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Western marks Mental Health Week
Western’s Alumni Hall will glow green this week, part of the Canadian Mental Health Association’s initiative to Shine Green for Mental Health Week. While other universities, including McMaster, Toronto and Lakehead, are also taking part, Western is the only...
Faculties show importance of sharing research
The inaugural FIMULAW Research Day last month, which brought together graduate students from the faculties of Music, Information and Media Studies (FIMS) and Law, was a resounding success. Through three panel presentations, lightning talks and poster presentations,...
Students dine on Western alumni dime
Having breakfast taken care of made for a good start to Ellen McGran’s day. “I thought it was such a good idea. A really good idea. Out of nowhere, somebody’s bought you breakfast – it’s such a nice feeling,” said the third-year MIT student, who had the opportunity to...
CHRW, Israeli campus radio bridge cultural divides
It’s a bit like overhearing a typical conversation university students might have anywhere on campus. You’ll hear stories and opinions on the latest bands, the hottest shows to binge watch and more. But these conversations are between strangers – Western students and...
Detecting dementia takes top spot at 3MT competition
Tamara Tavares, a graduate student in the Emotional Cognition Lab (ECL) of Western’s Brain and Mind Institute, took the top spot in Western’s sixth annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition last week, tackling the complex world of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a...
Western among top in game design programming
Mathias Babin admits to staying up until 3 a.m. when it comes to video games. But it’s not what you think. The fourth-year Science student spends more hours behind the scenes then he does in front of the screen. “I play less videos games than I ever have in my entire...
Music students to play with National Youth Orchestra
Of 500 eager applicants, only 100 secure a highly-coveted space in the National Youth Orchestra (NYO) of Canada each year. This summer, Don Wright Faculty of Music string students Anna Grigg, Darren Mak, Dorothy Lin, Christian Wrona and Jillian Yang will join the...
Looking at old spaces through new eyes
Sylvia Nagy doesn’t like to use the term ‘preserve’ when speaking about heritage buildings. “It sounds like you’re putting something under glass, or pickling it and not retaining any of the flavour,” said the fourth-year King’s University College Bachelor of Social...
Engineering students flip for bottle craze
For some, the bottle flipping craze was a silly kid’s game. Aidan Sabourin saw it as an opportunity. In just a few short months, with three of his friends – Justin Lam, Danny Loo and Armin Gurdic – Sabourin created an app that attracted millions of downloads, becoming...
UN honours student’s efforts to empower women in Pakistan
Faculty of Information and Media Studies student Shoaib Rizvi is one of three youth worldwide to receive an Outstanding Youth Delegate Award from the United Nations.
The legend of McGhie: The story of the Mustangs’ music man
Rick McGhie’s appearances at The Spoke and at The Grad Club have been called ‘legendary,’ a ‘tradition,’ and a ‘rite of passage’ for Western students. “It’s what I do,” he said.
Student finds self in First Nations language, arts
For Frazer Sundown, learning the Oneida language and performing traditional powwow music has helped define his identity – and his plans for the future. A student in the First Nations Studies program at Western, Sundown is a member of the Turtle Clan of the Oneida...
Western marks Mental Health Week
Western’s Alumni Hall will glow green this week, part of the Canadian Mental Health Association’s initiative to Shine Green for Mental Health Week. While other universities, including McMaster, Toronto and Lakehead, are also taking part, Western is the only...
Faculties show importance of sharing research
The inaugural FIMULAW Research Day last month, which brought together graduate students from the faculties of Music, Information and Media Studies (FIMS) and Law, was a resounding success. Through three panel presentations, lightning talks and poster presentations,...
Students dine on Western alumni dime
Having breakfast taken care of made for a good start to Ellen McGran’s day. “I thought it was such a good idea. A really good idea. Out of nowhere, somebody’s bought you breakfast – it’s such a nice feeling,” said the third-year MIT student, who had the opportunity to...
CHRW, Israeli campus radio bridge cultural divides
It’s a bit like overhearing a typical conversation university students might have anywhere on campus. You’ll hear stories and opinions on the latest bands, the hottest shows to binge watch and more. But these conversations are between strangers – Western students and...
Detecting dementia takes top spot at 3MT competition
Tamara Tavares, a graduate student in the Emotional Cognition Lab (ECL) of Western’s Brain and Mind Institute, took the top spot in Western’s sixth annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition last week, tackling the complex world of frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a...
Western among top in game design programming
Mathias Babin admits to staying up until 3 a.m. when it comes to video games. But it’s not what you think. The fourth-year Science student spends more hours behind the scenes then he does in front of the screen. “I play less videos games than I ever have in my entire...
Music students to play with National Youth Orchestra
Of 500 eager applicants, only 100 secure a highly-coveted space in the National Youth Orchestra (NYO) of Canada each year. This summer, Don Wright Faculty of Music string students Anna Grigg, Darren Mak, Dorothy Lin, Christian Wrona and Jillian Yang will join the...
Looking at old spaces through new eyes
Sylvia Nagy doesn’t like to use the term ‘preserve’ when speaking about heritage buildings. “It sounds like you’re putting something under glass, or pickling it and not retaining any of the flavour,” said the fourth-year King’s University College Bachelor of Social...
Engineering students flip for bottle craze
For some, the bottle flipping craze was a silly kid’s game. Aidan Sabourin saw it as an opportunity. In just a few short months, with three of his friends – Justin Lam, Danny Loo and Armin Gurdic – Sabourin created an app that attracted millions of downloads, becoming...
UN honours student’s efforts to empower women in Pakistan
Faculty of Information and Media Studies student Shoaib Rizvi is one of three youth worldwide to receive an Outstanding Youth Delegate Award from the United Nations.
The legend of McGhie: The story of the Mustangs’ music man
Rick McGhie’s appearances at The Spoke and at The Grad Club have been called ‘legendary,’ a ‘tradition,’ and a ‘rite of passage’ for Western students. “It’s what I do,” he said.
Student finds self in First Nations language, arts
For Frazer Sundown, learning the Oneida language and performing traditional powwow music has helped define his identity – and his plans for the future. A student in the First Nations Studies program at Western, Sundown is a member of the Turtle Clan of the Oneida...