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Started in 1926 as the College Cord, The Cord is an editorially independent newspaper hitting newsstands every Wednesday. The paper prides itself on providing quality reporting about issues that matter to students.
The Cord is produced by a team of over 70 volunteers and an editorial board of 15.
Note from the Editor
I’m Sheryl Madakkai, a journalist with a passion for storytelling and a mediocre photographer with very few ideas for photography. I came to Canada as an international student and always wanted to bring my passion into action within the community and being the Editor-in-Chief at The Cord WLUSP gave me that opportunity. The Cord’s editorial team thrives under a leadership model that focuses on collaboration, content planning, and efficiency. As an Editor-in-Chief, the focus has been on ensuring timely production of both print and digital publications, while fostering a culture of excellence through belongingness, effective volunteer training, staff management, and alignment toward impactful storytelling.
Sheryl Madakkai, Editor-in-Chief
editor@thecord.ca
www.thecord.ca
The History of The Cord
In 2006, an extensive history of The Cord was compiled in commemoration of the paper’s 80th anniversary. To download a copy of the magazine that covers the origins of The College Cord in 1926 to the paper’s modern existence as The Cord, click the link below.
The Cord History:
The Tie That’s Bound WLU for 80 Years
Published 2006
20 Pages
7.7 MB
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Important Moments
September 23, 1926
The College Cord printed its first four-page issue. By the third issue, it had doubled in size. The name, The Cord, was explained in an editorial as a place to publish common hopes, common joys and common sorrows, and therefore it will be a tie that binds. The Cord began as an overtly religious and anti-communist newspaper.
Feb 24, 1933
The first Women’s Page was created, and a women’s page editor was hired.
1945
The federal government threatened to shut down The Cord to preserve paper near the end of the war, however, it survived into the post-war years.
1949
The Cord, now a monthly journal, was faced with its first rival publication: the Waterloo College Newsweekly. This was a weekly newsletter, the size of foolscap, owned and run by the sophomore class, which was later taken over by the Student Legislative Executive, the present Students’ Union.
November 7, 1958
The Cord merged with the Newsweekly and became The Cord Weekly.
September 7, 2009
The Cord Weekly lost the weekly, as it was now more than just a weekly newspaper. With regular news updates, blogs and photo galleries, The Cord was branching into new media, breaking ground with both Facebook and Twitter updates. The Cord to now produces daily news updates.