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University requests conciliation
Western has requested the assistance of a conciliator from the Ontario Ministry of Labour to help with negotiations between the University and CUPE Local 2692, representing approximately 574 food services assistants, food supervisors, cooks, chefs and food storespersons in Western’s Hospitality Services department.
Technology in Education Symposium (TIES) accepting presentation proposals
The Technology in Education Symposium (TIES) is an exciting one-day, university-wide event scheduled for March 8, 2013, which will showcase and explore the uses of technology in teaching graduates, undergraduates, and continuing studies students across all disciplines at Western and its affiliates.
May, Ouellette named Athletes of the Week
Volleyball player Garrett May and wrestler Valerie Ouellette have been named the Western Mustangs Goodlife Fitness Athletes of the Week for Feb. 4-10.
Career Week 2013 ready for takeoff
The process of exploring what you want to do, and discovering how you can get there, can be overwhelming. So let The Student Success Centre at Western Centre be your tour guide on your journey of career exploration at Career Week 2013, Feb. 4-8.
Funeral services set for Dr. James Roth
Funeral services have been set for Dr. James Roth, chair/chief, Division of Orthopaedic Surgery, Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, who died Friday, Feb. 1.
Campus Digest: Get ready to Refresh
Refresh, the 11th annual Western Staff & Leaders’ Conference, is scheduled for Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 20-21. Open to all Western staff and leaders, conference sessions will be held in the Social Science Centre (SSC), with some sessions offered at other...
Goldthorp: Finishing an ‘extraordinary’ run with hopes for a brighter future
Tomorrow is my last day at Western. After a combined decade of service to the university, I am proud of what so many at Western have accomplished in such a short time, and optimistic for the future.
Culture jamming helps shake off the chill
Feminist culture jamming employs techniques which catch people off guard, unsettle established ideas and erode patriarchal culture by mounting a challenge from within its institutions.
External VP search to begin shortly
Kevin Goldthorp, Western’s vice-president (external relations), is leaving Western to become senior vice-president, advancement, and foundation president at Mount Sinai Hospital in Toronto. His final day at the university will be Friday, Feb. 1.
Postdoc bringing faces of Egypt from the past
For Anthropology postdoctoral fellow Andrew Wade, it was a face-to-face meeting like no other.
Canadian cartoonist inspired by history
In the early 1970s, Canadian cartoonist and former Western employee Gordon Johnston of London created the comic ‘It Happened At Western,’ a campus history spinoff of his national comic success ‘It Happened in Canada,’ launched in 1967 to mark the country’s centennial and published in more than 60 newspapers at its peak.
UWOpera brings Mozart close to home
Over the years, Mozart’s ‘Cosi fan tutte’ has been interpreted in many ways, but this is clearly UWOpera’s own Western version of one of the master’s most famous operas.