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Month: September 2017

Western partners on Toronto base for entrepreneurs

Western partners on Toronto base for entrepreneurs

It’s the “home away from home” Western entrepreneurs need to compete across Canada. Last week, Western, along with partner institutions the University of Toronto and McMaster University, launched ONRamp, a collaboration and co-working space on the Toronto campus...

Provost to Senate: OWL blame lands on me

Provost to Senate: OWL blame lands on me

University Senate heard from several Western administrators who accepted responsibility and apologized for an oversight that occurred this summer when past course content was removed from OWL, the university’s course-management system. “We didn’t see it coming – no...

Experience champions quest for understanding

Experience champions quest for understanding

Medicine was the last thing Adrian Bulfon ever wanted as a career. But after being diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at 16, the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry student now traverses the halls of Victoria Hospital in London on a path to becoming a...

New fragments of history link students to past

New fragments of history link students to past

When it comes to researching medieval manuscripts, Samantha Tyson says photocopies or digital versions cannot hold a candle to the real thing. “And don’t hold candles to them,” laughed the third-year Medieval Studies student. Today, Western students can touch a...

‘Sinking’ signals a career on the rise

‘Sinking’ signals a career on the rise

English PhD candidate David Huebert’s short-story collection, Peninsula Sinking, is out this month from Biblioasis. Quill & Quire, Canada’s magazine on book news and reviews, dubbed Huebert “one of Canada’s most impressive young writers.”

Study scraps food waste fallacies

Study scraps food waste fallacies

For Paul van der Werf, it’s not about food waste. It’s about food. “It’s not just your banana peels and egg shells and coffee grounds. You should see what ends up thrown away – untouched and left-over food, like a $12 roast. At that point, you’re just rolling up a...

Staffer eyes challenges in United Way role

Staffer eyes challenges in United Way role

Sabrina Tingle had hesitations about her new job, worried about the size of the challenges she would face. But today, she sees her latest role as a journey of growth. “It was a big eye-opener, meeting someone for the first time, to understand and not judge what...

Western researcher unearths hottest rock on record

Western researcher unearths hottest rock on record

It was a stroke of serendipity that led to Michael Zanetti’s discovery of the hottest rock on Earth. In 2011, Zanetti, now a postdoctoral researcher in Earth Sciences at Western, was on an analog mission with Earth Sciences professor Gordon Osinski at...

Linamar gift backs future engineering, business leaders

Linamar gift backs future engineering, business leaders

Female students aspiring towards engineering and business leadership will gain the boost of a lifetime through a $5-million investment to Western from Linamar Corp. and the families that founded and operate the manufacturing giant.

Statement on anticipated Broughdale gathering

Statement on anticipated Broughdale gathering

Western issued the following statement today in response to an anticipated weekend gathering on Broughdale Avenue. *   *   * Western administration is aware of an unsanctioned street party that is planned for Sept. 30 on Broughdale Avenue. This event is in no way...

‘Their, There,’ an excerpt from ‘Gender Failure’

‘Their, There,’ an excerpt from ‘Gender Failure’

The following excerpt – Their, There – is from Ivan Coyote’s 2014 book, Gender Failure, which Huron University College picked as its Huron1Read 2017-18 selection. Based on their acclaimed 2012 live show, Gender Failure is a collection of autobiographical essays,...

Coyote: Mainstream is waking up to the fight

Coyote: Mainstream is waking up to the fight

For more than two decades, Ivan Coyote has been using the power of personal narrative to work toward a better world. The award-winning author and seasoned stage performer often grapples with the complex and intensely personal issues of gender identity, as well as...

Undergrad Awards applaud student scholars

Undergrad Awards applaud student scholars

Research papers by two Western students – Amy Lewis and Bridget Murphy – were selected as the best in the world through The Undergraduate Awards, a global academic competition that celebrates the world’s brightest undergraduate students. Overall, Western had the...

Provost to Senate: OWL blame lands on me

Provost to Senate: OWL blame lands on me

University Senate heard from several Western administrators who accepted responsibility and apologized for an oversight that occurred this summer when past course content was removed from OWL, the university’s course-management system. “We didn’t see it coming – no...

Experience champions quest for understanding

Experience champions quest for understanding

Medicine was the last thing Adrian Bulfon ever wanted as a career. But after being diagnosed with Crohn’s disease at 16, the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry student now traverses the halls of Victoria Hospital in London on a path to becoming a...

New fragments of history link students to past

New fragments of history link students to past

When it comes to researching medieval manuscripts, Samantha Tyson says photocopies or digital versions cannot hold a candle to the real thing. “And don’t hold candles to them,” laughed the third-year Medieval Studies student. Today, Western students can touch a...

‘Sinking’ signals a career on the rise

‘Sinking’ signals a career on the rise

English PhD candidate David Huebert’s short-story collection, Peninsula Sinking, is out this month from Biblioasis. Quill & Quire, Canada’s magazine on book news and reviews, dubbed Huebert “one of Canada’s most impressive young writers.”

Study scraps food waste fallacies

Study scraps food waste fallacies

For Paul van der Werf, it’s not about food waste. It’s about food. “It’s not just your banana peels and egg shells and coffee grounds. You should see what ends up thrown away – untouched and left-over food, like a $12 roast. At that point, you’re just rolling up a...

Staffer eyes challenges in United Way role

Staffer eyes challenges in United Way role

Sabrina Tingle had hesitations about her new job, worried about the size of the challenges she would face. But today, she sees her latest role as a journey of growth. “It was a big eye-opener, meeting someone for the first time, to understand and not judge what...

Western researcher unearths hottest rock on record

Western researcher unearths hottest rock on record

It was a stroke of serendipity that led to Michael Zanetti’s discovery of the hottest rock on Earth. In 2011, Zanetti, now a postdoctoral researcher in Earth Sciences at Western, was on an analog mission with Earth Sciences professor Gordon Osinski at...

Linamar gift backs future engineering, business leaders

Linamar gift backs future engineering, business leaders

Female students aspiring towards engineering and business leadership will gain the boost of a lifetime through a $5-million investment to Western from Linamar Corp. and the families that founded and operate the manufacturing giant.

Statement on anticipated Broughdale gathering

Statement on anticipated Broughdale gathering

Western issued the following statement today in response to an anticipated weekend gathering on Broughdale Avenue. *   *   * Western administration is aware of an unsanctioned street party that is planned for Sept. 30 on Broughdale Avenue. This event is in no way...

‘Their, There,’ an excerpt from ‘Gender Failure’

‘Their, There,’ an excerpt from ‘Gender Failure’

The following excerpt – Their, There – is from Ivan Coyote’s 2014 book, Gender Failure, which Huron University College picked as its Huron1Read 2017-18 selection. Based on their acclaimed 2012 live show, Gender Failure is a collection of autobiographical essays,...

Coyote: Mainstream is waking up to the fight

Coyote: Mainstream is waking up to the fight

For more than two decades, Ivan Coyote has been using the power of personal narrative to work toward a better world. The award-winning author and seasoned stage performer often grapples with the complex and intensely personal issues of gender identity, as well as...

Undergrad Awards applaud student scholars

Undergrad Awards applaud student scholars

Research papers by two Western students – Amy Lewis and Bridget Murphy – were selected as the best in the world through The Undergraduate Awards, a global academic competition that celebrates the world’s brightest undergraduate students. Overall, Western had the...