Western Classics professor Charles Stocking will deliver the 2014 Ioannides Address, How to Kill an Athlete: The Use and Abuse of Training Science in Antiquity, at 4:40 p.m. Thursday in HSB 236. The event is sponsored by Western’s International Centre for Olympic...
On March 5, these leaders will share how they brought play back to their organization at the 5th annual Social Innovation @ Ivey Forum, in the BMO Financial Group Auditorium, Richard Ivey Building. They will explain how play stimulates independent thinking, creativity and confidence, and take us backstage to show us how they use play at work to transform everyday tasks into extraordinary impact.
Ali Tavallaei lives ‘an engineer’s worst nightmare’ every single day at Western. And he wouldn’t have it any other way.
We walk right by them along the busy city streets as we go about our daily business. They sit on the cold, hard sidewalk, unnoticed. They are the homeless. And some of their stories are heartbreaking. “These personal stories can really hit close to home,” said Abe...
For Marie, a trip to the dentist used to mean one thing: pain.
The room is filled with sounds of clanking weights and friendly conversations, as roughly 20 participants begin their strength training.
I know you have heard it. I certainly have.
If Alex Apanovitch and his team couldn’t solve the company’s problem, people – a lot of people – might have lost their jobs.
Small budget, big impact. That’s the challenge for Learning it Together (LiT), a large, student-run volunteer organization at Western.
In the darkness of Conron Hall, Larry Towell, an acclaimed war photographer, picks sombrely at an acoustic guitar while strains of harmonica from virtuoso Mike Stevens float across Towell’s folk song.
When Melanie Sellar visited Guatemala in 2011 to help build a library for a local school, it brought great excitement to the many kids who had never seen one before.
Until Grade 10, Sarah Felder’s only medical experience came in 10-minute appointments with her family doctor and one-hour appointments on her couch with the television series ER. Needless to say, a health-care career was the last thing on her mind.
Dr. Michelle Mottola dragged her fingers lightly over the two red photo albums open on the counter in front of her. A smile spread across her face as she stopped at a picture of her first-born daughter.