Month: November 2012
G20 prisoner files human rights complaint against Vanier
By Karen Nickel Dialog Reporter Amanda Hiscocks, jailed G20 activist, is taking the Ministry of Community Safety and Correctional Services (MCSCS) and Vanier Centre for Women before the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal. According to the claim filed on Nov. 22, MCSCS and Vanier place prisoners into arbitrary security classifications based on discriminatory beliefs around gender,…
Personal information of nearly 300 Wilfrid Laurier students found online
Elizabeth DiCesare The Cord – Wilfrid Laurier University WATERLOO (CUP) – While preparing to apply to Canada’s police forces, Bob Baumgartner, a Wilfrid Laurier University graduate, decided to do a Google search of himself, and found more than he was expecting. After typing in his old e-mail address, Baumgartner found a list of 297 former…
Canada to sell nuclear technology to India
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter Apart from Prime Minister Stephen Harper shipping his armoured Cadillacs, what made headlines about Harper’s recent six-day visit to India was the nuclear deal between the two countries. Canada had banned the trade of nuclear materials with India since 1976 due to India’s use of Canadian nuclear technology for…
GBC to create a green building centre
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter The Centre for Construction and Engineering Technologies (CCET) at Casa Loma campus is creating a green building centre to fast-track sustainable construction and innovation. This new centre will help train students in advanced construction systems, efficient buildings and green energy. This centre will focus on construction practices that are environmentally responsible and resource-efficient…
577 people use GBC food banks in October
By Karen Nickel Dialog Reporter I don’t know if you think about food security, I do. I think about how people eat when they have no money or resources to draw on. I wonder how the $25 student levy and the TTC fare increase will affect those who rely on GBC’s food banks. I think…
What would it be like to live in a Deaf world?
By Karen Nickel Dialog Reporter I felt nervous and very uncertain going into the ASL constituency group’s, “Deaf World” event, but soon realized that was the point of the exercise. Presented by Deaf and hard of hearing students to reflect their experiences when trying to communicate with the hearing world this event put me into…
Huskies volleyball teams killing it
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter The men’s volleyball team is faring well this varsity season. With three wins in four matches, they have climbed up the third place in the OCAA East division standings. Finishing 3-1 in exhibition matches and winning the Cambrian Golden Shield Northern Cup, the Huskies men concluded a great pre-season,…
Huskies Basketball teams fighting it out
By Preeteesh Peetabh Singh Dialog Reporter With three games already been played this season, the men’s and women’s varsity basketball team are just doing okay. The men’s team has two wins and women’s team one win and both are fighting hard in the early stages of the competition. After a great pre-season finishing 7-2 the…
Wolfpack ticker for Nov. 16
By Jason Miller GBC Athletics Cross Country: CCAA National Championship: Longueil, Que. Michel Chartrand Park Women’s 5 KM Liz Seguin 14th – 19.49 Men’s 8 KM Sean Sweeney 9th– 26.17 Adam Czuchnicki 48th – 28.29 Theodore Tam 75th– 29.11 Sangau Ahmed 92nd – 29.51 Edgar Malchic 96th– 30.00 Oliver Kladnik 124th – 31.43 James Perico…
Moustaches optional at dodgeball tourney
By S. Lily Luong Do Special to The Dialog On Oct. 26, the Huskies took to the courts ‘dodging’ balls of fury on rival territory – the Humber Hawks’ Lakeshore campus – in an intense match to the death of dodgeball. Yes, dodgeball. For those of you who do not know about the sport, it’s…
Fashion students make finals for Canada Goose competition
By Karen Nickel Dialog Reporter Fashion Techniques and Design program first year students, Irina Shilyaeva and Ji Young Kim have made it into the top three for Sporting Life’s, ’Design Your Goose’, contest in partnership with Canada Goose. The students submitted sketches for a ‘Canada Goose’ jacket in the first phase of the contest. The…