April 2016 - Page 6 of 13

Western performances keep summer tradition alive

by Jason Winders | Apr 20, 2016 |

While innumerable celebrations are being held this year around the globe – not to mention at The Globe in London, England – to mark the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare’s death, here at Western we are continuing a venerable theatrical community tradition that...

Language of food pleased palate of audiences

by Jason Winders | Apr 20, 2016 |

How does food speak to us? What does it say when we choose salad, not steak? When we buy our vegetables from local farmers, when we avoid pork or shellfish or insist on gluten-free? As Shakespeare knew, food is a shared language, full of dramatic possibility. The...

PhD candidate wins CBC Short Story Prize

by Jason Winders | Apr 19, 2016 |

English PhD candidate David Huebert joins company with some of Canada’s best writers who received CBC Literary Prizes and went on to receive national and international acclaim.

Campus memorial service set for Costa

by Jason Winders | Apr 19, 2016 |

Campus & Community

Western will host a campus memorial service for undergraduate Social Science student Jeffrey Costa, 22, who died April 7 in Richmond Hill, Ont. Costa served as a Soph in both Medway-Sydenham Hall and Social Science. The event will be held from 12:30-1:30 p.m....

AFAR-filmed ‘The Messenger’ flies into theatres

by Paul Mayne | Apr 19, 2016 |

Research

Canadian Screen Award nominee The Messenger, which explores the uncertain fate of songbirds, and was partially filmed at Western’s Advanced Facility for Avian Research (AFAR), will show this weekend at London’s Hyland Cinema. Western Biology professor and AFAR...