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Western Law prof completes acclaimed novel trilogy

Western Law prof completes acclaimed novel trilogy

Socrates, Einstein, Freud and approximately 200 Napoleons walk into an existential problem. Is there life before death? Thus begins the endgame of the critically acclaimed Beforelife satirical trilogy. For its author, however, writing will continue past th …

Switch ideas turn on WISE judges

Switch ideas turn on WISE judges

Putting their ideas in place would flip the switch on a more environmentally friendly campus. A pair of independent pitches to transition Western’s campus from traditional light switches to motion sensors earned top honours at Western’s Ideas for Sustainability and...

Program inspires staffer’s push to ‘go beyond’

Program inspires staffer’s push to ‘go beyond’

How do you promote gender equity and workplace equality in a tribal community in southeastern Africa, particularly when the view of women is so dissimilar from your own? That was the monumental task facing Michele Parkin earlier this year as she spent a month in a...

A ruling on inclusion and accommodation

A ruling on inclusion and accommodation

Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, delivered the 2016 Pensa Lecture March 31 in Western Law, Room 38. McLachlin spoke on Canadian Constitutionalism and the Ethic of Inclusion and Accommodation. McLachlin was sworn in as a Justice of the Supreme Court of...

Zimmerman solo exhibition opens

Zimmerman solo exhibition opens

Six Pair of Pairs: Photos from 2011 to 2015, the debut photo exhibition of Walter Zimmerman, MLS’71, Librarian Emeritus, Western Libraries, runs through April 30 in the Spencer Gallery of The D.B. Weldon Library. Zimmerman has been taking photos seriously since 1964....

Comment sought on campus police

Comment sought on campus police

A team of assessors from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) will arrive on April 24 to examine all aspects of Campus Community Police Services (CCPS) policy and procedures, management, operation and support services....

Western honours its Mustangs at annual gala

Western honours its Mustangs at annual gala

The 2015-16 Athletic Awards Gala celebrated the careers and accomplishments of the university’s top student-athletes on and off the field Tuesday night at the London Convention Centre.

University signs onto Paris Pledge

University signs onto Paris Pledge

Western is joining a global community of universities, businesses, cities and other groups in signing the Paris Pledge for Action, committing to doing its part to limit the global temperature rise to less than 2 degrees Celsius. The ambitious target was set at the...

Smith: Let’s do away with the auto-reply email

Smith: Let’s do away with the auto-reply email

I recently had a life-altering experience – one I am lucky to have survived to tell the tale. It happened a few months ago while I was in the final preparations for a science conference in Singapore. My bags were packed and waiting patiently by the front door for the...

Setting a new standard for dynasties

Setting a new standard for dynasties

With their most recent title earlier this year, the Western Mustangs men’s squash now hold the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) record for most consecutive championships in any sport.

Switch ideas turn on WISE judges

Switch ideas turn on WISE judges

Putting their ideas in place would flip the switch on a more environmentally friendly campus. A pair of independent pitches to transition Western’s campus from traditional light switches to motion sensors earned top honours at Western’s Ideas for Sustainability and...

Program inspires staffer’s push to ‘go beyond’

Program inspires staffer’s push to ‘go beyond’

How do you promote gender equity and workplace equality in a tribal community in southeastern Africa, particularly when the view of women is so dissimilar from your own? That was the monumental task facing Michele Parkin earlier this year as she spent a month in a...

A ruling on inclusion and accommodation

A ruling on inclusion and accommodation

Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, delivered the 2016 Pensa Lecture March 31 in Western Law, Room 38. McLachlin spoke on Canadian Constitutionalism and the Ethic of Inclusion and Accommodation. McLachlin was sworn in as a Justice of the Supreme Court of...

Zimmerman solo exhibition opens

Zimmerman solo exhibition opens

Six Pair of Pairs: Photos from 2011 to 2015, the debut photo exhibition of Walter Zimmerman, MLS’71, Librarian Emeritus, Western Libraries, runs through April 30 in the Spencer Gallery of The D.B. Weldon Library. Zimmerman has been taking photos seriously since 1964....

Comment sought on campus police

Comment sought on campus police

A team of assessors from the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA) will arrive on April 24 to examine all aspects of Campus Community Police Services (CCPS) policy and procedures, management, operation and support services....

Western honours its Mustangs at annual gala

Western honours its Mustangs at annual gala

The 2015-16 Athletic Awards Gala celebrated the careers and accomplishments of the university’s top student-athletes on and off the field Tuesday night at the London Convention Centre.

University signs onto Paris Pledge

University signs onto Paris Pledge

Western is joining a global community of universities, businesses, cities and other groups in signing the Paris Pledge for Action, committing to doing its part to limit the global temperature rise to less than 2 degrees Celsius. The ambitious target was set at the...

Smith: Let’s do away with the auto-reply email

Smith: Let’s do away with the auto-reply email

I recently had a life-altering experience – one I am lucky to have survived to tell the tale. It happened a few months ago while I was in the final preparations for a science conference in Singapore. My bags were packed and waiting patiently by the front door for the...

Setting a new standard for dynasties

Setting a new standard for dynasties

With their most recent title earlier this year, the Western Mustangs men’s squash now hold the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) record for most consecutive championships in any sport.