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Western alum promotes new Canadian Comedy Hall of Fame 

Western alum promotes new Canadian Comedy Hall of Fame 

Big-screen and television movies may be Tim Progosh’s bread and butter, but comedy is his jam.  The Canadian actor, who graduated from Western in 1980 with a double degree in politics and drama, has played roles in the Oscar-winning Spotlight and on  …

Borchert: Bringing freedom into focus for millions

Borchert: Bringing freedom into focus for millions

On Aug. 13, 1961, the Berlin Wall was erected, thereby dividing overnight a city, families and dueling ideologies for the next 28 years. On Nov. 9, 1989, the world watched as jubilant crowds gathered on both sides of that Wall to celebrate the opening of its...

Nagl: The World Cup, post-Wall cinema and the re-rebranding of Berlin

Nagl: The World Cup, post-Wall cinema and the re-rebranding of Berlin

On Aug. 13, 1961, the Berlin Wall was erected, thereby dividing overnight a city, families and dueling ideologies for the next 28 years. On Nov. 9, 1989, the world watched as jubilant crowds gathered on both sides of that Wall to celebrate the opening of its...

Urquhart: Unplug, unschedule, enjoy

Urquhart: Unplug, unschedule, enjoy

Graduates must take the time to explore the world unchained from modern technologies, Jane Urquhart, one of Canada’s best loved authors, said at the Friday afternoon session of Western’s 304th Convocation. Urquhart spoke to graduates from the faculties of Arts &...

Abella: Don’t let recent events muddy tolerant waters

Abella: Don’t let recent events muddy tolerant waters

Canada needs today’s graduates, their ideas and their contributions, to protect the country’s cultural mosaic, Irving Abella, eminent historian and president of the Academy of the Arts and Humanities of the Royal Society of Canada, told graduates at the Thursday...

Positioned to build a smarter future

Positioned to build a smarter future

Even with access to 200 million pages of content, consuming four terabytes of disk storage, IBM’s Watson supercomputer wasn’t able to answer correctly every question during its 2011 Jeopardy appearance. The computer sometimes faltered and flopped – seemingly failing...

Class opens eyes – and minds – to Guatemala

Class opens eyes – and minds – to Guatemala

Community Service Learning in the Hispanic World: Guatemala - History, Culture and People in Context is an interdisciplinary community service learning (CSL) course on – and in – Guatemala taught by Modern Languages and Literatures professor Alena Robin. The course...

First edition of festival getting the Words out

First edition of festival getting the Words out

The tapestry of London’s loosely knit creative communities is about to get tighter, thanks to Words, a new literary and creative arts festival. Set to take place this weekend in the Forest City, the festival aims to use the written and spoken word as a hub for...

Kidnie wins OCUFA Teaching Award

Kidnie wins OCUFA Teaching Award

English and Writing Studies professor M.J. Kidnie has been named one of only six winners of the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) Teaching and Academic Librarianship Award. Since 1973, these awards have recognized exceptional...

Baruah: Of Nobel Prizes and pyrrhic victories

Baruah: Of Nobel Prizes and pyrrhic victories

  When the news of the Nobel Peace Prize awarded jointly to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi reached me Friday, I let out a groan. Since I have pursued a reasonably successful career researching, teaching and writing about global social justice issues, more...

Cook: Rereading rekindles past for alumnus

Cook: Rereading rekindles past for alumnus

It was the best grade I ever received on a university essay – 92 on a research paper about Henry David Thoreau’s Walden in American Literature class. I was impressed when I got it during the third year of my BA in English Language and Literature at Western; I guess I...

Western students top international academic competition

Western students top international academic competition

Recent Medical Sciences graduate Milani Sivapragasam, along with 11 Western colleagues, have been named among the international winners of The Undergraduate Awards, a worldwide competition recognizing top undergraduate work. Through the competition, student work in 25...

One class finds meaning half a world away

One class finds meaning half a world away

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 five years ago. Western News asked three students...

Borchert: Bringing freedom into focus for millions

Borchert: Bringing freedom into focus for millions

On Aug. 13, 1961, the Berlin Wall was erected, thereby dividing overnight a city, families and dueling ideologies for the next 28 years. On Nov. 9, 1989, the world watched as jubilant crowds gathered on both sides of that Wall to celebrate the opening of its...

Nagl: The World Cup, post-Wall cinema and the re-rebranding of Berlin

Nagl: The World Cup, post-Wall cinema and the re-rebranding of Berlin

On Aug. 13, 1961, the Berlin Wall was erected, thereby dividing overnight a city, families and dueling ideologies for the next 28 years. On Nov. 9, 1989, the world watched as jubilant crowds gathered on both sides of that Wall to celebrate the opening of its...

Urquhart: Unplug, unschedule, enjoy

Urquhart: Unplug, unschedule, enjoy

Graduates must take the time to explore the world unchained from modern technologies, Jane Urquhart, one of Canada’s best loved authors, said at the Friday afternoon session of Western’s 304th Convocation. Urquhart spoke to graduates from the faculties of Arts &...

Abella: Don’t let recent events muddy tolerant waters

Abella: Don’t let recent events muddy tolerant waters

Canada needs today’s graduates, their ideas and their contributions, to protect the country’s cultural mosaic, Irving Abella, eminent historian and president of the Academy of the Arts and Humanities of the Royal Society of Canada, told graduates at the Thursday...

Positioned to build a smarter future

Positioned to build a smarter future

Even with access to 200 million pages of content, consuming four terabytes of disk storage, IBM’s Watson supercomputer wasn’t able to answer correctly every question during its 2011 Jeopardy appearance. The computer sometimes faltered and flopped – seemingly failing...

Class opens eyes – and minds – to Guatemala

Class opens eyes – and minds – to Guatemala

Community Service Learning in the Hispanic World: Guatemala - History, Culture and People in Context is an interdisciplinary community service learning (CSL) course on – and in – Guatemala taught by Modern Languages and Literatures professor Alena Robin. The course...

First edition of festival getting the Words out

First edition of festival getting the Words out

The tapestry of London’s loosely knit creative communities is about to get tighter, thanks to Words, a new literary and creative arts festival. Set to take place this weekend in the Forest City, the festival aims to use the written and spoken word as a hub for...

Kidnie wins OCUFA Teaching Award

Kidnie wins OCUFA Teaching Award

English and Writing Studies professor M.J. Kidnie has been named one of only six winners of the Ontario Confederation of University Faculty Associations (OCUFA) Teaching and Academic Librarianship Award. Since 1973, these awards have recognized exceptional...

Baruah: Of Nobel Prizes and pyrrhic victories

Baruah: Of Nobel Prizes and pyrrhic victories

  When the news of the Nobel Peace Prize awarded jointly to Malala Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi reached me Friday, I let out a groan. Since I have pursued a reasonably successful career researching, teaching and writing about global social justice issues, more...

Cook: Rereading rekindles past for alumnus

Cook: Rereading rekindles past for alumnus

It was the best grade I ever received on a university essay – 92 on a research paper about Henry David Thoreau’s Walden in American Literature class. I was impressed when I got it during the third year of my BA in English Language and Literature at Western; I guess I...

Western students top international academic competition

Western students top international academic competition

Recent Medical Sciences graduate Milani Sivapragasam, along with 11 Western colleagues, have been named among the international winners of The Undergraduate Awards, a worldwide competition recognizing top undergraduate work. Through the competition, student work in 25...

One class finds meaning half a world away

One class finds meaning half a world away

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 five years ago. Western News asked three students...