Month: November 2010

The flag will be at half-mast today in memory of Gabrielle Isserow,
a Western student in the HBA and BMOS programs.

Richard Ivey School of Business Dean Carol Stephenson, along with
many Ivey alumnae, has been honoured as recipients of the 2010
Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards.

You might notice the spotlight is a little brighter today. Starting
today, The University of Western Ontario homepage will feature
daily installments of Making Headlines. Culled from media across
the country and around the globe, these links spotlight Western’s
global impact through its seemingly countless appearances in print,
electronic and television media.

Brescia University College will host “More Than a Book Sale,” an
event that features gently used books, local artisans, live music,
local food, and refreshments on Saturday, Nov. 27 from 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. in the auditorium.

Could the changing ecosystems of Ontario’s far north have an
impact on human health?

A King’s University College contract employee faces three
charges of uttering threats and unsafe storage of ammunition in
connection with an incident involving another King’s
employee.

The provincial government might have been strong-arming public
sector employers undergoing contract negotiations to keep salary
increases to a minimum, but Finance Minister Dwight Duncan remains
satisfied with The University of Western Ontario’s settlements with
two of its largest employee groups.

Stevie Cameron saw it as the “assignment of a
lifetime.”

Persistent under-funding by governments to “provincial
universities” has been a fact of life for decades.

Picture the pomp and ceremony of Parliament Hill with thousands of
tourists watching the colour guard march past.

Johnson loved his London

When Masco Canada was looking to expand one of its tried and true
products with an environmental feature, the plumbing giant tagged a
pair of engineers from The University of Western Ontario to flush
its problem away.