The alumnus and former Western fundraiser brings deep experience in the postsecondary and healthcare sectors.
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Medical students bring comfort through connection
Forty medical students have teamed up with seniors in a new program to reduce social isolation.
More than words: Marking progress on Western’s Indigenous Strategic Plan
Candace Brunette-Debassige shares highlights from 2020 report
Alumni named to London’s 20 under 40 Class of 2020
Western graduates top list of inspiring Londoners
Indigenous Learning Fund recipients named
Four projects funded for fostering Indigenous learning and community partnerships
Combined forces help combat the pain and disability of arthritis
Professor Joy MacDermid and fellow Bone and Joint Institute collaborators recognized by Arthritis Society
Abe Oudshoorn, Betty Anne Younker, alumni make Mayor’s Honour List
More than half the recipients have Western connections
Province-wide shutdown for Ontario: COVID-19 update
What the province-wide shutdown – effective Saturday, December 26 – means for Western’s academic and campus operations.
Letters and smiles: Western students reach out to local seniors
Two projects, one mission: Spreading messages of cheer
Western students help stroke patients feeling the absence of in-person care
Ganathyashan Chelliahpillai and Varunaavee Sivashanmugathas create stroke rehabilitation kits to mitigate the loss of in-person programs.
Western cadre key to computational art in Canada
In the history of computational art in Canada, a group of forward-thinking artists and technicians at Western played a starring role.
Words 2020 lives on as virtual festival
Words 2020 – London’s literary and creative arts festival – launched on Nov. 6 and it’s 100-per-cent virtual as the world stays safe amidst the global pandemic.
Western and affiliates offer aid to students raised in foster care
Western – along with Brescia, Huron and King’s university colleges – will provide financial support for students who are former crown wards.
Integrated science program fuels passion for doing good
Integrated science gold medalist Jeremiah Joseph says the chance to make a difference fuels his aspirations.
Students prepare 1,000 hygiene kits for community
Struggling London families will soon receive 1,000 care packages prepared by Western students through this year’s OServes day.
Students help break down barriers to justice
COVID-19 is making access to justice more difficult for marginalized communities, and that reality coupled with the move of many legal services online is prompting more Western law students than ever to step up to meet the need.
United Way work ‘will forever change’ sponsored employee
Do more, give more, give back. That has become a personal mantra for Jodi Mabee, Western’s sponsored employee to support the annual United Way Elgin Middlesex fundraising campaign.
‘Be fearless and be yourself’: Faflak wins OCUFA teaching award
Joel Faflak’s faculty profile will tell you he teaches British Romantic poetry of the 18th century. But the award-winning prof will tell you – and his students and colleagues will attest – that his primary aim is to teach to the soul, to their humanity itself.
Homecoming 2020 ‘not just any virtual event’
A two-hour music-and-stories showcase on Oct. 17 will cap a Homecoming program that builds on Western’s tradition as best in Canada.
Partnerships pegged for SSHRC funding
The strength of partnerships – including work to improve refugee settlement services hampered by the pandemic – was key to unlocking funding support for five London-led research projects.