Monday, June 12, 2017

Laurier student projects outline adaptive reuse for underutilized places of worship in Cambridge

WATERLOO – As part of a course competition for Wilfrid Laurier University’s Capstone Urban Studies Project (CUSP), a team of Geography and Environmental Studies students was awarded first prize by the City of Cambridge for their recommendation to adaptively reuse underutilized space within the Central Presbyterian Church in Galt.

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Making it Work

First-year PhD student Laine Young finds common ground as an undergraduate teaching assistant.

"When Laine Young, a first-year PhD student in the Waterloo-Laurier Geography Graduate Program, was looking for a teaching assistant opportunity that aligned with her specialization in Human Geography, she didn’t expect to find one that also drew on the skills she developed in her undergraduate and masters-level social work degrees. That is until she found Laurier’s fourth-year Capstone Urban Studies Project (CUSP) course, which contains a unique community-engagement element."


For the full story go to:  Laurier News Story, May 2017