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Month: December 2018

The Bobsleigh Champion

The Bobsleigh Champion

In five years, Alex Kopacz went from being a 23-year old Western undergrad who had never seen a bobsleigh, to a Team Canada Olympian and gold-medal winner at the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympics. Kopacz, BESc’13 (Mechanical Engineering), started as a varsity …

Read. Watch. Listen. with Malcolm Ruddock

Read. Watch. Listen. with Malcolm Ruddock

From surfboard to sounding board to mountaintop, Malcolm Ruddock answers three questions about his reading, viewing and listening habits on Read. Watch. Listen.

Miller reappointed as Vice-Provost (SGPS)

Miller reappointed as Vice-Provost (SGPS)

Linda Miller has been re-appointed as Vice-Provost (School of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies) for a three-year term, through June 30, 2022, the Board of Governors announced today.

Some Sunday mid-terms to return

Some Sunday mid-terms to return

Sunday mid-term exams will be reintroduced, for just three weekends per term, during an 18-month trial period that will start during this winter term.

Calculating the costs of movie piracy

Calculating the costs of movie piracy

Movie piracy may be siphoning less money from the box office than some analysts suggest, a paper by a Western PhD student says. In fact, the word-of-mouth promotion generated by people who view illegal downloads could, in some cases, offset movie-house losses as the...

Remembering the Montreal 14

Remembering the Montreal 14

Students, faculty and staff gathered solemnly at different places on campus Thursday to commemorate the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

Case studies skew women leaders’ roles: study

Case studies skew women leaders’ roles: study

Despite the strong presence of women students in university business programs, women leaders are portrayed stereotypically – or not at all – in many business case studies, new research shows.

Kind Mail eases exam stress

Kind Mail eases exam stress

More than 1,800 on- and off-campus students preparing for exams will be receiving postcards with personal messages from alumni as Western delivers its third year of Kind Mail.

Read. Watch. Listen. with Malcolm Ruddock

Read. Watch. Listen. with Malcolm Ruddock

From surfboard to sounding board to mountaintop, Malcolm Ruddock answers three questions about his reading, viewing and listening habits on Read. Watch. Listen.

Miller reappointed as Vice-Provost (SGPS)

Miller reappointed as Vice-Provost (SGPS)

Linda Miller has been re-appointed as Vice-Provost (School of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies) for a three-year term, through June 30, 2022, the Board of Governors announced today.

Some Sunday mid-terms to return

Some Sunday mid-terms to return

Sunday mid-term exams will be reintroduced, for just three weekends per term, during an 18-month trial period that will start during this winter term.

Calculating the costs of movie piracy

Calculating the costs of movie piracy

Movie piracy may be siphoning less money from the box office than some analysts suggest, a paper by a Western PhD student says. In fact, the word-of-mouth promotion generated by people who view illegal downloads could, in some cases, offset movie-house losses as the...

Remembering the Montreal 14

Remembering the Montreal 14

Students, faculty and staff gathered solemnly at different places on campus Thursday to commemorate the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

Case studies skew women leaders’ roles: study

Case studies skew women leaders’ roles: study

Despite the strong presence of women students in university business programs, women leaders are portrayed stereotypically – or not at all – in many business case studies, new research shows.

Kind Mail eases exam stress

Kind Mail eases exam stress

More than 1,800 on- and off-campus students preparing for exams will be receiving postcards with personal messages from alumni as Western delivers its third year of Kind Mail.