威爾弗里德·勞雷爾大學

历史

威尔弗里德·劳雷尔大学的历史溯源于1911的Waterloo Lutheran Seminary of Canada（加拿大滑铁卢路德宗学院），  
1914年，该学院发展了很多非神学领域的课程被更名为the Waterloo College School， 1924年更名为Waterloo College of Arts，并提供三年制的学士学位课程。  1925年，Waterloo College of Arts 成为西安大略大学的附属学院。 
Laurier's school colours of purple and gold originated in 1927: maroon and gold were the colours of Waterloo College, but to honour the link with the University of Western Ontario, whose colours were purple and white, maroon was discarded in favour of purple.
 
The Waterloo College Chapel features several stained glass windows including `Light of the world` (1941) and `Christ in the garden` (1940) by Robert McCausland Limited. 
滑铁卢大学的历史可追溯到1957年7月1日成立的滑铁卢专科联合学院(Waterloo College Associate Faculties)，是当时的滑铁卢学院（即现在的威尔弗里德·劳雷尔大学）的一个半自治部门机构。该机构于1959年正式脱离滑铁卢学院并升格为大学。
1960年加拿大路德宗教会结束了对滑铁卢学院（Waterloo College）的资助，同时更名为Waterloo Lutheran University，同时该学院也不再是西安大略大学的附属学院。 
Wilfrid Laurier University was established by Wilfrid Laurier University Act 1973, which was amended in 2001. 
Laurier opened a second campus, in Brantford, Ontario, in 1999, and in 2006 the Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work moved from the Waterloo campus to a campus in downtown Kitchener. The Brantford campus is centred on a number of historic properties in the downtown area which have been restored for university use.  They include a former Carnegie library, Brantford's 1880 post office, and 1870 mansion, and a 1950 Odeon Theatre. The Kitchener campus is located in the historic and fully renovated former St. Jerome's high school building.
In October 2008, the University was named one of Waterloo Area's Top Employers and featured in the Waterloo Region Record and Guelph Mercury newspapers.
Waterloo Lutheran Seminary continues to operate in affiliation with the University and the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada.

校名

滑铁卢路德宗大学（Waterloo Lutheran University）在转型为公立大学之时需要去除原校名中的宗教涵义。包括Beaver University、Riel University、the Iroquois University of Waterloo在内，一共有多达94个候选名称。新校名最终于1973年被确定为威尔弗里德·劳雷尔大学（Wilfrid Laurier University）。有争议的是彼时一些学生抗议称Wilfrid Laurier实为一值得商榷的政治人物，且无论与学校还是滑铁卢地区皆无任何联系。有猜测称之所以命名为Wilfrid Laurier University是为了保留学校原有的首字母WLU，以减少更改档案的麻烦。

Book publishing

The Wilfrid Laurier University Press, which was founded in 1974, deals with archaeology, military history and sociology/anthropology. Wilfrid Laurier University Press is one of only 8 university publishers found in Canada.

学术

The University is home to 14,116 full-time and part-time undergraduate students, 781 full-time and part-time graduate students and over 500 in faculty and staff, although comparatively small, the university has consistently ranked among Canada's top schools in its category, an honour which is regularly confirmed by Maclean's magazine's annual rankings. The 2008 Macleans rankings placed Laurier fifth overall (first in Ontario) of the 21 Canadian universities in the category of "Primarily Undergraduate" universities.
 
In 2008, for undergrad programs, the minimum entering average was 80.3% for the arts, 80.8% for science, and 86.3% for business.
The internationally renowned Faculty of Music at Laurier is considered one of the best in the country, with programs in performance, music education, composition, music history, church music, theory and music therapy. In addition, Laurier is home to the Penderecki String Quartet - an internationally recognised group playing largely new compositions. The music faculty boasts two performance spaces - the Theatre Auditorium and the Maureen Forrester Recital Hall (named after the famous contralto and former chancellor of WLU). The faculty also attracts a greater percentage of students from outside Ontario than any other faculty at Laurier.  Laurier's Music program boasts the only Masters Degree in Music Therapy. Laurier's strength in "music and business education" is touted as one of the reasons that Waterloo Region is a "powerful educational hub" by former University of Waterloo president, and now Governor-General of Canada, David Johnston.
The university is also home to the Laurier Institute for the Study of Public Opinion and Policy, the Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies, the Cold Regions Research Centre, and several other research centres. 
Laurier is the current headquarters of the Academic Council of the United Nations System (ACUNS) which was previously hosted by Yale, Brown and Dartmouth. The ACUNS goal is to strengthen the study of international organizations and to create strong ties between the academic community and diplomats within international organizations.
Laurier is also a prominent partner in the new Balsillie School of International Affairs, opened in Uptown Waterloo in 2008. The school offers three programs: a masters in arts in global governance, a masters in international public policy and a PHD program in global governance.

