The fates of famed London photographers Harry Hines, lower left, pictured in 1928, and Bill Hines, lower right, pictured in 1970, have remained a mystery to many. Top photo, Regina Alberta Shi …
Year: 2017
Family backs a university that works together
As Mary Catherine Fallona strolled through Western’s Physics and Astronomy Building, she spotted students lining the hallways, feverishly typing away on their laptops without pause. She could not help but develop an inkling to jump back into it all. “I would love to...
March fosters community, collective power
Both of us experienced the victory of Donald Trump on Nov. 8th as a body blow. One of us an American citizen, the other a mother of an American daughter now living in New York, we feared for those nearest and dearest to us who would have to live under a Trump...
Trump’s unpredictability, anti-intellectualism raise red flags
Seven days have passed since Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States of America, assumed office. And while the world looks on with numerous concerns over everything from accessible healthcare for Americans, women’s rights, immigration, minority and...
Alumnus, restaurant partnership feeds local community
Mustafa Mehmood’s time in Canada has been a roller coaster ride. After arriving in Canada from Pakistan four years ago, he graduated from Western this past June, but not without a few hiccups – including being asked to leave the university at one point. “Initially, it...
Digging into Drizzy: Research focuses on how a ‘hybrid identity’ built the perfect Drake
When Drake first broke onto the music scene, he climbed the charts. Fast. His first studio album, Thank Me Later, debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 in 2010 and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Drake’s next albums, Take...
Conference puts spotlight on student research
Organizers are finalizing the lineup for the upcoming Western Student Research Conference, but said that time still remains to sign up to connect with peers from other disciplines and potentially generate cross-campus collaboration at the event. Scheduled for March 26...
Starring an academic as an accidental actor
Patrick Monaghan, PhD’84, never thought he’d close out an academic career at the age of 60, only to take on a second vocation – as a professional stage and television actor, no less. And yet, that’s the path Monaghan pursued immediately upon retirement, after 25 years...
Grad student steps back from regular history
As the creator of ‘Step Back: Seeing History Sideways,’ a YouTube channel filled with unconventional, quirky and enlightening takes on the past, History PhD student Tristan Johnson enjoys tackling anything that spurs his interest.
Biology dissertation nabbing attention, top honours
Long before Tim Hain, BSc’04, PhD’16 (Biology), completed his dissertation, his work was gaining considerable traction. Hain successfully defended his PhD dissertation in December 2016. Four months earlier he had published four papers in peer-reviewed journals, which...
Play stands as tribute to one woman’s Triumph
In some ways, the story of Teresa Harris, the youngest member in one of London’s first pioneer families, dovetails with that of Penn Kemp. “I see a direct parallel with my own life. Things have changed so much. When I was growing up, London was so white-bred, and, I...
Law professor builds on special court’s legacy
Thanks to the backing of a United Nations (UN) grant and the efforts of a Western Law professor, the world will have a clearer understanding of sexual and gender-based violence in Sierra Leone in the 1990s and a blueprint for prosecuting these war crimes.
Book brings together literature, environment
Joshua Schuster knows most would argue environmentalism, at least in its most activist of forms, is a relatively modern concern. Environmental issues weren’t prominent until the 1960s, when American conservationist Rachel Carson, widely credited for advancing the...
Family backs a university that works together
As Mary Catherine Fallona strolled through Western’s Physics and Astronomy Building, she spotted students lining the hallways, feverishly typing away on their laptops without pause. She could not help but develop an inkling to jump back into it all. “I would love to...
March fosters community, collective power
Both of us experienced the victory of Donald Trump on Nov. 8th as a body blow. One of us an American citizen, the other a mother of an American daughter now living in New York, we feared for those nearest and dearest to us who would have to live under a Trump...
Trump’s unpredictability, anti-intellectualism raise red flags
Seven days have passed since Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States of America, assumed office. And while the world looks on with numerous concerns over everything from accessible healthcare for Americans, women’s rights, immigration, minority and...
Alumnus, restaurant partnership feeds local community
Mustafa Mehmood’s time in Canada has been a roller coaster ride. After arriving in Canada from Pakistan four years ago, he graduated from Western this past June, but not without a few hiccups – including being asked to leave the university at one point. “Initially, it...
Digging into Drizzy: Research focuses on how a ‘hybrid identity’ built the perfect Drake
When Drake first broke onto the music scene, he climbed the charts. Fast. His first studio album, Thank Me Later, debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 in 2010 and was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. Drake’s next albums, Take...
Conference puts spotlight on student research
Organizers are finalizing the lineup for the upcoming Western Student Research Conference, but said that time still remains to sign up to connect with peers from other disciplines and potentially generate cross-campus collaboration at the event. Scheduled for March 26...
Starring an academic as an accidental actor
Patrick Monaghan, PhD’84, never thought he’d close out an academic career at the age of 60, only to take on a second vocation – as a professional stage and television actor, no less. And yet, that’s the path Monaghan pursued immediately upon retirement, after 25 years...
Grad student steps back from regular history
As the creator of ‘Step Back: Seeing History Sideways,’ a YouTube channel filled with unconventional, quirky and enlightening takes on the past, History PhD student Tristan Johnson enjoys tackling anything that spurs his interest.
Biology dissertation nabbing attention, top honours
Long before Tim Hain, BSc’04, PhD’16 (Biology), completed his dissertation, his work was gaining considerable traction. Hain successfully defended his PhD dissertation in December 2016. Four months earlier he had published four papers in peer-reviewed journals, which...
Play stands as tribute to one woman’s Triumph
In some ways, the story of Teresa Harris, the youngest member in one of London’s first pioneer families, dovetails with that of Penn Kemp. “I see a direct parallel with my own life. Things have changed so much. When I was growing up, London was so white-bred, and, I...
Law professor builds on special court’s legacy
Thanks to the backing of a United Nations (UN) grant and the efforts of a Western Law professor, the world will have a clearer understanding of sexual and gender-based violence in Sierra Leone in the 1990s and a blueprint for prosecuting these war crimes.
Book brings together literature, environment
Joshua Schuster knows most would argue environmentalism, at least in its most activist of forms, is a relatively modern concern. Environmental issues weren’t prominent until the 1960s, when American conservationist Rachel Carson, widely credited for advancing the...