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Five Days for the Homeless: sending the wrong message?

March 15, 2016 4 comments

Everyone walking past Taro Hall last week no doubt saw the cardboard and sleeping bags laid out beneath the covered walkway and the students in bright orange hats sleeping outside for the week. The F...

Five Days for the Homeless: you need to experience it to understand it...

March 15, 2016 1 comment

Five Days for the Homeless was founded fifteen years ago at the University of Alberta’s School of Business. It was started by a group of students who saw homelessness as a growing problem that was be...

Students sleep outside for five days to raise awareness for homelessne...

March 15, 2016 no comments

Between Mar. 7 and Mar. 11, the Goodman Business Student’s Association, spearheaded by Megan Wilson, organized the annual Five Days for the Homeless initiative on campus to fundraise and raise awaren...