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Projects and Featured Stories
The Graduate Students’ Association continues to make a large impact at Laurier through the Graduate Enhancement Fund. These projects enhance graduate student life at Laurier and are led by faculty, staff and graduate students.
Featured Stories
- 2019: Climate action mural (funded in part by GEF)
- 2019: ASPIRE video
- 2019: Empower Me mental health resources for graduate and undergraduate students
- 2018: Nadjiwan Kandassowin Gamik – Beautiful Place of Learning in Waterloo ($40,000 in funding)
- 2018: Veritas renovation project
- 2017: Library of Things (funded in part by GEF)
- 2017: Balderdash Reading Series
- 2017: Plasticity Insights and Pilot Program
Explore Past Projects
11
Number of Applicants Received
7
Number of Projects Funded
$40,738.33
Total Amount of Funding Awarded
Approved Projects
- $1,000 – Mental Health Yoga
- $3,650 – Climate Action Mural Laurier
- $12,000 – Video for new ASPIRE website
- $7,500 – Empower Me, Pilot Program (Grad Students)
- $7,255 – Recording Resource Project
- $1,000 – Wings to Fly art project
- $8,333.33 – Creating Space
8
Number of Applicants Received
4
Number of Projects Funded
$317,350
Total Amount of Funding Awarded
Approved Projects
- $40,000 – Nadjiwan Kandassowin Gamik – Beautiful Place of Learning
- $265,350 – Veritas Cafe Renovation
- $5,000 – TA Training, 2018
- $7,000 – The Graduate Social Work Student Mental Wellness Project
16
Number of Applicants Received
10
Number of Projects Funded
$49,126.76
Total Amount of Funding Awarded
Approved Projects
- $10,000 – Accessible Learning Accommodation Bursary for Graduate Students
- $5,000 – Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and Sport Psychology (SCAPPS)
- $1,692 – Communication Studies Research Day
- $15,830 – Computational Chemistry and Biochemistry Laboratory
- $220 – Environmental Management of Graduate Study Space
- $4,631.16 – Professional Development in Developmental Psychology
- $1,080 – Queerly Faithful: A Queer-Poet Collaborative on Belonging and Identity in Faith Communities
- $5,000 – Refurbishing the Viessman Resource Centre
- $2,673.60 – Seminary Student Benefit Program
- $3,000 – Welcome to the D.I.G.S. (a.k.a. the Diversity and Inclusion Graduate Socials)
16
Number of Applicants Received
5
Number of Projects Funded
$8,245
Total Amount of Funding Awarded
Approved Projects
- $1,845 – Expansion of the Assessment Tools for Evaluating Infant and Child Development
- $600 – Get Colour Laurier
- $3,000 – Library Exhibit Spaces
- $800 – Orchestra 2.0: Building Community Through Creative Collaboration
- $2,000 – Supporting Aboriginal Graduate Enhancement (SAGE) Nest
19
Number of Applicants Received
8
Number of Projects Funded
$48,310.39
Total Amount of Funding Awarded
Approved Projects
- $25,000 – Student Wellness Centre Renovation
- $1,600 – Professional Development in Posture and Gait Research
- $5,000 – Seminary Community Information and Lounge Renovation
- $4,600 – Seminary Student Community Life
- $4,928 – MakerBot Replicator Z18 3D Printer
- $532.39 – GEOGRADtv
- $5,000 – The CONNECT Conference: Ending Gendered Violence on University Campuses
- $1,650 – Sexual Consent Law in Canada; a Cultural Analysis
14
Number of Applicants Received
7
Number of Projects Funded
$39,334.45
Total Amount of Funding Awarded
Approved Projects
- $1,450 – Diversity, Equity and Social Justice – Train the Trainer Program
- $1,200 – MSW Student Support Initiatives
- $8,210 – Piecing the Puzzle of Autism Together: Creating a Safe Environment for Conducting Research on Children with Autism
- $3,000 – The Thesis Completion Game
- $500 – Tri-University Graduate Symposium
- $4,974.45 – Writing and Oral Communication Development Program for Graduate Students
- $20,000 – Award of Distinction
14
Number of Applicants Received
4
Number of Projects Funded
$28,916.20
Total Amount of Funding Awarded
Approved Projects
- $4,205.20 – Academic Writing at the Graduate Level: A Workshop Series for Graduate Students
- $10,000 – U-Desk Service Delivery -
- $13,211 – Smart Boards for Graduate Business Education
- $1,500 – Professionalization Program for Graduate Students in the Dept. of English & Film Studies