Growing up in Saida, a coastal city in Lebanon, Houda Houbeish always found joy in literature and writing. It led her to journalism, then non-profit communications and eventually back to higher education, where she hit a sweet spot – the ability to …
As 2017 winds down, Western News brings you a list of book recommendations from members of our campus community. Included are the year’s favourite reads from students, staff, faculty and alumni.
Shoaib Rizvi Faculty of Information and Media Studies student Shoaib Rizvi spoke at the Youth Assembly at the United Nations in New York earlier this year, after being one of three youth worldwide to receive an Outstanding Youth Delegate Award. When he came to Canada...
From the Vault: A Photo History of London, curated and published by Western alumni, features 1,000-plus black-and-white photographs from the London Free Press Collection of Photographic Negatives at Western Archives.
No, your ‘smart’ coffeemaker likely isn’t plotting to harm you. But it might well be leaking data about you to companies that don’t have the capacity to safeguard the information, says a Western Law professor specializing in privacy protection. The ‘Internet of...
Recognized internationally for his pioneering work in the field of pediatric audiology, Richard Seewald, a professor emeritus in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science, honoris causa (DSc) at the Thursday...
Janet Adekannbi’s expertise lies in knowledge management – something she hopes to build on, and offer to, the Western community during her time on campus. Adekannbi, an information scientist from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, is one of three Visiting Fellows...
Cutbacks in newsrooms across the country have not only resulted in an increasingly documented dearth in local journalism – they have also severed ties that bind communities by way of shared experiences and concerns. It’s a journalism “crisis” TVO wants to address...
Two Western professors have been named among the newest members of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Those named to the College represent the emerging generation of scholarly, scientific and artistic leadership in Canada....
At 17, while on vacation, having powered through the stack of books she brought with her, and with no Internet connection, Christine Rees began writing her first book.
United Airlines staff dragged a paying customer off a plane, sparking an international news bonanza — and a small newspaper in Louisville, Ky., had a scoop. Louisville’s Courier-Journal reported on April 11 that the passenger, David Dao, lost his medical license in...
Journalist Marie Wilson, who served as one of three commissioners of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) honoris causa, at the Wednesday morning session of Western’s 309th Convocation.
For four decades, David Mills tirelessly worked behind the scenes. If you don’t know his name, you undoubtedly know the names and faces of those whose lives he touched.