From a young age, Mila Campbell has always envisioned herself as a nurse. Similarly driven by an unwavering desire to aid those in need, Emily Wood knew her calling in life was to become an emergency medical technician. Ariana Peñaranda’s insatiable curio …
Campus & Community
Unearthing the forgotten
Whose names and stories do we remember? How do we choose which to preserve? How – and why – do we perpetuate those that we remember? Western student historians working at Woodland Cemetery grappled with these questions and more as they worked toward curating "Lost...
Western mourns death of Social Science student
The Western community is mourning the death of Zohaib Jailani, 19, a Social Science student from Brampton, Ont. who died Friday, June 29, in Toronto. Zohaib was entering his third year of studies within the Faculty of Social Science, pursuing a degree in Media,...
Alumni earn Top Immigrant honours
Western alumni Kundan Joshi, BESc’04 (Software Engineering), founder and CEO of TheAppLabb, and Dr. Boluwaji Ogunyemi, BSc’08 (Medical Sciences & Sociology), a dermatologist, have been named among the 10th annual RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrants, a list that...
Study: Increased testosterone levels lead to ‘status’ purchases
Men with increased testosterone levels are more likely to choose prestige brands over practical ones, even if both products are of equivalent quality, according to a new study co-authored by Ivey Business School professor Amos Nadler. The luxury buys are a way to...
‘Recovered’ concussed athletes returning to play too soon
Doctors who give student-athletes the ‘all clear’ to return to play following a concussion may be under-estimating the lingering cognitive impairment that persists, Western researchers say. Kinesiology professor Matthew Heath said concussed athletes demonstrate a...
Remembering David McFadden, poet, former Writer-in-Residence
David McFadden, Canadian poet and winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize, a fiction writer and travel writer who served as Western's Writer-in-Residence in 1983, died earlier this month from complications associated with Alzheimer's disease. His work, often praised for...
Visual Arts student shortlisted for national painting competition
Joy Wong, a Visual Arts MFA candidate at Western, has been named a finalist for the 20th annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition.
Team wears mental-health support on sleeves
Taylor Norris and Broder Currie wanted to leave their mark on the Forest City. More than anything, the King’s University College students and young entrepreneurs wanted to give back to the community that helped set them on a path to success. Their start-up – Five One...
Read. Watch. Listen. with Larissa Bartlett
Larissa Bartlett may sing off key, but her recommendations for what you might want to read, watch and listen this summer hit all the right notes.
Brunette-Debassige to lead Indigenous Initiatives
For Candace Brunette-Debassige, it’s an opportunity to build on the momentum that has followed decades of work towards reconciliation.
Cull taps into his inner ‘Animal’
City of London Poet Laureate Tom Cull dodges self-help, David Foster Wallace and updating his MLA Handbook, all while needing to purchase some additional chairs for his author dinner party.
Work lends ‘voice’ to dementia patient wishes
Grant Campbell vividly remembers playing violin next to his mother’s hospital bed and how, for brief moments, song became the communication bridge between them.
Unearthing the forgotten
Whose names and stories do we remember? How do we choose which to preserve? How – and why – do we perpetuate those that we remember? Western student historians working at Woodland Cemetery grappled with these questions and more as they worked toward curating "Lost...
Western mourns death of Social Science student
The Western community is mourning the death of Zohaib Jailani, 19, a Social Science student from Brampton, Ont. who died Friday, June 29, in Toronto. Zohaib was entering his third year of studies within the Faculty of Social Science, pursuing a degree in Media,...
Alumni earn Top Immigrant honours
Western alumni Kundan Joshi, BESc’04 (Software Engineering), founder and CEO of TheAppLabb, and Dr. Boluwaji Ogunyemi, BSc’08 (Medical Sciences & Sociology), a dermatologist, have been named among the 10th annual RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrants, a list that...
Study: Increased testosterone levels lead to ‘status’ purchases
Men with increased testosterone levels are more likely to choose prestige brands over practical ones, even if both products are of equivalent quality, according to a new study co-authored by Ivey Business School professor Amos Nadler. The luxury buys are a way to...
‘Recovered’ concussed athletes returning to play too soon
Doctors who give student-athletes the ‘all clear’ to return to play following a concussion may be under-estimating the lingering cognitive impairment that persists, Western researchers say. Kinesiology professor Matthew Heath said concussed athletes demonstrate a...
Remembering David McFadden, poet, former Writer-in-Residence
David McFadden, Canadian poet and winner of the Griffin Poetry Prize, a fiction writer and travel writer who served as Western's Writer-in-Residence in 1983, died earlier this month from complications associated with Alzheimer's disease. His work, often praised for...
Visual Arts student shortlisted for national painting competition
Joy Wong, a Visual Arts MFA candidate at Western, has been named a finalist for the 20th annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition.
Team wears mental-health support on sleeves
Taylor Norris and Broder Currie wanted to leave their mark on the Forest City. More than anything, the King’s University College students and young entrepreneurs wanted to give back to the community that helped set them on a path to success. Their start-up – Five One...
Read. Watch. Listen. with Larissa Bartlett
Larissa Bartlett may sing off key, but her recommendations for what you might want to read, watch and listen this summer hit all the right notes.
Brunette-Debassige to lead Indigenous Initiatives
For Candace Brunette-Debassige, it’s an opportunity to build on the momentum that has followed decades of work towards reconciliation.
Cull taps into his inner ‘Animal’
City of London Poet Laureate Tom Cull dodges self-help, David Foster Wallace and updating his MLA Handbook, all while needing to purchase some additional chairs for his author dinner party.
Work lends ‘voice’ to dementia patient wishes
Grant Campbell vividly remembers playing violin next to his mother’s hospital bed and how, for brief moments, song became the communication bridge between them.