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Hilti Tool Library opens possibilities for Western students

Hilti Tool Library opens possibilities for Western students

From nail guns to jigsaws, the newly opened Hilti Tool Library in Western’s Schmeichel Building for Entrepreneurship and Innovation offers students across campus access to state-of-the-art tools. Located in the Sabourin Family Foundation Maker Space – …

Western appoints Meister to Thompson Chair

Western appoints Meister to Thompson Chair

Ivey Business School professor Darren Meister has been appointed the inaugural holder of the John M. Thompson Chair in Engineering Leadership and Innovation for a five-year term, which started July 1. The Information Systems and General Management (Entrepreneurship)...

New programs target youth entrepreneurship

Five new programs launched by the province to foster entrepreneurship and employment opportunities for Ontario’s youth shouldn’t be viewed as tools to help students find a job, said Western President Amit Chakma.

Alumni don’t snooze on coffee idea

Credit Deland Jessop’s wife for helping brew up an idea that, by the year’s end, could rake in $1 million. The idea? Coffee that puts you to sleep.

Ten alumnae named among Top 100 Powerful Women

Ten alumnae named among Top 100 Powerful Women

Ten Western alumnae have been named to Canada’s Most Powerful Women Top 100 list, presented by the National Post and the Women’s Executive Network (WXN). The theme for this year’s Top 100 Awards was What Glass Ceiling? The newspaper wrote of the honoured Western community members, in part:

Rise London: A path to self-employment

Rise London: A path to self-employment

Through collaboration with the Ivey Business School and multiple community agencies in London, Rise Asset Development (Rise) is launching a new avenue to economic independence through entrepreneurship for people who have mental health or addiction challenges.