Laurier图书馆

劳雷尔大学图书馆藏有九十六万多本印刷书籍、二十四万多件电子书籍、两万五千多份全文电子杂志和数据库、以及千余份多媒体资料。另外，该图书馆为TriUniversity Group of Libraries成员之一（包括滑铁卢大学、圭尔夫大学和威尔弗里德·劳雷尔大学），通过该系统可共享三所大学的超过七百万份资料。
劳雷尔大学图书馆也与劳雷尔大学出版社协力创建Scholars Commons @ Laurier。该资料存储机构旨在支持公开性的学术交流与合作，并保存劳雷尔大学学术成果。该机构中存放有教职员工学术成果、论文、专著、在线期刊以及可追索至1926年的The Cord Weekly的档案集。

院系

Laurier offers a variety of different programs through its 6 faculties: Arts, Science, Education, Music, Social Work, and Laurier School of Business & Economics.

班福校区

劳雷尔大学的第二个校区坐落于安大略省班福市，位于主校区所在的滑铁卢市以南约五十公里。该校区于1999年正式启用，草创之初仅有39名学生。截止2010年已发展到三千六百名在读学生。

基秦拿校区

In the Fall of 2006 the Faculty of Social Work (previously on the Waterloo campus) moved to downtown Kitchener.  Located on Duke St. it moved into the old St. Jerome's High School which was designated a heritage site by the City of Kitchener.  This move allowed the students to be closer to the community and social service agencies with which they are partnered.  Also in an effort to partner better with the community and make the building more welcoming, faculty and staff held such events as the Political Coffee House Series, several all-candidates debates and the Expressions of Social Justice Festival

体育

The university is represented in Canadian Interuniversity Sport by the Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks. 
The history of the team name (Golden Hawks) dates back to the 1961. For many years, the Waterloo College teams were called simply the Waterloo College teams, although sometimes they were called the Purple and Gold and other times the Waterloons. 
In 1950, the college's newspaper mused that a name was needed, and in December 1951 a new name was tested: the Mules.
Subsequently, the hockey team became the Ice Mules and the women's basketball and volleyball teams were known as the Mulettes.
In 1960, with the shift from college to university status, the university student newspaper again lobbied for change.
At a meeting that year, somebody suggested Golden Hawks and that was the name adopted. A headline in the January 16, 1961 issue of the newspaper read "From 'Jackass' to 'Bird of Prey'".
On November 13, 2004, the Golden Hawks football team won the Yates Cup against the McMaster Marauders at University Stadium in front of a record crowd of 8,175. It was the sixth Yates Cup victory for Laurier in its history. The game also ended McMaster's four-year Ontario championship winning streak.  The men's football team scored a second successive Yates Cup victory in November, 2005, followed by a victory in the Uteck Bowl against Acadia. The Hawks then defeated the University of Saskatchewan Huskies 24-23 to win the 2005 Vanier Cup, their first since 1991.
Laurier's first female national championship was won in 1992 by the women's soccer team, which followed that up with their second CIS title in 1995. The men's soccer team claimed back-to-back national championships in 2000 & 2001. 
In 2007 the women's lacrosse team achieved a dynasty status by winning their fifth OUA Ontario University Athletics gold medal in a row. In February 2008, the women's hockey team claimed its fifth gold medal in as many years and seventh since 1998. The women's hockey team won its first CIS national championship in 2005. Both teams have since won sixth consecutive championships in their respective sports, furthering their dynasties.
In 2008 both the men's and women's curling teams won the inaugural CIS Championships and represented Canada in China at the 2009 World University Games. The women's team repeated as CIS Champion's in 2009 in Montreal and went on to represent Canada in the Karuizawa International Curling championships where they claimed first place.

Facilities

The athletic facilities at Wilfrid Laurier University include an Athletic Complex, a Football Stadium and an outdoor multi-purpose fieldturf field.  The Athletic Complex houses 3 Gyms, 2 Squash Courts, an Olympic-size swimming pool, a Rock Climbing Wall, and Aerobics/Weight Rooms.  University Stadium includes a fieldturf football field and a large indoor gymnasium.  The swimming pool underwent a $2 million renovation in 2009/2010.  In 2007, University Stadium underwent a $5 Million renovation.

学生社团组织

The Students' Union is funded by undergraduate student fees, and all students are automatically members of the Students' Union.  Their mission is to enhance the holistic student experience at Wilfrid University by providing innovative resources and effective representation within a safe and empowering campus community.  The Students' Union provides a number of services for students, including bus passes, Direct2U Prescription, emergency response team, food bank, foot patrol, health and dental insurance coverage, the member card, peer help line, student life line, and tech share.  The Wilfrid Laurier University Students' Union Clubs and Associations department supports over 130 clubs and associations involving over 3,000 students.  Clubs and Associations supports all clubs by offering resources and financial support as well as acting as a liaison to the Students' Union and University administration.