Photo Contribution by yourstudent’sunion.ca Wilfrid Laurier University held its annual Students’ Union election this month. The presidential campaign took place on Jan. 23 while voting days were from Jan. 24 until Jan. 26. This year, students were allowed to elect…
Presidential Candidates: Matt Burley “During my two years with Wilfrid Laurier Student Publications, I’ve met many people, seen many things and fought a few battles. However, one thing has remained consistent through this time; putting out quality journalism. Over the…
Editor’s note: This story has been updated to fix errors concerning number of votes cast and names involved in the 2015-16 WLUSU presidential election. The ballots took place on Feb 4 and 5. There were 4,138 students who participated in the…
Josh Adesina & Melissa Weaver Emily Crump In the past year and a half, I have had many opportunities thanks to WLUSP. I have worked with Radio Laurier as a DJ, a street team member, a manager and now program…
Josh Adesina & Melissa Weaver Photos courtesy of Will Huang Colin Aitchison Over the past year, I have served as Vice Chair of the Board for your Students’ Union. This is my second term on the board, and it is…
Josh Adesina & Melissa Weaver Ryley Fletcher My name is Ryley Fletcher and I am in second year Concurrent Education at Laurier’s Brantford campus. I am currently seeking election for the Wilfrid Laurier Students’ Union’s Board of Directors. My colleagues…
The Oct. 27 election results proved that Brantford was ready to give incumbent Mayor, Chris Friel another four years as head of the city. 36 per cent of local voters opted for Friel; candidates Vanderstelt, Wrobel, St. Amant, Littell, Kaye…
Councillor Ceschi-Smith: Why she’s not running again, and what she wants you to know about Ward 5 In November 1994, Marguerite Ceschi-Smith was elected as an “alderman” of Brantford’s Ward 5. Passionately advocating against the exclusivity of gendered language, by…
On June 12th, Ontario took to the polls, and re-elected Liberal Party leader Kathleen Wynne as Premier. Liberals have been in power in Ontario since 2003. Thursday’s election earned the party 57 seats, gaining the Liberal Party their first majority…
The Sputnik sat down with four of Brant’s Provincial election candidates to ask them about topics that affect the daily life of students at Laurier Brantford. Each MPP prospect was asked; why they love Brant, their opinions of their party…
With the upcoming provincial election candidates are hard at work on the campaign trail, one of their many stops was at Laurier Brantford for an all-candidates debate and open forum on the issues affecting students. The debate was organized jointly…
