Canada’s workforce is made up of people from around the world, and many workers speak English as a second language. A new study shows that the success of workers in an organization is impacted by a combination of accents, gender stereotypes, and percepti …
A proposed $21-million retirement living project in rural Huron County has added a Western component to its focus on keeping seniors in their own community. Inspiring Living Seaforth, which looks to break ground in spring 2017, will consist of 20 units for palliative...
Barry Craig looks for the same moment in others that was once sparked in him. “Nothing is more exciting than seeing that moment when an 18- or 19-year-old undergraduate student – you know the one who cruised through high school trying to get marks, but not being...
For a long time, Laurie Elizabeth Flynn told very few people what she spent her mornings, evenings and weekends doing. “I was a secret writer,” she said with a laugh. “I didn’t think it was practical or a life path I could actually choose. I didn’t know what people...
His many friends and colleagues were deeply saddened this week to learn that former Dean of Education Dr. Allen Pearson has died. Those who had seen him in recent months knew he was not well but his death earlier this week at his home here in London was nevertheless...
Earth Day 2016 brought a new and exciting initiative to the Western community, a large, collaborative campus clean-up event that involved university staff, students and volunteers from across campus. For the first time at Western, a group of graduate students from the...
Judge William Hoskins did not make “assumptions with respect to how a sexual assault survivor would behave after an assault.” Judges don’t make assumptions – they make decisions according to the law. (“Verdict did not acquit misconceptions,” Western News, May 13)...
Rick Fehr felt it was important to put his students’ work into the public eye to continue the teaching and learning about representations of Indigenous Peoples. For the past few years, Fehr has watched several students in his class participate in events and protests...
While many artists struggle for a years, Emily Copeland, BFA’15, was determined to do things differently and create her own opportunities.
The time has come for “decisive action” regarding a particularly notorious street party that has marred official Homecoming celebrations and frustrated university and city officials in recent years, two top university officials told Senate Friday afternoon. “Whatever...
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Dr. Michael Gutman, MD’88, stared in shock and disbelief as he watched the terrorist attacks unravel on live television. In...
Eleven learners from a variety of educational institutions and agencies received Adult Learner Awards from the London Council for Adult Education on May 12. Three Western students were among the recipients. A fourth Western student received the SAGE (Students Aged...
Visual Arts professor emerita Madeline Lennon didn’t set out to change lives; she looked to inspire them. “I always knew I wanted to teach,” Lennon said. “When I started, I thought, ‘Gee, I’m really enjoying this so I’m going to do what I want to do and it’s not like...
A proposed $21-million retirement living project in rural Huron County has added a Western component to its focus on keeping seniors in their own community. Inspiring Living Seaforth, which looks to break ground in spring 2017, will consist of 20 units for palliative...
Barry Craig looks for the same moment in others that was once sparked in him. “Nothing is more exciting than seeing that moment when an 18- or 19-year-old undergraduate student – you know the one who cruised through high school trying to get marks, but not being...
For a long time, Laurie Elizabeth Flynn told very few people what she spent her mornings, evenings and weekends doing. “I was a secret writer,” she said with a laugh. “I didn’t think it was practical or a life path I could actually choose. I didn’t know what people...
His many friends and colleagues were deeply saddened this week to learn that former Dean of Education Dr. Allen Pearson has died. Those who had seen him in recent months knew he was not well but his death earlier this week at his home here in London was nevertheless...
Earth Day 2016 brought a new and exciting initiative to the Western community, a large, collaborative campus clean-up event that involved university staff, students and volunteers from across campus. For the first time at Western, a group of graduate students from the...
Judge William Hoskins did not make “assumptions with respect to how a sexual assault survivor would behave after an assault.” Judges don’t make assumptions – they make decisions according to the law. (“Verdict did not acquit misconceptions,” Western News, May 13)...
Rick Fehr felt it was important to put his students’ work into the public eye to continue the teaching and learning about representations of Indigenous Peoples. For the past few years, Fehr has watched several students in his class participate in events and protests...
While many artists struggle for a years, Emily Copeland, BFA’15, was determined to do things differently and create her own opportunities.
The time has come for “decisive action” regarding a particularly notorious street party that has marred official Homecoming celebrations and frustrated university and city officials in recent years, two top university officials told Senate Friday afternoon. “Whatever...
On the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, Dr. Michael Gutman, MD’88, stared in shock and disbelief as he watched the terrorist attacks unravel on live television. In...
Eleven learners from a variety of educational institutions and agencies received Adult Learner Awards from the London Council for Adult Education on May 12. Three Western students were among the recipients. A fourth Western student received the SAGE (Students Aged...
Visual Arts professor emerita Madeline Lennon didn’t set out to change lives; she looked to inspire them. “I always knew I wanted to teach,” Lennon said. “When I started, I thought, ‘Gee, I’m really enjoying this so I’m going to do what I want to do and it’s not like...