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Film festival fills gap in local arts scene

Film festival fills gap in local arts scene

Come for Emma Donoghue and a screening of Room. Stay for a chance to see movies you might not otherwise see anywhere else in London. Regional film festivals – such as the inaugural Forest City Film Festival, taking place Nov. 11-13 at the London Public Library’s Wolf...

Ferguson: We’re non-binary trans – and we exist

Ferguson: We’re non-binary trans – and we exist

At my birth, my mother asked “What is it?” immediately after I left her body, as if I was not human until I was sexed, gendered and categorized into the sex and gender binary. The doctor curiously responded, “It’s a girl. No ... it’s a boy!” And so my life as...

Exploration still finding ‘surprising little differences’

Exploration still finding ‘surprising little differences’

If you think adding something as innocuous as an extra half-inch to a nail would not make any difference when building a house, Greg Kopp wants you to think again. “It’s a surprising little difference. You go from a two-inch nail to a two-and-a-half-inch nail and it...

Winders: An American’s report from the election

Winders: An American’s report from the election

“Frankly, I don’t want to talk about it.” Those eight words once comprised the entirety of an Atlanta Journal column by Southern humourist Lewis Grizzard. Eight words atop a newspaper column – where normally 660 words ran – and then nothing but blank space below....

Course  evaluations  going digital

Course evaluations going digital

Starting this term, students will be afforded more flexibility in evaluating their instructors and courses as Western goes digital with its end-of-term questionnaires. It’s a move, university officials say, that will provide deeper data and a better understanding of...

Remembrance Day activities scheduled

Remembrance Day activities scheduled

The Western community will pause Friday for ceremonies in honour of Remembrance Day. The University Students’ Council will host ceremonies that will feature student musical performances, poems and other tributes dedicated to Canadian veterans and armed forces still...

Laschinger, leading nursing researcher, dies at 71

Laschinger, leading nursing researcher, dies at 71

Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing professor Heather Laschinger, who received both a Distinguished University Professor and the Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research, died on Oct. 29 due to complications from a prolonged illness. She was 71. Laschinger is...

Alumnus to explore life of ‘Rebel Angel’

Alumnus to explore life of ‘Rebel Angel’

I first met Ross Woodman when I was an undergrad at Western almost 40 years ago. Later, in 1981, Ross helped me make a documentary film about his friend Jack Chambers, Tracks and Gestures. Today, I have come full circle as Ross is the subject of a portrait...

Famed photographer turns lens to student-athlete

Famed photographer turns lens to student-athlete

At first, it seemed as if Madison Wilson-Walker just had the flu. But an unusual rash accompanied her symptoms, causing concern and sending her parents rushing to the hospital. Wilson-Walker was only 3 years old at the time. Once at the hospital, she was diagnosed...

Class gives ‘bad quarto’ its day on stage

Class gives ‘bad quarto’ its day on stage

Hamlet Q1 – the first-known printed edition of Shakespeare’s most popular tragedy – is not the text you studied from. It’s not the text traditionally used for theatrical productions, either. In fact, you probably haven’t encountered this version of the play before....

Trump and Clinton: Putting character to the test

Trump and Clinton: Putting character to the test

Whoever gets elected President of the United States Nov. 8 will face a myriad of challenges to bring a divided country together and achieve prosperity. To do this will require competencies and commitment. But it will also require leader character. This does not bode...

Film festival fills gap in local arts scene

Film festival fills gap in local arts scene

Come for Emma Donoghue and a screening of Room. Stay for a chance to see movies you might not otherwise see anywhere else in London. Regional film festivals – such as the inaugural Forest City Film Festival, taking place Nov. 11-13 at the London Public Library’s Wolf...

Ferguson: We’re non-binary trans – and we exist

Ferguson: We’re non-binary trans – and we exist

At my birth, my mother asked “What is it?” immediately after I left her body, as if I was not human until I was sexed, gendered and categorized into the sex and gender binary. The doctor curiously responded, “It’s a girl. No ... it’s a boy!” And so my life as...

Exploration still finding ‘surprising little differences’

Exploration still finding ‘surprising little differences’

If you think adding something as innocuous as an extra half-inch to a nail would not make any difference when building a house, Greg Kopp wants you to think again. “It’s a surprising little difference. You go from a two-inch nail to a two-and-a-half-inch nail and it...

Winders: An American’s report from the election

Winders: An American’s report from the election

“Frankly, I don’t want to talk about it.” Those eight words once comprised the entirety of an Atlanta Journal column by Southern humourist Lewis Grizzard. Eight words atop a newspaper column – where normally 660 words ran – and then nothing but blank space below....

Course  evaluations  going digital

Course evaluations going digital

Starting this term, students will be afforded more flexibility in evaluating their instructors and courses as Western goes digital with its end-of-term questionnaires. It’s a move, university officials say, that will provide deeper data and a better understanding of...

Remembrance Day activities scheduled

Remembrance Day activities scheduled

The Western community will pause Friday for ceremonies in honour of Remembrance Day. The University Students’ Council will host ceremonies that will feature student musical performances, poems and other tributes dedicated to Canadian veterans and armed forces still...

Laschinger, leading nursing researcher, dies at 71

Laschinger, leading nursing researcher, dies at 71

Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing professor Heather Laschinger, who received both a Distinguished University Professor and the Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research, died on Oct. 29 due to complications from a prolonged illness. She was 71. Laschinger is...

Alumnus to explore life of ‘Rebel Angel’

Alumnus to explore life of ‘Rebel Angel’

I first met Ross Woodman when I was an undergrad at Western almost 40 years ago. Later, in 1981, Ross helped me make a documentary film about his friend Jack Chambers, Tracks and Gestures. Today, I have come full circle as Ross is the subject of a portrait...

Famed photographer turns lens to student-athlete

Famed photographer turns lens to student-athlete

At first, it seemed as if Madison Wilson-Walker just had the flu. But an unusual rash accompanied her symptoms, causing concern and sending her parents rushing to the hospital. Wilson-Walker was only 3 years old at the time. Once at the hospital, she was diagnosed...

Class gives ‘bad quarto’ its day on stage

Class gives ‘bad quarto’ its day on stage

Hamlet Q1 – the first-known printed edition of Shakespeare’s most popular tragedy – is not the text you studied from. It’s not the text traditionally used for theatrical productions, either. In fact, you probably haven’t encountered this version of the play before....

Trump and Clinton: Putting character to the test

Trump and Clinton: Putting character to the test

Whoever gets elected President of the United States Nov. 8 will face a myriad of challenges to bring a divided country together and achieve prosperity. To do this will require competencies and commitment. But it will also require leader character. This does not bode...