Wilfrid Laurier University

The Evangelical Lutheran Seminary in Waterloo, which was the first part of what is now Wilfrid Laurier University, was started in 1911. The university used to be called Waterloo Lutheran, but in 1973, it changed its name to Wilfrid Laurier University to honor Canada’s seventh prime minister. The business school at the university has been approved by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB). Also, its social work programs have been approved by the Canadian Association for Social Work Education (CASWE).

The main campuses of the university are in Brantford and Waterloo, but there are also smaller campuses in Kitchener and Toronto. The arts, sciences, graduate studies, and education faculties, as well as the university’s main and largest campus, Waterloo, are all home to the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics. On the Brantford Campus, you can find the liberal arts and humanities departments. The Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work is located on the Kitchener campus. The Toronto location is on the ground floor of Exchange Tower at the corner of King and York Streets. It has a weekend MBA program and a flexible event space that can be used for a wide range of gatherings. This school offers more than a hundred different majors, such as accounting, anthropology, applied sciences, archaeology, social science, sciences, business, computer science, arts, economics, communication, journalism, law, philosophy, mathematics, political science, social work, psychology, and so on.

With 25 students for every teacher, it has more than 19,500 students. This university puts a lot of emphasis on research, so it has about twenty different research centers and institutes. It gets a lot of international students every year because it has so many great student exchange programs. Some of the institutions around the world with which it works are the University of Botswana, the University of Ghana, the Universidad de Concepción in Chile, Georgia Southern University, and Istanbul Sehir University.

The university also has a good track record of finding full-time jobs or further education for its graduates. In 2017, 98% of graduates were working full-time or going to school. More than a million people have graduated from the university, and many well-known people are among them. Brad Katsuyama started Investors Exchange and is also its chief executive officer (IEX). Sam Schacter was on Team USA when he played beach volleyball at the Olympics. Colleen Moorehead, Chief Client Officer at Osler and author of “The Collective Wisdom of High-Performing Women,” put together advice from some of the most successful women in business. Kyle Cucco and Ashley Brook are two up-and-coming producers and showrunners who work on Canadiana. Robert Creighton, who was born in Canada, has made a big name for himself on Broadway. Avi D’Souza is in charge of Not Just Tourists. He is also the group’s founder and programmer (NJT). Along with these famous graduates, the university has been a part of the lives of many other people who have done very well.