Kelsey Ramsden, MBA’04, is a savvy moneymaker recently named Canada’s Top Female Entrepreneur for the second year in a row by Profit Magazine. She credits her success – first and foremost – to her ability to play. Andrew Steele, EMBA’11, is vice …
Month: February 2014
Bringing health to the community
When Merrick Zwarenstein graduated from a South African medical school in the early 1970s, he left with the scientific training required to be a doctor. But he felt as though the institution of medicine had been ignoring the most crucial part of medical care for generations – the patient.
Bringing connections to the community
Amanda Bartlett fondly remembers how rewarding it was to help a woman in the London community learn to speak Spanish.
Bringing prevention to the community
Peter Jaffe has seen far too much violence in his 40 years working in clinical psychology.
Bringing learning to the community
The American presidential elections. Music. Wind engineering. Black holes. These are only a few of the subjects covered since Ivey Business School professor Darren Meister delivered the first session of Classes Without Quizzes in October 2007.
Bringing passion to the community
It’s resembled ancient Greece, hosted a miniature Eiffel Tower, even transformed into a winter wonderland complete with log cabins, a sleigh and giant snowflakes.
Bringing understanding to the community
Summer Bressette has decided to undertake a monumental journey – changing the “lopsided vision” Canadians have about First Nations people.
Bringing art to the community
Ben Benedict gained attention after his work was featured in Western’s McIntosh Gallery 21 years ago. The gallery has been an important part of his life ever since.
Bringing the past to the community
On a high plain in northwest London, tucked away between the Medway River and Snake Creek, sits London’s ‘First Village.’ In the 15th century, about 2,000 Neutral Iroquoians called this area home. Longhouses made of birch bark and spruce provided shelter and a wall of wooden stakes surrounded and fortified the settlement.
Bringing inclusion to the community
Classmates of 15-year-old Kurtis Duchene could easily tell you the importance of inclusion at school. That’s because they will leave high school better prepared for a world that doesn’t shut its doors to a teenager living with cerebral palsy, said Kathy Waybrant, Duchene’s mother.
Study: Battle of the sexes is for the birds
Tired jokes about men, women and sense of direction have existed since the dawn of time. A new study at Western, however, has shown female brown-headed cowbirds perform spatial tasks better than their male counterparts.
Four Western subjects named among best in nation
Four Western subjects found themselves among the Top 5 institutions in Canada, according to the latest round of QS World University Rankings by Subject.
Dion brings mental health message to Western
Patrick Dion, vice-chair Mental Health Commission of Canada, will deliver a free lecture about tackling the stigma of mental health issues, as well as courageously standing up against associated discrimination, at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, in the Great Hall. Complimentary pizza and refreshments will precede the lecture at 5 p.m.; a question-and-answer session follows the lecture.
Bringing health to the community
When Merrick Zwarenstein graduated from a South African medical school in the early 1970s, he left with the scientific training required to be a doctor. But he felt as though the institution of medicine had been ignoring the most crucial part of medical care for generations – the patient.
Bringing connections to the community
Amanda Bartlett fondly remembers how rewarding it was to help a woman in the London community learn to speak Spanish.
Bringing prevention to the community
Peter Jaffe has seen far too much violence in his 40 years working in clinical psychology.
Bringing learning to the community
The American presidential elections. Music. Wind engineering. Black holes. These are only a few of the subjects covered since Ivey Business School professor Darren Meister delivered the first session of Classes Without Quizzes in October 2007.
Bringing passion to the community
It’s resembled ancient Greece, hosted a miniature Eiffel Tower, even transformed into a winter wonderland complete with log cabins, a sleigh and giant snowflakes.
Bringing understanding to the community
Summer Bressette has decided to undertake a monumental journey – changing the “lopsided vision” Canadians have about First Nations people.
Bringing art to the community
Ben Benedict gained attention after his work was featured in Western’s McIntosh Gallery 21 years ago. The gallery has been an important part of his life ever since.
Bringing the past to the community
On a high plain in northwest London, tucked away between the Medway River and Snake Creek, sits London’s ‘First Village.’ In the 15th century, about 2,000 Neutral Iroquoians called this area home. Longhouses made of birch bark and spruce provided shelter and a wall of wooden stakes surrounded and fortified the settlement.
Bringing inclusion to the community
Classmates of 15-year-old Kurtis Duchene could easily tell you the importance of inclusion at school. That’s because they will leave high school better prepared for a world that doesn’t shut its doors to a teenager living with cerebral palsy, said Kathy Waybrant, Duchene’s mother.
Study: Battle of the sexes is for the birds
Tired jokes about men, women and sense of direction have existed since the dawn of time. A new study at Western, however, has shown female brown-headed cowbirds perform spatial tasks better than their male counterparts.
Four Western subjects named among best in nation
Four Western subjects found themselves among the Top 5 institutions in Canada, according to the latest round of QS World University Rankings by Subject.
Dion brings mental health message to Western
Patrick Dion, vice-chair Mental Health Commission of Canada, will deliver a free lecture about tackling the stigma of mental health issues, as well as courageously standing up against associated discrimination, at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, March 5, in the Great Hall. Complimentary pizza and refreshments will precede the lecture at 5 p.m.; a question-and-answer session follows the lecture.