Western students Beichen Gao, Soheil Milani, Aaron Joshua Pinto, Jonathan Vollett and Hattie Zhou are among 30 Canadian students who will travel to Panama and Colombia from July 12-28 as a part of Junior Team Canada. The trade mission, which follows Prime …
Month: June 2012
London calling to local Olympians
A handful of Olympic hopefuls from the Western family are heading across the pond this summer to represent Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, U.K., beginning at the end of July.
Traister finds lessons for university, union and self during term
On Sept. 7, 2011, one day before he would lead the university’s first strike in a quarter century, and first-ever by an academic unit, Bryce Traister was trying to focus on something else entirely.
Stepping into the Ivy League
Matthew Leisinger came more than 4,000 kms from his hometown of Prince George, B.C., to earn an undergraduate degree in Philosophy from Western. So what’s another 1,000 kms.
Alumna’s life among the characters
As a journalist, Joan Barfoot was used to jumping into stories ‘in medias res’ – in the middle of things.
Stopping cancer at the source
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor Joseph Torchia is exploring new areas of genetics that could lead to new avenues for treatment.
Student fast tracks his future
Given his dedication to and extra-curricular involvement in the community, it’s a wonder Michael Sattin had the time to study over his past three years at Western.
Campus Digest, June 7
Providing a 'Pathway' for immigrants Awarded $2.5 million over seven years by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the Pathways to Prosperity Partnership will bring together researchers, government departments, and community partners...
Student earns Top 20 Under Twenty nod
From coast to coast, Kelly Lovell’s passion for change is catching on and catching eyes. The Kitchener-Waterloo native, going into her second year at Western this fall, has been named one of Canada’s Top 20 Under Twenty.
Quinn: Letters home provide window into research
For the last 11 years, Western Political Science professor Joanna Quinn has been sending notes home to family and friends from her field research on transitional justice in Uganda “mostly to let them know that I’m not dead yet, and so on, but also to tell them about the kinds of things I’m seeing.”
Talbot: Nothing ‘soft’ about choices made
Pay no attention to Margaret Wente. My guess is she had run out of diatribe topics last month when The Globe and Mail ran her rant against a liberal arts education.
Langille: Appeal for conservation after outage
I want to thank everyone involved in restoring power to Western after the equipment failure and subsequent power outage last week.
Cassidy: A note of thanks from a grad
May has been a fantastic month for me, for many reasons. I have been making preparations for my graduation, have been accepted to the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, and now have a chance to say thank you.
London calling to local Olympians
A handful of Olympic hopefuls from the Western family are heading across the pond this summer to represent Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, U.K., beginning at the end of July.
Traister finds lessons for university, union and self during term
On Sept. 7, 2011, one day before he would lead the university’s first strike in a quarter century, and first-ever by an academic unit, Bryce Traister was trying to focus on something else entirely.
Stepping into the Ivy League
Matthew Leisinger came more than 4,000 kms from his hometown of Prince George, B.C., to earn an undergraduate degree in Philosophy from Western. So what’s another 1,000 kms.
Alumna’s life among the characters
As a journalist, Joan Barfoot was used to jumping into stories ‘in medias res’ – in the middle of things.
Stopping cancer at the source
Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor Joseph Torchia is exploring new areas of genetics that could lead to new avenues for treatment.
Student fast tracks his future
Given his dedication to and extra-curricular involvement in the community, it’s a wonder Michael Sattin had the time to study over his past three years at Western.
Campus Digest, June 7
Providing a 'Pathway' for immigrants Awarded $2.5 million over seven years by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the Pathways to Prosperity Partnership will bring together researchers, government departments, and community partners...
Student earns Top 20 Under Twenty nod
From coast to coast, Kelly Lovell’s passion for change is catching on and catching eyes. The Kitchener-Waterloo native, going into her second year at Western this fall, has been named one of Canada’s Top 20 Under Twenty.
Quinn: Letters home provide window into research
For the last 11 years, Western Political Science professor Joanna Quinn has been sending notes home to family and friends from her field research on transitional justice in Uganda “mostly to let them know that I’m not dead yet, and so on, but also to tell them about the kinds of things I’m seeing.”
Talbot: Nothing ‘soft’ about choices made
Pay no attention to Margaret Wente. My guess is she had run out of diatribe topics last month when The Globe and Mail ran her rant against a liberal arts education.
Langille: Appeal for conservation after outage
I want to thank everyone involved in restoring power to Western after the equipment failure and subsequent power outage last week.
Cassidy: A note of thanks from a grad
May has been a fantastic month for me, for many reasons. I have been making preparations for my graduation, have been accepted to the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, and now have a chance to say thank you.