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Student-run fashion show fundraiser marks 25th anniversary

Student-run fashion show fundraiser marks 25th anniversary

They call it the largest student-run charity fashion show in Canada – “an unforgettable night of fashion and philanthropy” – and this year, it’s marking a big milestone.   The 25th anniversary of the Canadian Asian International Students As …

Student provides Indigenous leadership on police board

Student provides Indigenous leadership on police board

Vanessa Ambtman-Smith knows the grim statistics: Indigenous women are more likely to be victims of violence than any other group in Canada. This is something she hopes to address as the first Indigenous person to sit on London’s Police Services Board. “I am an...

Huron grad finding success with vegan cheese company

Huron grad finding success with vegan cheese company

While a love for animals prompted Margaret Coons, BA’12 (Huron University College), to become a vegetarian, it was a family passion for entrepreneurship that led her to found the artisanal cheese company Nuts for Cheese. “I didn’t grow up in a vegetarian family. So, I...

Resident finds a new voice for his advocacy

Resident finds a new voice for his advocacy

Dr. Adam Kassam didn’t set out to be an advocate. But a commitment to diversity, and a firm belief in speaking up, drove the Chief Resident in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry to his computer...

Young scholars score hat trick with Rogers honour

Young scholars score hat trick with Rogers honour

Life happens in threes for Sanjae Mahmud. She is a fraternal triplet; she now calls London, her third city, home; and she recently received the inaugural Ted Rogers Scholarship. But how does the Rogers honour add up to three for the Mahmud Family? “I had already...

Campaign fires up hiring opportunities for students

Campaign fires up hiring opportunities for students

With high youth unemployment rates and loads of student debt, the picture for university graduates in 2014 did not look promising. To address this problem, Western launched the hirewesternu campaign with goals of increasing the number of employment and work integrated...

Bringing STEM gender divide message to CSA

Bringing STEM gender divide message to CSA

In September, Elise Harrington was among the minority of female presenters at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide, Australia. It didn’t matter she had attended major conferences before – at IAC, there was a moment she was made to feel profoundly...

Western sees alignment with COU mental-health report

Western sees alignment with COU mental-health report

Recommendations outlined in a new report on student mental health, issued last week by the Council of Ontario Universities (COU), in partnership with student groups, aligns with Western’s developing strategic plan for student mental health, according to university...

Search for self connects with millions

Search for self connects with millions

For many years, Najwa Zebian’s home traveled with her, inside her backpack. “My parents were traveling back and forth between Canada and Lebanon to stay with my siblings, so I lived with multiple relatives. I didn’t really have a constant place to stay. If I did,...

LPS, EMS release Broughdale street party numbers

LPS, EMS release Broughdale street party numbers

Western officials expressed “disappointment” with those involved in a student-organized street party that attracted more than 11,000 people to a residential street over the weekend, as local law enforcement and emergency services officials released numbers that painted a chaotic scene of the event.

Linamar gift backs future engineering, business leaders

Linamar gift backs future engineering, business leaders

Female students aspiring towards engineering and business leadership will gain the boost of a lifetime through a $5-million investment to Western from Linamar Corp. and the families that founded and operate the manufacturing giant.

Mental-health champion calls for care for one another

Mental-health champion calls for care for one another

Patrick Hickey admits it’s difficult to fathom the idea of someone thanking you for saving a life. “With mental health, you cannot measure your results. It’s hard to quantify people’s experiences. But every now and then, someone will say to you that you saved...

Playwright takes to stages across the country

Playwright takes to stages across the country

When Camille Intson first met James Cavanaugh two years ago, even she had no idea how far he might take her. An English and Theatre and Performance Studies student, Intson submitted a piece to Western’s one-act short play festival, Purple Shorts, under her Cavanaugh...

Student provides Indigenous leadership on police board

Student provides Indigenous leadership on police board

Vanessa Ambtman-Smith knows the grim statistics: Indigenous women are more likely to be victims of violence than any other group in Canada. This is something she hopes to address as the first Indigenous person to sit on London’s Police Services Board. “I am an...

Huron grad finding success with vegan cheese company

Huron grad finding success with vegan cheese company

While a love for animals prompted Margaret Coons, BA’12 (Huron University College), to become a vegetarian, it was a family passion for entrepreneurship that led her to found the artisanal cheese company Nuts for Cheese. “I didn’t grow up in a vegetarian family. So, I...

Resident finds a new voice for his advocacy

Resident finds a new voice for his advocacy

Dr. Adam Kassam didn’t set out to be an advocate. But a commitment to diversity, and a firm belief in speaking up, drove the Chief Resident in the Department of Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry to his computer...

Young scholars score hat trick with Rogers honour

Young scholars score hat trick with Rogers honour

Life happens in threes for Sanjae Mahmud. She is a fraternal triplet; she now calls London, her third city, home; and she recently received the inaugural Ted Rogers Scholarship. But how does the Rogers honour add up to three for the Mahmud Family? “I had already...

Campaign fires up hiring opportunities for students

Campaign fires up hiring opportunities for students

With high youth unemployment rates and loads of student debt, the picture for university graduates in 2014 did not look promising. To address this problem, Western launched the hirewesternu campaign with goals of increasing the number of employment and work integrated...

Bringing STEM gender divide message to CSA

Bringing STEM gender divide message to CSA

In September, Elise Harrington was among the minority of female presenters at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide, Australia. It didn’t matter she had attended major conferences before – at IAC, there was a moment she was made to feel profoundly...

Western sees alignment with COU mental-health report

Western sees alignment with COU mental-health report

Recommendations outlined in a new report on student mental health, issued last week by the Council of Ontario Universities (COU), in partnership with student groups, aligns with Western’s developing strategic plan for student mental health, according to university...

Search for self connects with millions

Search for self connects with millions

For many years, Najwa Zebian’s home traveled with her, inside her backpack. “My parents were traveling back and forth between Canada and Lebanon to stay with my siblings, so I lived with multiple relatives. I didn’t really have a constant place to stay. If I did,...

LPS, EMS release Broughdale street party numbers

LPS, EMS release Broughdale street party numbers

Western officials expressed “disappointment” with those involved in a student-organized street party that attracted more than 11,000 people to a residential street over the weekend, as local law enforcement and emergency services officials released numbers that painted a chaotic scene of the event.

Linamar gift backs future engineering, business leaders

Linamar gift backs future engineering, business leaders

Female students aspiring towards engineering and business leadership will gain the boost of a lifetime through a $5-million investment to Western from Linamar Corp. and the families that founded and operate the manufacturing giant.

Mental-health champion calls for care for one another

Mental-health champion calls for care for one another

Patrick Hickey admits it’s difficult to fathom the idea of someone thanking you for saving a life. “With mental health, you cannot measure your results. It’s hard to quantify people’s experiences. But every now and then, someone will say to you that you saved...

Playwright takes to stages across the country

Playwright takes to stages across the country

When Camille Intson first met James Cavanaugh two years ago, even she had no idea how far he might take her. An English and Theatre and Performance Studies student, Intson submitted a piece to Western’s one-act short play festival, Purple Shorts, under her Cavanaugh...