Editor’s note: This letter was originally sent to Globe and Mail public editor Sylvia Stead. On Monday, the newspaper disciplined columnist Margaret Wente over allegations of plagiarism, with the paper’s editor calling the work in question “unaccepta …
The Western community is mourning the death of Gareth Coombes, a 23-year-old student at the Richard Ivey School of Business, who was killed last weekend after falling from the CP rail bridge near Oxford and Gunn streets.
Every journalist thinks they have at least one book in them. In the case of former Western News editor/reporter Jim Anderson, he’s had two – and counting.
For Paula Dworatzek, it started with a note home from her children’s elementary school that led to a two-year Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) funding grant for the Brescia University College professor.
Jagdeep Raina’s flight from Toronto to Detroit was delayed. He then missed his connection, forcing him to catch another flight, which lost his luggage. Finally, he arrived at his destination, where the train leaving the airport was out of order.
Is it public art? Is it a bike rack? Yes, on both accounts.
Although he spent a career bringing stories to the masses, Ivan Sytin’s own story might have been lost to history if not for a Western professor emeritus and a PhD alumna.
Fellow profs, if you’ve been around students anytime within the last few years, you know social media is integral to their lives.
Long before the cow jumped over it, earthbound mortals have been fascinated by our nearest celestial neighbour – the Moon.
It’s laughable that the Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities and its minister are just talking about student-centred education now (Blowing it up, Sept. 6).
Artist Jamelie Hassan’s text about A Child’s View from Gaza raises many fascinating questions and many compelling connections: between art and politics, between indigenous struggles in this country and in Palestine.
I know you have it in you.
One year ago today, the Occupy Wall Street movement pushed earnings inequality to the forefront of global politics. With the protest still roaring, most studies suggest that earnings inequality is far greater in North America than in Europe, but is this really the case?
The Western community is mourning the death of Gareth Coombes, a 23-year-old student at the Richard Ivey School of Business, who was killed last weekend after falling from the CP rail bridge near Oxford and Gunn streets.
Every journalist thinks they have at least one book in them. In the case of former Western News editor/reporter Jim Anderson, he’s had two – and counting.
For Paula Dworatzek, it started with a note home from her children’s elementary school that led to a two-year Canadian Institute of Health Research (CIHR) funding grant for the Brescia University College professor.
Jagdeep Raina’s flight from Toronto to Detroit was delayed. He then missed his connection, forcing him to catch another flight, which lost his luggage. Finally, he arrived at his destination, where the train leaving the airport was out of order.
Is it public art? Is it a bike rack? Yes, on both accounts.
Although he spent a career bringing stories to the masses, Ivan Sytin’s own story might have been lost to history if not for a Western professor emeritus and a PhD alumna.
Fellow profs, if you’ve been around students anytime within the last few years, you know social media is integral to their lives.
Long before the cow jumped over it, earthbound mortals have been fascinated by our nearest celestial neighbour – the Moon.
It’s laughable that the Ministry of Training Colleges and Universities and its minister are just talking about student-centred education now (Blowing it up, Sept. 6).
Artist Jamelie Hassan’s text about A Child’s View from Gaza raises many fascinating questions and many compelling connections: between art and politics, between indigenous struggles in this country and in Palestine.
I know you have it in you.
One year ago today, the Occupy Wall Street movement pushed earnings inequality to the forefront of global politics. With the protest still roaring, most studies suggest that earnings inequality is far greater in North America than in Europe, but is this really the case?