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Student’s journey shows aspiring entrepreneurs what’s possible

Student’s journey shows aspiring entrepreneurs what’s possible

A fifth-year civil engineering and Ivey Business student who all but took on the world is now looking for others to share in one of his biggest opportunities.  After an exciting summer of training and networking through the Cansbridge Fellowship progra …

Western partners on Toronto base for entrepreneurs

Western partners on Toronto base for entrepreneurs

It’s the “home away from home” Western entrepreneurs need to compete across Canada. Last week, Western, along with partner institutions the University of Toronto and McMaster University, launched ONRamp, a collaboration and co-working space on the Toronto campus...

Program helps retrain brain, refocus life

Program helps retrain brain, refocus life

Adam Rice knew precisely why he wanted to return to school, nearly a decade after his undergraduate years at Huron University College. “I wanted to retrain my brain. I thought there was no better way to do that than by being in school and using my head.” Rice, 32, is...

Idea seeks to nourish families worldwide

Idea seeks to nourish families worldwide

Led by a team of Western students, a new social enterprise focused on providing affordable and accessible breast milk to mothers and children in need hopes to improve infant mortality rates and empower families worldwide, according to the organization’s founders....

Study finds entrepreneurship training better for women, minorities

Study finds entrepreneurship training better for women, minorities

Women and minorities are more likely to benefit from entrepreneurship training programs when compared to Caucasian men, according to recent research conducted by an Ivey Business School professor. “The study was motivated by the idea that over the past decade, there...

Students nab innovation awards

Students nab innovation awards

Three Western students reflected their best work in developing a winning commercialization strategy for a mirror box used in lower-extremity therapy, earning them one of the top spots in the annual Proteus Innovation Competition. The competition – a partnership...

Engineering students flip for bottle craze

Engineering students flip for bottle craze

For some, the bottle flipping craze was a silly kid’s game. Aidan Sabourin saw it as an opportunity. In just a few short months, with three of his friends – Justin Lam, Danny Loo and Armin Gurdic – Sabourin created an app that attracted millions of downloads, becoming...

Alumnus forging success on ‘atypical’ career path

Alumnus forging success on ‘atypical’ career path

If there’s one thing Travis McKenna didn’t want to do with his life, it was work a regular 9-5 job. A career in aviation seemed anything but traditional, so out of high school he applied, and was accepted to the Commercial Aviation Management (CAM) program in...

Newsmakers: Western News looks back on 2016

Newsmakers: Western News looks back on 2016

How will we remember 2016? Probably through one or more of these faces. Western News presents its 7th annual Newsmakers issue, a celebration of those who contributed to our campus conversation in the last year. Join us in remembering the names and faces that...

Teamwork brews up success for press

Teamwork brews up success for press

If anyone were to tout the benefits of opening yourself up to new voices, it would be Alan Kalbfleisch. Last summer, at the halfway point of earning his master’s degree in Engineering, Kalbfleisch satisfied his interest in learning more about business by taking the...

Tea company’s success reaching a boil

Tea company’s success reaching a boil

For co-founder Shawn Slade, Booch Organic Kombucha is a nod to yesteryear when health-promoting products were available at the corner store. Even its branding – with its stubby brown bottle and stylized cursive lettering – evokes the idea of grandpa’s old cough...

Propel celebrates summer entrepreneurs

Propel celebrates summer entrepreneurs

After an intensive 16 weeks, 15 entrepreneurs successfully completed the Propel Summer Incubator program (PSI) – with more than $750,000 sales in 101 countries, 85,955 website hits, 40,488 new social media users, 5,276 app downloads, are a few of the landside...

Western partners on Toronto base for entrepreneurs

Western partners on Toronto base for entrepreneurs

It’s the “home away from home” Western entrepreneurs need to compete across Canada. Last week, Western, along with partner institutions the University of Toronto and McMaster University, launched ONRamp, a collaboration and co-working space on the Toronto campus...

Program helps retrain brain, refocus life

Program helps retrain brain, refocus life

Adam Rice knew precisely why he wanted to return to school, nearly a decade after his undergraduate years at Huron University College. “I wanted to retrain my brain. I thought there was no better way to do that than by being in school and using my head.” Rice, 32, is...

Idea seeks to nourish families worldwide

Idea seeks to nourish families worldwide

Led by a team of Western students, a new social enterprise focused on providing affordable and accessible breast milk to mothers and children in need hopes to improve infant mortality rates and empower families worldwide, according to the organization’s founders....

Study finds entrepreneurship training better for women, minorities

Study finds entrepreneurship training better for women, minorities

Women and minorities are more likely to benefit from entrepreneurship training programs when compared to Caucasian men, according to recent research conducted by an Ivey Business School professor. “The study was motivated by the idea that over the past decade, there...

Students nab innovation awards

Students nab innovation awards

Three Western students reflected their best work in developing a winning commercialization strategy for a mirror box used in lower-extremity therapy, earning them one of the top spots in the annual Proteus Innovation Competition. The competition – a partnership...

Engineering students flip for bottle craze

Engineering students flip for bottle craze

For some, the bottle flipping craze was a silly kid’s game. Aidan Sabourin saw it as an opportunity. In just a few short months, with three of his friends – Justin Lam, Danny Loo and Armin Gurdic – Sabourin created an app that attracted millions of downloads, becoming...

Alumnus forging success on ‘atypical’ career path

Alumnus forging success on ‘atypical’ career path

If there’s one thing Travis McKenna didn’t want to do with his life, it was work a regular 9-5 job. A career in aviation seemed anything but traditional, so out of high school he applied, and was accepted to the Commercial Aviation Management (CAM) program in...

Newsmakers: Western News looks back on 2016

Newsmakers: Western News looks back on 2016

How will we remember 2016? Probably through one or more of these faces. Western News presents its 7th annual Newsmakers issue, a celebration of those who contributed to our campus conversation in the last year. Join us in remembering the names and faces that...

Teamwork brews up success for press

Teamwork brews up success for press

If anyone were to tout the benefits of opening yourself up to new voices, it would be Alan Kalbfleisch. Last summer, at the halfway point of earning his master’s degree in Engineering, Kalbfleisch satisfied his interest in learning more about business by taking the...

Tea company’s success reaching a boil

Tea company’s success reaching a boil

For co-founder Shawn Slade, Booch Organic Kombucha is a nod to yesteryear when health-promoting products were available at the corner store. Even its branding – with its stubby brown bottle and stylized cursive lettering – evokes the idea of grandpa’s old cough...

Propel celebrates summer entrepreneurs

Propel celebrates summer entrepreneurs

After an intensive 16 weeks, 15 entrepreneurs successfully completed the Propel Summer Incubator program (PSI) – with more than $750,000 sales in 101 countries, 85,955 website hits, 40,488 new social media users, 5,276 app downloads, are a few of the landside...