! Sometimes, people do not have a wide understanding about mental health.  This misunderstanding of mental…

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Use your voice in a positive way

Are you #depressed? According to the Mood Disorders Association of Ontario depression is one of the lead causes of disabilities around the world. It is also said that one in ten Canadians will suffer from a major depressive episode in…

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Rourke Weaver’s story of triumph over addiction: Turning severe alcoholism into an athletic passion

Today’s athletes and the sports they play are constantly portraying a poor image, only garnering negative press. Whether it is the fact that sports are now unsafe and too violent because of the concussions they constantly cause, the multiple occurrences…

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Laurier tests new fall semester reading week

Starting next year, a new fall reading week will be introduced as a three-year pilot program. Students will receive a full week off following Thanksgiving weekend in addition to the existing winter reading week. As registrar Ray Darling explains, the…

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Don’t lose sight of happiness

Through all the stress of upcoming finals and exams, first year Laurier student Hannah Brunsdon takes the time to enjoy pure happiness. She has turned the way she looks at life completely around. Brunsdon was previously diagnosed with depression and…

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New legislature bans youth from tanning beds

Ontario moved forward yesterday with the passage of the Skin Cancer Prevention Act, a piece of legislature that put new restrictions on the use of tanning beds. Specifically, the new legislature restricts youth under the age of 18-years-old from using…

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Man, I’m so depressed

I’ll be honest. When I’m stressed about an upcoming exam that I’ve hardly read any of the relevant material for, or when I’m looking outside and see storm clouds in the distance, or when I’m generally just bummed out one…

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Mental health awareness: We have a long way to go

Mental health awareness, as a movement, has gained a lot of momentum over the last couple of years. In Canada, it’s had a huge boost in part by Bell contributing monetary donations to mental health research with every text sent…

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Mental health from the student perspective

By Oren Weiner and Josh Linton. Studies can sometimes pile up to a point where students can feel overwhelmed, and the stress that is attached to it only becomes worse. With recent developments in student mental health over the past…

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Mental health movies

You wake up slowly in the morning, wincing at the light spilling through the blinds. Walking over to the mirror, you stare at the reflection and don’t quite recognize the person staring back. Your skin feels a size too small,…

Categories: Arts & Culture