Activist. Feminist. Entrepreneur and environmentalist. Maimuna Kanyamala holds many titles – and has made extraordinary gains in each role, advancing the rights of women, girls, children and marginalized communities. Western will recognize her life …
For the last 43 years, life simply got in the way for Victor Young, 71. Growing up in Ireland, he left high school – Kilkenny College, a school that counts Jonathan Swift and George Berkley among its alumni – at 16. Technically, he is a high school drop-out, Young...
Debra Hawthorne’s transcript reflects a postsecondary experience more than three decades in the making. And when she takes the final few steps of that journey at Convocation next week, the Western staffer will stand as a testament to passion and determination. “It was...
At 17, he arrived as a stranger in a strange country with his entire life crammed into a single piece of luggage. He didn’t know a soul, speak the language and would not see his parents in his native Albania for five years. “I left a child and went home a grown man,”...
Sofia Herrarte doesn’t want to leave. When she first came to London four years ago, she felt the city was small. Closed off. Less of a metropolis than expected. But when she came to campus, Herrarte’s opinion changed. “I was happy – it was bigger now and there was a...
HONG KONG - Simon Cua challenged graduates to look beyond a black-and-white world and see a landscape that features a full spectrum of colours. "Ivey is very...
You don’t realize it – not many people do. But the way you view the history of this university is oftentimes through the eyes of Alan Noon.
There were moments in training where “literally dying would have been a pleasure” for Roger Jackson, BA’63. Still, that painful perseverance paid off for the rower in 1964, when the Western alumnus took home gold in the Summer Olympics in men’s pairs, with partner...
Sixteen distinguished individuals will receive honorary degrees when Western hosts its 305th Convocation this spring. The ceremonies, featuring addresses by the honorary degree recipients, are scheduled for the following days: Edward Byrne Schulich School of Medicine...
From a young age, Gracia Mabaya knew she wanted to play a role in improving health care and living conditions around the world. Growing up in the Democratic Republic of Congo, she watched other children dying from what should have been preventable diseases. For her, a...
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 &...
Despite its challenges, our world is one of unparalleled promise and opportunity, Thomas D’Aquino, lawyer, entrepreneur and educator, told graduates at the Friday morning session of Western’s 304th Convocation. D’Aquino spoke to graduates from the Faculty of Health...
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...