With a historically heavy focus on the protagonists of the Salvadoran civil war, the stories of tens of thousands of refugees have fallen by the wayside. But now, thanks to the efforts of Western researchers and their colleagues, that history is being rescued and...
“Frankly, I don’t want to talk about it.” Those eight words once comprised the entirety of an Atlanta Journal column by Southern humourist Lewis Grizzard. Eight words atop a newspaper column – where normally 660 words ran – and then nothing but blank space below....
Starting this term, students will be afforded more flexibility in evaluating their instructors and courses as Western goes digital with its end-of-term questionnaires. It’s a move, university officials say, that will provide deeper data and a better understanding of...
The Western community will pause Friday for ceremonies in honour of Remembrance Day. The University Students’ Council will host ceremonies that will feature student musical performances, poems and other tributes dedicated to Canadian veterans and armed forces still...
Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing professor Heather Laschinger, who received both a Distinguished University Professor and the Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research, died on Oct. 29 due to complications from a prolonged illness. She was 71. Laschinger is...
I first met Ross Woodman when I was an undergrad at Western almost 40 years ago. Later, in 1981, Ross helped me make a documentary film about his friend Jack Chambers, Tracks and Gestures. Today, I have come full circle as Ross is the subject of a portrait...
At first, it seemed as if Madison Wilson-Walker just had the flu. But an unusual rash accompanied her symptoms, causing concern and sending her parents rushing to the hospital. Wilson-Walker was only 3 years old at the time. Once at the hospital, she was diagnosed...
Hamlet Q1 – the first-known printed edition of Shakespeare’s most popular tragedy – is not the text you studied from. It’s not the text traditionally used for theatrical productions, either. In fact, you probably haven’t encountered this version of the play before....
Amanda Sauvé never had any questions. “I love learning medicine. I knew since I was 6 that I was going to be a doctor. End of story.”
Whoever gets elected President of the United States Nov. 8 will face a myriad of challenges to bring a divided country together and achieve prosperity. To do this will require competencies and commitment. But it will also require leader character. This does not bode...
It is easy for most Canadians to think of colonialism as long ago and far away. Indigenous Canadians, though, face the realities of colonialism every day. Now 140 years old, The Indian Act still controls almost every facet of life for Indigenous Canadians, effectively...
Language evolves. Often for the better. But we won’t be the ones to dictate it. Recently, I completed my dissertation focused on the life and experience of a black boxer from the 1890s in the Deep South of Jim Crow America. Today, the words used to describe and define...
So, how does C.J. Sifton explain polo to Canadians? “Think of it as hockey on horseback,” said the fourth-year Business Management and Organizational Studies (BMOS) student. “The most common question I get is, ‘You mean on a horse?’” added Kingsley Ward, an Ivey...
“Frankly, I don’t want to talk about it.” Those eight words once comprised the entirety of an Atlanta Journal column by Southern humourist Lewis Grizzard. Eight words atop a newspaper column – where normally 660 words ran – and then nothing but blank space below....
Starting this term, students will be afforded more flexibility in evaluating their instructors and courses as Western goes digital with its end-of-term questionnaires. It’s a move, university officials say, that will provide deeper data and a better understanding of...
The Western community will pause Friday for ceremonies in honour of Remembrance Day. The University Students’ Council will host ceremonies that will feature student musical performances, poems and other tributes dedicated to Canadian veterans and armed forces still...
Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing professor Heather Laschinger, who received both a Distinguished University Professor and the Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research, died on Oct. 29 due to complications from a prolonged illness. She was 71. Laschinger is...
I first met Ross Woodman when I was an undergrad at Western almost 40 years ago. Later, in 1981, Ross helped me make a documentary film about his friend Jack Chambers, Tracks and Gestures. Today, I have come full circle as Ross is the subject of a portrait...
At first, it seemed as if Madison Wilson-Walker just had the flu. But an unusual rash accompanied her symptoms, causing concern and sending her parents rushing to the hospital. Wilson-Walker was only 3 years old at the time. Once at the hospital, she was diagnosed...
Hamlet Q1 – the first-known printed edition of Shakespeare’s most popular tragedy – is not the text you studied from. It’s not the text traditionally used for theatrical productions, either. In fact, you probably haven’t encountered this version of the play before....
Amanda Sauvé never had any questions. “I love learning medicine. I knew since I was 6 that I was going to be a doctor. End of story.”
Whoever gets elected President of the United States Nov. 8 will face a myriad of challenges to bring a divided country together and achieve prosperity. To do this will require competencies and commitment. But it will also require leader character. This does not bode...
It is easy for most Canadians to think of colonialism as long ago and far away. Indigenous Canadians, though, face the realities of colonialism every day. Now 140 years old, The Indian Act still controls almost every facet of life for Indigenous Canadians, effectively...
Language evolves. Often for the better. But we won’t be the ones to dictate it. Recently, I completed my dissertation focused on the life and experience of a black boxer from the 1890s in the Deep South of Jim Crow America. Today, the words used to describe and define...
So, how does C.J. Sifton explain polo to Canadians? “Think of it as hockey on horseback,” said the fourth-year Business Management and Organizational Studies (BMOS) student. “The most common question I get is, ‘You mean on a horse?’” added Kingsley Ward, an Ivey...