Many students take summer internships, but traveling halfway around the world may not be on their radar. For Hailey Wettlaufer and Rebecca Asselstine, it was different. These master’s students are working among a community in northern Tanzania to ed …
Editor’s note: It hasn’t been a good year for public stupidity. In May, a Hydro One employee was fired for on-air harassment of a television reporter following a professional soccer game. Soon afterward, a TC Transcontinental employee was suspended after heckling a...
Canadian women have proven throughout this country’s history that real change, even revolutionary change, isn’t as simple as clicking a button, said Judy Erola, former politician and broadcaster.
Mark Rayner is hilarious. But channeling that personal humour – apparent to many in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS) professor’s classroom – onto the page requires more skill than many may realize. Western News book reviewer Kane Faucher recently...
Western researchers will be at the forefront of preventing, detecting and combating family violence and child abuse as part of a 10-year, $100-million investment by the federal government. PreVAiL – Preventing Violence Across the Lifespan Research Network – will serve...
Family-Making: Contemporary Ethical Challenges Edited by Carolyn McLeod and Francoise Baylis With the advent of new reproductive technologies, and the wider acceptance of same-sex families, has also come with an array of new options – and ethical considerations – in...
When he worked for the Associated Press (AP), as a journalist at the outlet’s New Delhi bureau in India, Saumava Mitra got a call for a story – there was a riot underway. Riots in India generally mean one thing, explained the Media Studies PhD student at Western. It’s...
When Mina Gerges was a kid living in Abu Dhabi, he would sneak into his mom’s closet to try on her shoes and dresses. At the time, it was something he hid from everyone. “I felt different, and I was worried – terrified – other kids would find out and make fun of me,”...
You might spot Gloria Zhu on campus one of these days. The Media and Public Interest student might ask you, ‘Have you ever felt like a fish out of water?’ She hopes you’ll say yes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjJR4jnLk0M Kim Gibson’s husband would often sit outside her workplace and call her boss to complain. He was an annoyance, but no one, not even Gibson, saw it as a dangerous situation. Later that day, when she left work, Gibson was...
We know many employers remain baffled at the link between domestic violence and the workplace. In Canada, despite some high-profile tragedies, we know little about the scope of domestic violence in the workplace. Studies show costs to the workplace as a result of...
The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) handed out the association’s annual scholarships Wednesday to outstanding students from across all 11 faculties. These awards are funded by UWOFA members, reflecting their commitment to students and to the...
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 &...
Editor’s note: It hasn’t been a good year for public stupidity. In May, a Hydro One employee was fired for on-air harassment of a television reporter following a professional soccer game. Soon afterward, a TC Transcontinental employee was suspended after heckling a...
Canadian women have proven throughout this country’s history that real change, even revolutionary change, isn’t as simple as clicking a button, said Judy Erola, former politician and broadcaster.
Mark Rayner is hilarious. But channeling that personal humour – apparent to many in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS) professor’s classroom – onto the page requires more skill than many may realize. Western News book reviewer Kane Faucher recently...
Western researchers will be at the forefront of preventing, detecting and combating family violence and child abuse as part of a 10-year, $100-million investment by the federal government. PreVAiL – Preventing Violence Across the Lifespan Research Network – will serve...
Family-Making: Contemporary Ethical Challenges Edited by Carolyn McLeod and Francoise Baylis With the advent of new reproductive technologies, and the wider acceptance of same-sex families, has also come with an array of new options – and ethical considerations – in...
When he worked for the Associated Press (AP), as a journalist at the outlet’s New Delhi bureau in India, Saumava Mitra got a call for a story – there was a riot underway. Riots in India generally mean one thing, explained the Media Studies PhD student at Western. It’s...
When Mina Gerges was a kid living in Abu Dhabi, he would sneak into his mom’s closet to try on her shoes and dresses. At the time, it was something he hid from everyone. “I felt different, and I was worried – terrified – other kids would find out and make fun of me,”...
You might spot Gloria Zhu on campus one of these days. The Media and Public Interest student might ask you, ‘Have you ever felt like a fish out of water?’ She hopes you’ll say yes.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjJR4jnLk0M Kim Gibson’s husband would often sit outside her workplace and call her boss to complain. He was an annoyance, but no one, not even Gibson, saw it as a dangerous situation. Later that day, when she left work, Gibson was...
We know many employers remain baffled at the link between domestic violence and the workplace. In Canada, despite some high-profile tragedies, we know little about the scope of domestic violence in the workplace. Studies show costs to the workplace as a result of...
The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) handed out the association’s annual scholarships Wednesday to outstanding students from across all 11 faculties. These awards are funded by UWOFA members, reflecting their commitment to students and to the...
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 &...