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Ukrainian war survivor finds new life and purpose at Western

Ukrainian war survivor finds new life and purpose at Western

Many people do an MBA in pursuit of career opportunities, a stronger professional network, or personal development. For Mariya Tsybulnyk, it’s a gateway to a new life. Tsybulnyk has found a home in Ivey’s MBA program after an unsettling year of tempora …

Zitani name borne upon tiny wings, again

Zitani name borne upon tiny wings, again

Just three millimetres long, Leptodrepana ninae flits about tropical Costa Rica with iridescent wings that would make a cathedral’s stained-glass windows look drab by comparison. Until this spring, the tiny parasitoid wasp was so low-profile, it lacked even a name....

Six Mustangs selected in 2018 CFL Draft

Six Mustangs selected in 2018 CFL Draft

TORONTO – The Canadian Football League (CFL) added a few more Mustangs last week as six members of the current Western roster were selected in the 2018 CFL Canadian Draft. David Mackie, Jean-Gabriel Poulin, Jordan Beaulieu, David Brown, Alex Taylor and Harry McMaster...

Alumx wins fight for non-binary birth certificate

Alumx wins fight for non-binary birth certificate

Joshua M. Ferguson, BA’09 (Film Studies), who identifies as non-binary trans and uses the pronouns ‘they,’ ‘them’ and ‘their’ to reflect gender identity has been issued a non-binary birth certificate after a year-long legal battle with the provincial government....

Listening to the brain’s hidden superpowers

Listening to the brain’s hidden superpowers

Echo, a female superhero in Marvel’s Daredevil and Avengers comic books, is one of the very few deaf characters of the genre. Because she is deaf, Echo pays attention to visual details and movements, allowing her to learn new abilities by watching others. But what...

Singers urged to be kind to their inner voice

Singers urged to be kind to their inner voice

Opera singer Bethany Hynes, a Don Wright Faculty of Music graduate student, asks her peers a simple question: what does your voice mean to you? “Singers think about their voice a lot – how they function, how they sound and what it says about them as people,” she says....

Celebrating 50 years of Family Medicine

Celebrating 50 years of Family Medicine

Although it has been decades since Dr. John Sangster, MD’67, and his mother provided care for his ailing grandmother, the memories are still fresh. He clearly remembers the thoughtful, patient and caring approach of his family doctor. “He supported us and gave us the...

Moonlite brings bright idea to night-night

Moonlite brings bright idea to night-night

A night-time ritual that began as a shadow-puppet theatre between a mother and daughter has transformed into a medley of storybook favourites playing out on ceilings across North America.

Researchers analyze peace with computer science

Researchers analyze peace with computer science

Words can play a critical role in turning dreams of peace into reality. Researchers at Western have found this is particularly true for victims of the Colombian conflict, which ended in 2016 when the government and the country’s largest insurgent group, the...

Clinician-researcher tapped to lead military, veteran health push

Clinician-researcher tapped to lead military, veteran health push

Don Richardson’s foray into military and veteran mental health coincided with the end of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. “One thing about the military is, in general, everyone is healthy. You have to be healthy – healthier than the general Canadian population – to be...

Rediscovering Mexican art, one historical painting at a time

Rediscovering Mexican art, one historical painting at a time

It has taken almost three centuries for Mexican painter Antonio Enríquez to capture the world’s attention. Until now, his paintings of 18th-Century Mexico have languished, forgotten, in places all across Guadalajara, the United States and Spain. His works have been...

Read. Watch. Listen. with Jasmine Ball

Read. Watch. Listen. with Jasmine Ball

If you’re a sucker for maladjusted protagonists navigating unsatisfactory interpersonal relationships, then Jasmine Ball has an idea for your next binge-watch evening.

Towards ethical global North-South relationships

Towards ethical global North-South relationships

To hell with good intentions. This was the title of a speech delivered in 1968 by Ivan Illich, an Austrian philosopher and social critic of contemporary Western culture, to the Conference of InterAmerican Student Projects. Illich warned of the dangers of paternalism...

Zitani name borne upon tiny wings, again

Zitani name borne upon tiny wings, again

Just three millimetres long, Leptodrepana ninae flits about tropical Costa Rica with iridescent wings that would make a cathedral’s stained-glass windows look drab by comparison. Until this spring, the tiny parasitoid wasp was so low-profile, it lacked even a name....

Six Mustangs selected in 2018 CFL Draft

Six Mustangs selected in 2018 CFL Draft

TORONTO – The Canadian Football League (CFL) added a few more Mustangs last week as six members of the current Western roster were selected in the 2018 CFL Canadian Draft. David Mackie, Jean-Gabriel Poulin, Jordan Beaulieu, David Brown, Alex Taylor and Harry McMaster...

Alumx wins fight for non-binary birth certificate

Alumx wins fight for non-binary birth certificate

Joshua M. Ferguson, BA’09 (Film Studies), who identifies as non-binary trans and uses the pronouns ‘they,’ ‘them’ and ‘their’ to reflect gender identity has been issued a non-binary birth certificate after a year-long legal battle with the provincial government....

Listening to the brain’s hidden superpowers

Listening to the brain’s hidden superpowers

Echo, a female superhero in Marvel’s Daredevil and Avengers comic books, is one of the very few deaf characters of the genre. Because she is deaf, Echo pays attention to visual details and movements, allowing her to learn new abilities by watching others. But what...

Singers urged to be kind to their inner voice

Singers urged to be kind to their inner voice

Opera singer Bethany Hynes, a Don Wright Faculty of Music graduate student, asks her peers a simple question: what does your voice mean to you? “Singers think about their voice a lot – how they function, how they sound and what it says about them as people,” she says....

Celebrating 50 years of Family Medicine

Celebrating 50 years of Family Medicine

Although it has been decades since Dr. John Sangster, MD’67, and his mother provided care for his ailing grandmother, the memories are still fresh. He clearly remembers the thoughtful, patient and caring approach of his family doctor. “He supported us and gave us the...

Moonlite brings bright idea to night-night

Moonlite brings bright idea to night-night

A night-time ritual that began as a shadow-puppet theatre between a mother and daughter has transformed into a medley of storybook favourites playing out on ceilings across North America.

Researchers analyze peace with computer science

Researchers analyze peace with computer science

Words can play a critical role in turning dreams of peace into reality. Researchers at Western have found this is particularly true for victims of the Colombian conflict, which ended in 2016 when the government and the country’s largest insurgent group, the...

Clinician-researcher tapped to lead military, veteran health push

Clinician-researcher tapped to lead military, veteran health push

Don Richardson’s foray into military and veteran mental health coincided with the end of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. “One thing about the military is, in general, everyone is healthy. You have to be healthy – healthier than the general Canadian population – to be...

Rediscovering Mexican art, one historical painting at a time

Rediscovering Mexican art, one historical painting at a time

It has taken almost three centuries for Mexican painter Antonio Enríquez to capture the world’s attention. Until now, his paintings of 18th-Century Mexico have languished, forgotten, in places all across Guadalajara, the United States and Spain. His works have been...

Read. Watch. Listen. with Jasmine Ball

Read. Watch. Listen. with Jasmine Ball

If you’re a sucker for maladjusted protagonists navigating unsatisfactory interpersonal relationships, then Jasmine Ball has an idea for your next binge-watch evening.

Towards ethical global North-South relationships

Towards ethical global North-South relationships

To hell with good intentions. This was the title of a speech delivered in 1968 by Ivan Illich, an Austrian philosopher and social critic of contemporary Western culture, to the Conference of InterAmerican Student Projects. Illich warned of the dangers of paternalism...