Jean de Dieu Mugabarigira experienced the unimaginable. He was among the many children who were forced to live on the streets after the genocide against the Tutsi people in Rwanda claimed their families. When the grandparents raising him were k …
Faculty of Information and Media Studies
Using folklore as his playground
There are times when Henry Adam Svec is, well, someone else.
Finite thoughts on infinity and beyond
Kane X Faucher is done experimenting. Or maybe he’s just getting started.
Prof heats up cold cases with student society
Amateur sleuths and couch detectives who always dreamed of being part of a real CSI team might get their chance to crack a cold case as part of the FIMS Investigative Society.
Building castles in the university sandbox
University can be a big sandbox in which to build skills, be creative and have fun. This is the teaching philosophy of John Reed, lecturer in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies.
Province earmarks $21 million for Ivey building renovations
The Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS) is bulging at the seams, making the Ontario government’s investment of $21 million to renovate the Richard Ivey School of Business building welcomed news to dean Tom Carmichael.
Newman calls on grads to seize ‘greatness’
Under the caps and gowns of today’s graduates stand the leaders of the most consequential generation in more than a century, says broadcast journalist Kevin Newman.
Research uncovers the different sides of the ‘hood
When Chris Richardson completed his undergraduate degree in journalism, he had two choices: Beat them or join them?
Internet anonymity reduces mental health stigma
Mental illness continues to carry a stigma that is as glaring as a neon sign, leading many young people to seek advice through the anonymity of the Internet, according to a recent study.
Benedetti wins NNA for short feature
Paul Benedetti, a University of Western Ontario Faculty of Information and Media Studies lecturer, picked up his first-ever National Newspaper Award, Friday in Ottawa.
Anything goes at THATCamp UWO
Anabel Quan-Hasse and Kim Martin have the daunting task of trying to organize the unorganizable.
Students explore dying in Canada for CBC series
Developed out of a groundbreaking course on dying in the graduate journalism program at The University of Western Ontario – and led by Faculty of Information & Media Studies faculty member Meredith Levine – ‘A Good Death’ gave 16 students an opportunity to explore end-of-life journeys, the evolution of dying and what changes need to be made to put palliative care onto the public agenda.