Put on your fangs, stir your cauldron, walk like a mummy and get ready to say ‘boo!’ as Laurier’s Hawk Team puts on its first Halloween event. On Friday Oct. 29., Brantford’s Hawk Team will be hosting “The Halloween Event” […]
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY On Sept. 30, 2021, Canada celebrated its first National Truth and Reconciliation Day. This day was established in light of the discoveries earlier this year of mass grave sites at former residential schools […]
GRAPHIC BY KAREN SAVOY / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Laurier’s student collective Student Advocates for Accessibility (SAFA) is hosting a workshop for Laurier students and community members on Thursday Oct. 21 to learn basic American Sign Language. The collective hosts American […]
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY As Ontario prepares for another flu season during the COVID-19 pandemic, pharmacists are both trying to secure vaccines and encourage the public to get theirs. Last year because of the pandemic, there was […]
On Sept. 21, four women protested the Coronavirus vaccine passport in front of Brantford’s City Hall, on 58 Dalhousie Street. The women were protesting until 5:15 p.m. against the vaccine passport mandate, which came into effect on September 22 2021. […]
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY After a long year and a half, Laurier Brantford students began their return to campus on September 9, 2021 with the first day of school. Although the university has been sending regular email […]
PHOTO BY KAREN SAVOY / SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY As September 20 draws near, students at Wilfrid Laurier University prepare to vote in the federal election. Elections in previous years have been a race between the Liberal and Conservative parties, but Laurier […]
CONTRIBUTED PHOTO / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Group for equity WLUchangeisdue challenges Wilfrid Laurier University in a battle against racism. Students, staff, faculty and citizens of the Kitchener-Waterloo area of multiple different backgrounds band together to fight Laurier University […]
GRAPHIC BY NATASHA O’NEILL / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY When I first came to this campus, I was a first year student with dozens of questions and a burning desire to find answers for all of them. […]
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY When I was first handed this job in Nov. 2019, I can assure you I had no idea what I was doing. I was pretty overwhelmed at the fact that […]
GRAPHIC BY NATASHA O’NEILL / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Laurier Brantford will be getting a new mascot and officially changing their mascot from the Golden Hawk back to the Mule. In the 1950s Wilfrid Laurier University was a college […]
GRAPHIC BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY This year’s Transgender Day of Visibility is March 31. The day serves to both celebrate trans people and their accomplishments, as well as raise awareness about the discrimination they continue […]
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Early March, Wilfrid Laurier University and Navitas announced an internationalization partnership that will span over the next ten years. This partnership will introduce the establishment of the Wilfrid Laurier International […]
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY For the past year, Laurier Golden Hawks have been struggling to enjoy their university experience under the cloud of COVID-19. With classes and extracurriculars being online, the Brantford campus has […]
GRAPHIC BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Sexual Violence is something that occurs frequently on university campuses across Ontario, and across Canada. Unfortunately, most victims are not comfortable speaking up or are not advocated for because of […]
CONTRIBUTED IMAGE For the first time, Wilfrid Laurier University’s User Experience Design (UXD) program looks to graduate its first batch of students. Eleven students from the first cohort are expected to graduate this June. Students in the […]
GRAPHIC BY NATASHA O’NEILL “Cross my heart,” Walter Gretzky would always say. A man of bravery, resilience and humility, the most kind hearted, well known and adored individual. As a local hero and a man who defines […]
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Golden Hawks are just trying to keep up and be informed, but it’s hard when misinformation is lurking everywhere. With such a large span of different resources to educate the […]
Although the world is currently focused on beating COVID-19, there is another disease that continues to demand attention. According to the Canadian Cancer society, nearly 50 per cent of Canadians will develop a form of cancer at some point […]
IMAGE BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY For the first time in history, Wilfrid Laurier University looks to finish a full academic year in a mainly-remote environment. However, the following academic year of 2021-2022 sees the potential for […]
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Laurier welcomes Pegah Jamalof into her role as the newly elected Students’ Union president and CEO. The results of the presidential race–released for the first time virtually–rolled in on Jan. […]
CONTRIBUTED IMAGE / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY At least once in everyone’s life they dreamt of becoming an astronaut and going to the moon. For fourth year Laurier student Kristin Cobbett, this dream began in her small town in Colorado […]
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY March 2020, the economy took a tumble due to the COVID-19 pandemic and left many people out of work and relying on financial support from the government. As the pandemic progressed, […]
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRPAHY With more than twenty five thousand followers, the Spotted At Laurier Twitter account has become a hub for all things surrounding student life at Laurier. Since 2013, the account has attracted […]
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY As cases rose in the Brantford community, Laurier students seem to be not the cause. At this time, Wilfrid Laurier University has only reported a total of three confirmed cases on […]
PHOTO BY SARA SHEKIH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY The coronavirus has taken a toll on the 2020-2021 school year and has changed what a typical school year looks like. Due to the pandemic – with staff and students safety […]
PHOTO BY VARSHA SRIGANESH /THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Ashleena Bilal is finding it difficult to navigate post secondary options remotely. The grade 11 student at Craig Kielburger Secondary School, in Milton, Ont., is one of the many high […]
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY Editor’s note: Even though the sample of the survey is small, we at The Sputnik have been hearing the same comments from our peers at Laurier Brantford, and can confirm there […]
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY The stock market took one of the worst crashes since the Great Depression in March 2020. This event, and the recession following it, led to many businesses having difficulty staying afloat–or […]
PHOTO BY SARA SHEIKH / THE SPUTNIK PHOTOGRAPHY In June, Laurier alumni, also known as the Being Raced collective, wrote an open letter to WLU administration with a list of demands, one of which was reconsidering the need for […]
