Emma Pennell remembers the day the email arrived, bringing big news. It was a moment, Pennell, a two-spirit Mi’kmaw of Ktaqmkuk, had been dreaming of since arriving at Western four years ago. A double take at the casting list confirmed it was final …
You couldn’t get a whole lot more #purpleandproud than Homecoming 2018. See the slideshow for some football magic that boosted the Mustangs’ undefeated record in the regular season.
Western is poised to lead international research on how sports benefits people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, through a $1.5-million donation honouring Special Olympics pioneer Frank Hayden.
When the world whirls faster every day, it helps to embrace the spin. Terry Rice, Western’s executive director of Marketing Communications, makes pays homage to smart change, great food and brilliant music in this latest chapter of Read. Watch. Listen.
Western’s Be Extraordinary Campaign, the most ambitious campaign in the university’s history, has raised a record-breaking $805 million.
Western University congratulates eight of its alumni for being named to London’s Top 20 Under 40, as identified by London Inc. magazine, for 2018. The honour is awarded to young leaders who make a difference in the community. Alumni honoured this year include: Chris...
It was a nice Honda Accord. Sure, it had more than 300,000 clicks and was almost a decade old – but it was paid for. And it might never have been a story if not for being parked, with its Quebec licence plate in full view, in a rival town touted as the city of...
Ivey Business School has received a transformative, $7-million gift from John F. Wood, HBA ’64, to establish the John F. Wood Centre for Innovation in Business Learning. Building on Ivey’s global reputation for teaching excellence, the centre will allow Ivey to...
For more than 125 years, the Governor General’s Academic Gold Medals have recognized the outstanding scholastic achievements of students in Canada. The prestigious medal is based solely on academic criteria. Three Western graduates are among recipients of the honour...
Saara Bhanji, BA’07, MSc’16, loves preparing people for “the job of living.”
Champion skier Becky Moynes Meyer, MPT’17, has seemingly had a leg up – or, rather, barefoot up – on the competition from the start. “When I was a baby, my dad would get up on...
Astrid Van Wieren, BA’88, inherited a love of language and stories from her literary mother and theatre-loving father. However, it was her time at Western years later that “first opened my eyes to diversity. My store of stories was expanded by the international students on campus.”
In Beamsville, Ont., halfway along the highway between Hamilton and Niagara-on-the-Lake, you can spot a light blue and white barn tucked away on a side road.
You couldn’t get a whole lot more #purpleandproud than Homecoming 2018. See the slideshow for some football magic that boosted the Mustangs’ undefeated record in the regular season.
Western is poised to lead international research on how sports benefits people with intellectual and developmental disabilities, through a $1.5-million donation honouring Special Olympics pioneer Frank Hayden.
When the world whirls faster every day, it helps to embrace the spin. Terry Rice, Western’s executive director of Marketing Communications, makes pays homage to smart change, great food and brilliant music in this latest chapter of Read. Watch. Listen.
Western’s Be Extraordinary Campaign, the most ambitious campaign in the university’s history, has raised a record-breaking $805 million.
Western University congratulates eight of its alumni for being named to London’s Top 20 Under 40, as identified by London Inc. magazine, for 2018. The honour is awarded to young leaders who make a difference in the community. Alumni honoured this year include: Chris...
It was a nice Honda Accord. Sure, it had more than 300,000 clicks and was almost a decade old – but it was paid for. And it might never have been a story if not for being parked, with its Quebec licence plate in full view, in a rival town touted as the city of...
Ivey Business School has received a transformative, $7-million gift from John F. Wood, HBA ’64, to establish the John F. Wood Centre for Innovation in Business Learning. Building on Ivey’s global reputation for teaching excellence, the centre will allow Ivey to...
For more than 125 years, the Governor General’s Academic Gold Medals have recognized the outstanding scholastic achievements of students in Canada. The prestigious medal is based solely on academic criteria. Three Western graduates are among recipients of the honour...
Saara Bhanji, BA’07, MSc’16, loves preparing people for “the job of living.”
Champion skier Becky Moynes Meyer, MPT’17, has seemingly had a leg up – or, rather, barefoot up – on the competition from the start. “When I was a baby, my dad would get up on...
Astrid Van Wieren, BA’88, inherited a love of language and stories from her literary mother and theatre-loving father. However, it was her time at Western years later that “first opened my eyes to diversity. My store of stories was expanded by the international students on campus.”
In Beamsville, Ont., halfway along the highway between Hamilton and Niagara-on-the-Lake, you can spot a light blue and white barn tucked away on a side road.