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By Matt Rabey The Community Builder Award is an annual award given to a member of the Sudbury community that shows excellence in their field. On Feb. 21, Laurentian University President Dominic Giroux was recognized in the category of education. “I am humbled by this recognition,” said Giroux. “Especially as[…]
By Matt Rabey On Feb. 6, Chloë Mirfield was elected Chief Returning Officer (CRO) for the SGA. Mirfield chose to run for the position because she has “a lot of experience with elections and the issues [associated] with elections. Having run in every election from high school to when I[…]
By Kayla Perry Established author and speaker Gabor Mate spoke at LU on Feb. 7 as part of the Dr. Dan Andréae Distinguished Presidential Lecture Series on Living in Healthy Communities. Mate is a Hungarian-born Canadian physician, best-selling author and public speaker. His published works, which include When the Body[…]
By Kayla Perry The crowd’s energy in the Fraser Auditorium was clear Feb. 9, as students awaited the beginning of the Airbandz concert. Airbandz is a show consisting of student groups who choreograph and perform dance routines in order to raise money for cancer research. The show has become a[…]
By Matt Rabey Applications for Ontario universities have been on the rise, but none more so than Laurentian University. Dominic Giroux, Laurentian University president stated, “Applications from Ontario secondary school students are up 25 per cent at Laurentian University for next September, the highest increase in the province, compared with[…]
By Lianna Pisani From Jan. 18 until Jan. 25, LU students Nathan Knott, Mark Mancini, and Chloë Mirfield camped out in a tent outside the main doors to the J.N. Desmarais library, taking part in Live-In for Literacy. In total, the students and the Laurentian community raised $5,812 for the cause,[…]
By Matt Rabey The Idle No More movement marched on Parliament Hill on Jan. 11. Grand Chief Derek Nepinak from the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs said this in regards to why the first nations peoples were in Ottawa: “We want to meet and have a discussion, nation to nation, being[…]
By Matt Rabey Model Parliament 2013 saw more than 100 Laurentian University students attend. These students got to experience firsthand how Canada’s Parliament operates by allowing students to hold a simulated session in the actual House of Commons. “I couldn’t be happier with how Model Parliament went this year,” said Mark[…]
By Ed Veilleux Dropping from eleventh to thirteenth place in the annual Maclean’s rankings might be cause for worry for some university presidents, but not Laurentian University President Dominic Giroux. Slipping one year, doesn’t indicate a step back, for Giroux. His eyes are on the long-term growth of Laurentian. “The[…]
By Matt Rabey On the Laurentian website, the Next 50 Campaign has been described as, “the most ambitious fundraising campaign ever undertaken in Northern Ontario.” The Next 50 Campaign focuses heavily on fundraising and donations in order to achieve the goal that Laurentian University has. Laurentian president Dominic Giroux explained[…]