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Month: January 2013

Culture jamming helps shake off the chill

Culture jamming helps shake off the chill

Feminist culture jamming employs techniques which catch people off guard, unsettle established ideas and erode patriarchal culture by mounting a challenge from within its institutions. The witty, often irreverent, reworkings of patriarchal culture embodied …

Mayor: Western, city futures tied together

Mayor: Western, city futures tied together

London’s future is on a global stage on which Western plays a vital role, according to Mayor Joe Fontana, who delivered his third State of the City Address Tuesday morning.

Video series lets others hear attorney’s story

Lorin MacDonald simply wants you to listen. MacDonald (JD’09), has been updating attitudes about hearing impairment and accessibility for all forms of disability in legal circles and the community.

Return to campus is music to professor’s ear

Call it the circle of life at Western for Aaron Hodgson. A graduate of the Don Wright Faculty of Music (BMus’04), the 28-year-old now finds himself back at the university – this time in front of the class.

‘Purpology’ explores lives of high-performing students

‘Purpology’ explores lives of high-performing students

It’s not exactly a lesson you can pick up in class. Here to help the Western community become better acquainted with, well, itself, is purpology.com – a new blog published by students from the university’s Scholar’s Electives and Western Scholars programs.

Bridge fight eventually spans choppy waters

Roy Norton never expected the troubled waters he would encounter pushing for a second bridge connecting Windsor and Detroit across the Detroit River. At Western Law Monday, he stressed how building that second span is a precondition to ensuring the manufacturing vitality of Canada and the United States for years to come.

Campus Digest: UWOpera brings Mozart to stage

Campus Digest: UWOpera brings Mozart to stage

Over the years, Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte has been interpreted in many ways, but this is UWOpera’s own Western version of one of the master’s most famous operas. “The story is completely contemporary in setting,” said Theodore Baerg, director. “Relationships haven’t...

Project eyes smoother pathway for immigrants

Project eyes smoother pathway for immigrants

When most people think immigration, they picture Vancouver, Toronto or Montreal as destinations for the more than 250,000 newcomers arriving each year to Canada. That would be correct. But a Western-led immigration study, however, hopes to open the door for newcomers to settle in medium and small communities across the country as well.

Green Challenge project nabs Top 20 spot

Green Challenge project nabs Top 20 spot

A team comprised of Western students Matthew Gan, Joshua Leung, Shelley Liu and Yiaki Zhao, all of the Richard Ivey School of Business, have been named among the Top 20 team submissions in Walmart Canada’s second annual Green Student Challenge.

Competition puts business plans to the test

Competition puts business plans to the test

Nine entrepreneurial teams from top graduate schools in North America will compete for $20,000 and a chance to move on to the next level at the 15th annual IBK Capital Ivey Business Plan Competition.

Mayor: Western, city futures tied together

Mayor: Western, city futures tied together

London’s future is on a global stage on which Western plays a vital role, according to Mayor Joe Fontana, who delivered his third State of the City Address Tuesday morning.

Video series lets others hear attorney’s story

Lorin MacDonald simply wants you to listen. MacDonald (JD’09), has been updating attitudes about hearing impairment and accessibility for all forms of disability in legal circles and the community.

Return to campus is music to professor’s ear

Call it the circle of life at Western for Aaron Hodgson. A graduate of the Don Wright Faculty of Music (BMus’04), the 28-year-old now finds himself back at the university – this time in front of the class.

‘Purpology’ explores lives of high-performing students

‘Purpology’ explores lives of high-performing students

It’s not exactly a lesson you can pick up in class. Here to help the Western community become better acquainted with, well, itself, is purpology.com – a new blog published by students from the university’s Scholar’s Electives and Western Scholars programs.

Bridge fight eventually spans choppy waters

Roy Norton never expected the troubled waters he would encounter pushing for a second bridge connecting Windsor and Detroit across the Detroit River. At Western Law Monday, he stressed how building that second span is a precondition to ensuring the manufacturing vitality of Canada and the United States for years to come.

Campus Digest: UWOpera brings Mozart to stage

Campus Digest: UWOpera brings Mozart to stage

Over the years, Mozart’s Cosi fan tutte has been interpreted in many ways, but this is UWOpera’s own Western version of one of the master’s most famous operas. “The story is completely contemporary in setting,” said Theodore Baerg, director. “Relationships haven’t...

Project eyes smoother pathway for immigrants

Project eyes smoother pathway for immigrants

When most people think immigration, they picture Vancouver, Toronto or Montreal as destinations for the more than 250,000 newcomers arriving each year to Canada. That would be correct. But a Western-led immigration study, however, hopes to open the door for newcomers to settle in medium and small communities across the country as well.

Green Challenge project nabs Top 20 spot

Green Challenge project nabs Top 20 spot

A team comprised of Western students Matthew Gan, Joshua Leung, Shelley Liu and Yiaki Zhao, all of the Richard Ivey School of Business, have been named among the Top 20 team submissions in Walmart Canada’s second annual Green Student Challenge.

Competition puts business plans to the test

Competition puts business plans to the test

Nine entrepreneurial teams from top graduate schools in North America will compete for $20,000 and a chance to move on to the next level at the 15th annual IBK Capital Ivey Business Plan Competition.