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Read. Watch. Listen. with Penni Pring

Read. Watch. Listen. with Penni Pring

Penni Pring not only loves music, but the ability of good tunes to generate memories and creates new ones. Find out what jams make her all-time playlist – at least for now.

Summer Shakespeare welcomes Milton to stage

Summer Shakespeare welcomes Milton to stage

Set in a 21st-Century Guantanamo Bay-style military prison, this year’s Summer Shakespeare production is a provocative, world premiere modern-dress version of John Milton’s Samson Agonistes.

‘Joiner and doer’ rises to PMA President post

‘Joiner and doer’ rises to PMA President post

Julia Beltrano, Technical Specialist Manager in the Department of Visual Arts, is the new president of Western’s Professional & Managerial Association. She follows Melanie Molnar from the Faculty of Education to the position.

Time to merge Ontario’s two school systems

Time to merge Ontario’s two school systems

There is a pressing need to consolidate Ontario’s separate and public school systems. Long ignored by most politicians, this controversial idea deserves a fresh and serious policy discussion — especially now, with the new Ontario government contemplating cuts to the...

Western joins call for North American unity

Western joins call for North American unity

With recent trade and immigration policy shifts testing ties between the United States, Mexico and Canada, collaboration among universities is crucial, according to a statement recently co-issued by The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU), of which Western is a member.

Search on course to name next president this fall

Search on course to name next president this fall

As the search moves toward candidate interviews in September, Western remains on schedule to name its selection to be the 11th President and Vice-Chancellor this fall, the Presidential Selection Committee indicated this week.

Alumnus keeps hockey headshots in sights

Alumnus keeps hockey headshots in sights

It was more than 20 years ago, but memories of that night in the London Ice House continue to fuel Ken Bocking’s fight to rid hockey of headshots and the debilitating trauma they cause.

Joint project targets Indigenous water crisis

Joint project targets Indigenous water crisis

Chris Alcantara knows it will take more than government funding to address the water crisis in Canada’s Indigenous communities. The money is important, sure. But building a collaborative relationship with Indigenous communities is what will build the foundation for future water infrastructure, he said.

Role evolves to better support survivors

Role evolves to better support survivors

Western’s Sexual Violence Prevention Education Coordinator – a position created roughly two years ago to oversee the provision of supports and educational initiatives on campus – will now also offer direct counseling services to survivors of sexual violence.

Hewa: Be a person first, a journalist second

Hewa: Be a person first, a journalist second

“You’re exploiting me,” she said. “You’re trying to dig something out of me.” She didn’t hang up. Instead, there were the sounds of the key in her office door, her loud, shaky breathing.

Read. Watch. Listen. with Penni Pring

Read. Watch. Listen. with Penni Pring

Penni Pring not only loves music, but the ability of good tunes to generate memories and creates new ones. Find out what jams make her all-time playlist – at least for now.

Summer Shakespeare welcomes Milton to stage

Summer Shakespeare welcomes Milton to stage

Set in a 21st-Century Guantanamo Bay-style military prison, this year’s Summer Shakespeare production is a provocative, world premiere modern-dress version of John Milton’s Samson Agonistes.

‘Joiner and doer’ rises to PMA President post

‘Joiner and doer’ rises to PMA President post

Julia Beltrano, Technical Specialist Manager in the Department of Visual Arts, is the new president of Western’s Professional & Managerial Association. She follows Melanie Molnar from the Faculty of Education to the position.

Time to merge Ontario’s two school systems

Time to merge Ontario’s two school systems

There is a pressing need to consolidate Ontario’s separate and public school systems. Long ignored by most politicians, this controversial idea deserves a fresh and serious policy discussion — especially now, with the new Ontario government contemplating cuts to the...

Western joins call for North American unity

Western joins call for North American unity

With recent trade and immigration policy shifts testing ties between the United States, Mexico and Canada, collaboration among universities is crucial, according to a statement recently co-issued by The Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities (APLU), of which Western is a member.

Search on course to name next president this fall

Search on course to name next president this fall

As the search moves toward candidate interviews in September, Western remains on schedule to name its selection to be the 11th President and Vice-Chancellor this fall, the Presidential Selection Committee indicated this week.

Alumnus keeps hockey headshots in sights

Alumnus keeps hockey headshots in sights

It was more than 20 years ago, but memories of that night in the London Ice House continue to fuel Ken Bocking’s fight to rid hockey of headshots and the debilitating trauma they cause.

Joint project targets Indigenous water crisis

Joint project targets Indigenous water crisis

Chris Alcantara knows it will take more than government funding to address the water crisis in Canada’s Indigenous communities. The money is important, sure. But building a collaborative relationship with Indigenous communities is what will build the foundation for future water infrastructure, he said.

Role evolves to better support survivors

Role evolves to better support survivors

Western’s Sexual Violence Prevention Education Coordinator – a position created roughly two years ago to oversee the provision of supports and educational initiatives on campus – will now also offer direct counseling services to survivors of sexual violence.

Hewa: Be a person first, a journalist second

Hewa: Be a person first, a journalist second

“You’re exploiting me,” she said. “You’re trying to dig something out of me.” She didn’t hang up. Instead, there were the sounds of the key in her office door, her loud, shaky breathing.