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Study looks to share rural shelter expertise

Study looks to share rural shelter expertise

Western Health Sciences researchers are drawing attention to the challenges of – and hoping to find solutions for – women who experience violence using shelters in rural Ontario settings.

Project lends hand to saving a voice

Project lends hand to saving a voice

For Tania Granadillo, the silencing of one language is like losing a part of humanity’s heritage. Hence why this summer, the Anthropology professor and students in her Language Revitalization in Practice course are joining the effort to save one.

Friedman embraces career as ‘a grinder’

Friedman embraces career as ‘a grinder’

It was the call heard ’round the world; it just wasn’t the call he wanted to make. But his mistake in front of millions has served as a reminder of how much the world loves Elliotte Friedman.

Professor keeps family, ethnic traditions alive

Professor keeps family, ethnic traditions alive

Western professor Daniel Hardy, the 139th President of The Irish Benevolent Society of London and Area, hopes his organization can serve as a positive exemplar of immigration and integration for a new generation of immigrants.

Unlocking the appeal of the escape room

Unlocking the appeal of the escape room

The teamwork required to work yourself through an ‘escape room’ is providing an alumnus with a growing business opportunity and a professor with a powerful training tool. “Most people just want to come and have fun and they are buzzing when they leave,” said Shawn...

Alumna ‘Pressed’ into changing news delivery

Alumna ‘Pressed’ into changing news delivery

Admittedly, it was a bit too much for Jacqueline Leung. While the Media, Information & Technoculture (MIT) graduate knew she should be watching and reading the news – especially as her career in marketing and media started to take off – she had no desire to wade...

Sparling mourned by Western community

Sparling mourned by Western community

The Western community is mourning the death of David Sparling, Ivey Business School professor emeritus and Ontario agriculture champion, who died after a 22-month battle against brain cancer on Sunday, July 31. He was 64. Sparling’s working life began on a farm in...

Student’s research pauses to listen to region

Student’s research pauses to listen to region

As a teenager, Michael Iannozzi was warned away from being a poet. “That’s a hard route to take I was told. So I went around it a different way,” said the Linguistics masters student.

SHAD gets in the spirit of science

SHAD gets in the spirit of science

What happens when the brightest high school students from across Canada come together in the spirit of science, innovation and entrepreneurship? You get new and inventive advancements and solutions for a wide variety complex issues, thanks to SHAD, which empowers...

Study looks to share rural shelter expertise

Study looks to share rural shelter expertise

Western Health Sciences researchers are drawing attention to the challenges of – and hoping to find solutions for – women who experience violence using shelters in rural Ontario settings.

Project lends hand to saving a voice

Project lends hand to saving a voice

For Tania Granadillo, the silencing of one language is like losing a part of humanity’s heritage. Hence why this summer, the Anthropology professor and students in her Language Revitalization in Practice course are joining the effort to save one.

Friedman embraces career as ‘a grinder’

Friedman embraces career as ‘a grinder’

It was the call heard ’round the world; it just wasn’t the call he wanted to make. But his mistake in front of millions has served as a reminder of how much the world loves Elliotte Friedman.

Professor keeps family, ethnic traditions alive

Professor keeps family, ethnic traditions alive

Western professor Daniel Hardy, the 139th President of The Irish Benevolent Society of London and Area, hopes his organization can serve as a positive exemplar of immigration and integration for a new generation of immigrants.

Unlocking the appeal of the escape room

Unlocking the appeal of the escape room

The teamwork required to work yourself through an ‘escape room’ is providing an alumnus with a growing business opportunity and a professor with a powerful training tool. “Most people just want to come and have fun and they are buzzing when they leave,” said Shawn...

Alumna ‘Pressed’ into changing news delivery

Alumna ‘Pressed’ into changing news delivery

Admittedly, it was a bit too much for Jacqueline Leung. While the Media, Information & Technoculture (MIT) graduate knew she should be watching and reading the news – especially as her career in marketing and media started to take off – she had no desire to wade...

Sparling mourned by Western community

Sparling mourned by Western community

The Western community is mourning the death of David Sparling, Ivey Business School professor emeritus and Ontario agriculture champion, who died after a 22-month battle against brain cancer on Sunday, July 31. He was 64. Sparling’s working life began on a farm in...

Student’s research pauses to listen to region

Student’s research pauses to listen to region

As a teenager, Michael Iannozzi was warned away from being a poet. “That’s a hard route to take I was told. So I went around it a different way,” said the Linguistics masters student.

SHAD gets in the spirit of science

SHAD gets in the spirit of science

What happens when the brightest high school students from across Canada come together in the spirit of science, innovation and entrepreneurship? You get new and inventive advancements and solutions for a wide variety complex issues, thanks to SHAD, which empowers...