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CO-FOUNDERS SPEAK ON WRAPPING UP INSIDEWATERLOO
In 2021, Teneile Warren, Fitsum Areguy and Phi Doan created insideWaterloo as a home for our region’s diverse stories. The outlet focused on critically analyzing and reporting on issues impacting […]
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COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS LAUNCH PROJECT WILLOW
Project Willow is an initiative by the Young Women’s Christian Association Kitchener Waterloo (YWCA), Community Justice Initiatives (CJI) and Coalition of Muslim Women (CMW) that works toward changing systems based […]
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LAURIER STUDENTS CREATE QUEER QUOIR FOR GENDER-NEUTRAL AND QUEER AFFIRMING SINGING SPACE
Queer Quoir is an intergenerational choir focusing on queer and trans voices. It welcomed queer and trans community members 16 and up before registration closed on Nov. 29. Queer […]
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KWUM HOSTS SCREENING OF FREE TRIP TO EGYPT AS FIRST PUBLIC EVENT
On Nov. 1, Princess Cinemas and the KW Unity Mosque hosted an evening with renowned filmmaker Tarek Mounib and a screening of A Free Trip to Egypt. KW Unity […]
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WILSON AVENUE PUBLIC SCHOOL PLANTS MICROFOREST WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS
On Oct. 22, Wilson Avenue Public school, together with Sustainable Waterloo Region (SWR), AET Group Inc., Ernst & Young and the grade six students at the school, planted 100 native […]
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DOORS OPEN WR INTRODUCES DIGITAL EXPERIENCE
Rogers TV 20 hosted nine new episodes of Digital Doors Open, an online series based on the Waterloo Region. Although Doors Open WR started as an in-person event, it has […]
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RESIDENT-LED TRIBUTE TO RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS’ VICTIMS AND SURVIVORS RETURNS TO WILLOW RIVER PARK
Content Warning: mentions of Residential School violence and discrimination towards Indigenous peoples. For those who continue to be impacted by Residential Schools, visit healingofthesevengenerations.ca for resources in the community. […]
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KPL AND ACO HOST LECTURES ON INDIGENOUS ARCHAEOLOGY IN WATERLOO REGION
The Waterloo Region has over 13,000-years of Indigenous history documented in hundreds of archaeological sites. On Sept. 29, the Kitchener Public Library hosted a lecture on the history of Indigenous […]
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BLACK PARENT COUNCIL: REGION’S PARENTS BAND TOGETHER TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM DISCRIMINATION AND ADDRESS RACISM
On Nov. 29, 2021 the Waterloo Cathloic District school board had called the Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) on a four-year-old Black student in crisis. This sparked Black parents and […]
