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Meet the changemakers of Western’s Women in Engineering club 

Meet the changemakers of Western’s Women in Engineering club 

The young women at the helm of Women in Engineering have a major goal for the year: increase belonging.  Maddy Gander and Fernanda Pereira are laser-focused on building a supportive community for women in a male-dominated degree, a mission that’s mot …

Newsmakers: Western News looks back on 2016

Newsmakers: Western News looks back on 2016

How will we remember 2016? Probably through one or more of these faces. Western News presents its 7th annual Newsmakers issue, a celebration of those who contributed to our campus conversation in the last year. Join us in remembering the names and faces that...

Committing to ‘Big’ opportunities for all

Committing to ‘Big’ opportunities for all

For Maddie McFadden and her Little Sister, it can be about making cupcakes or simply hanging out at the playground. “It’s about what they want to do,” said the fourth-year Kinesiology student. “She can chat to me about her teacher, her class and what’s going on in her...

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...

Polo team mounts up for new season

Polo team mounts up for new season

So, how does C.J. Sifton explain polo to Canadians? “Think of it as hockey on horseback,” said the fourth-year Business Management and Organizational Studies (BMOS) student. “The most common question I get is, ‘You mean on a horse?’” added Kingsley Ward, an Ivey...

Balm drops a bomb on hockey hands

Balm drops a bomb on hockey hands

The wrinkling of his friends’ noses sparked the idea for Dan Black. After a hockey game about a year ago, he was “hanging out with a few buddies” when they asked him, ‘What’s that smell?’ It was his hands.

Governor General taps trio for top PhD honours

Governor General taps trio for top PhD honours

His colleagues at Western call him a “true Renaissance man,” but bring this up in conversation, and Pierangelo Gobbo will try to politely laugh it off. He’s a talented artist. A musician. A highly ranked judoka. But Gobbo is also an accomplished academic, most...

Student turns personal challenge into global advocacy

Student turns personal challenge into global advocacy

As a 15-year-old new to Canada, Gunjan Mhapankar frequently faced those “why am I here” moments. It was not that her new home in Vancouver was foreign to her. She simply missed the social support of her former home. However, instead of surrendering to that feeling,...

Class offers a new outlook on the world

Class offers a new outlook on the world

The Rwanda: Culture, Society and Reconstruction course in the Department of French Studies, taught by professor Henri Boyi, involves a five-week international service-learning experience in Rwanda. This course started seven years ago. Western News asked three students...

Vanier scholar eyes work, motherhood and disability

Vanier scholar eyes work, motherhood and disability

Melanie Stone wants you to see through the eyes of disabled working mothers – women navigating employment on top of the challenges that stem from being differently abled. “There are real barriers, and they’re put in place, sometimes through well-meaning policy,” said...

‘Brain for science’ makes ‘History’

‘Brain for science’ makes ‘History’

Stephen Ingram may have taken piano lessons since he was 5 years old, but he was never really “into music” until high school. Even still, the fourth-year Music student contemplated switching to Science in his second year at university, perhaps a nod to his parents,...

Newsmakers: Western News looks back on 2016

Newsmakers: Western News looks back on 2016

How will we remember 2016? Probably through one or more of these faces. Western News presents its 7th annual Newsmakers issue, a celebration of those who contributed to our campus conversation in the last year. Join us in remembering the names and faces that...

Committing to ‘Big’ opportunities for all

Committing to ‘Big’ opportunities for all

For Maddie McFadden and her Little Sister, it can be about making cupcakes or simply hanging out at the playground. “It’s about what they want to do,” said the fourth-year Kinesiology student. “She can chat to me about her teacher, her class and what’s going on in her...

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...

Polo team mounts up for new season

Polo team mounts up for new season

So, how does C.J. Sifton explain polo to Canadians? “Think of it as hockey on horseback,” said the fourth-year Business Management and Organizational Studies (BMOS) student. “The most common question I get is, ‘You mean on a horse?’” added Kingsley Ward, an Ivey...

Balm drops a bomb on hockey hands

Balm drops a bomb on hockey hands

The wrinkling of his friends’ noses sparked the idea for Dan Black. After a hockey game about a year ago, he was “hanging out with a few buddies” when they asked him, ‘What’s that smell?’ It was his hands.

Governor General taps trio for top PhD honours

Governor General taps trio for top PhD honours

His colleagues at Western call him a “true Renaissance man,” but bring this up in conversation, and Pierangelo Gobbo will try to politely laugh it off. He’s a talented artist. A musician. A highly ranked judoka. But Gobbo is also an accomplished academic, most...

Student turns personal challenge into global advocacy

Student turns personal challenge into global advocacy

As a 15-year-old new to Canada, Gunjan Mhapankar frequently faced those “why am I here” moments. It was not that her new home in Vancouver was foreign to her. She simply missed the social support of her former home. However, instead of surrendering to that feeling,...

Class offers a new outlook on the world

Class offers a new outlook on the world

The Rwanda: Culture, Society and Reconstruction course in the Department of French Studies, taught by professor Henri Boyi, involves a five-week international service-learning experience in Rwanda. This course started seven years ago. Western News asked three students...

Vanier scholar eyes work, motherhood and disability

Vanier scholar eyes work, motherhood and disability

Melanie Stone wants you to see through the eyes of disabled working mothers – women navigating employment on top of the challenges that stem from being differently abled. “There are real barriers, and they’re put in place, sometimes through well-meaning policy,” said...

‘Brain for science’ makes ‘History’

‘Brain for science’ makes ‘History’

Stephen Ingram may have taken piano lessons since he was 5 years old, but he was never really “into music” until high school. Even still, the fourth-year Music student contemplated switching to Science in his second year at university, perhaps a nod to his parents,...