Jocelyn Hadden knows what it’s like to have a seemingly small change upend your life completely. For her, it was a tick bite. She didn’t recognize the bull’s-eye rash, a telltale sign of Lyme disease. Hadden calls this her “butterfly effect …
Huron University College
New website continues Huron rebranding effort
In preparing to celebrate a century and a half of academic excellence this December, Huron University College has launched a new, fresh and streamlined visual identity that will reflect the school’s tradition, as well as its deep-rooted connection to Western.
Historian MacMillan to address Huron convocation
Canadian historian and author Margaret MacMillan will receive a Doctor of Divinity Degree (honoris causa) from Huron University College during the Western affiliate’s First-Year Commencement Ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3 in the Kingsmill Room.
Fulbright winner headed to Vanderbilt University
James Crimmins is looking forward to a new prospect – calling Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., home for the next academic year.
Donoghue: There’s more than a dash of fluke in all success
Award-winning author Emma Donoghue handed today’s graduates select words of advice, offering them a biographical rhyming verse meant to inspire a pursuit of passions, regardless of social expectations.
Determined learners never done studying
Four Western students were among 16 learners from a variety of educational institutions and agencies who received Adult Learner Awards from the London Council for Adult Education in May.
Campus Digest: Law professor helps redefine ‘gift’ in giving
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance has endorsed a tax reform proposal advocated by Western Law professor Adam Parachin, who appeared before the Standing Committee as an expert witness in January 2012.
Western News names Newsmakers 2012
We’ve got ‘Next’ In December, six Western students from three faculties were selected as part of 'The Next 36' – a search for Canada’s most promising and innovative undergraduates. Pictured are, from left, Lauren Hasegawa (Faculty of Engineering); Owen Ou, Ali Jiwani...
Huron’s legacy one of rare combinations
Ask Doug Leighton and he’ll tell you all about Western’s oldest affiliate, Huron University College.
Huron rolls out strategic plan
The timing couldn’t have been any better for Stephen McClatchie.
Future of religion
The world religion model will become a great deal more complex. Add in people with dual-conscience religious lives, hybrid and new religious movements, the obvious importance of First Nations’ values and systems, and there will be a very different set of social patterns in 2052.
D’Arcy and McColl: Award should fuel ’embarrassment and outrage’
On Oct. 17, the Richard Ivey School of Business will award Rick George, recently retired CEO of Suncor Energy Inc., the 2012 Ivey Business Leader Award. By conferring this award, the university positions itself as part of the problem, effectively offering Suncor Energy an ill-deserved cloak of legitimacy.
Love for life drives incoming student
Jaxson Khan has always thought Canada was an incredible country where students could, and should, be engaged in its democracy.
New website continues Huron rebranding effort
In preparing to celebrate a century and a half of academic excellence this December, Huron University College has launched a new, fresh and streamlined visual identity that will reflect the school’s tradition, as well as its deep-rooted connection to Western.
Historian MacMillan to address Huron convocation
Canadian historian and author Margaret MacMillan will receive a Doctor of Divinity Degree (honoris causa) from Huron University College during the Western affiliate’s First-Year Commencement Ceremony at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 3 in the Kingsmill Room.
Fulbright winner headed to Vanderbilt University
James Crimmins is looking forward to a new prospect – calling Vanderbilt University in Nashville, Tenn., home for the next academic year.
Donoghue: There’s more than a dash of fluke in all success
Award-winning author Emma Donoghue handed today’s graduates select words of advice, offering them a biographical rhyming verse meant to inspire a pursuit of passions, regardless of social expectations.
Determined learners never done studying
Four Western students were among 16 learners from a variety of educational institutions and agencies who received Adult Learner Awards from the London Council for Adult Education in May.
Campus Digest: Law professor helps redefine ‘gift’ in giving
The House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance has endorsed a tax reform proposal advocated by Western Law professor Adam Parachin, who appeared before the Standing Committee as an expert witness in January 2012.
Western News names Newsmakers 2012
We’ve got ‘Next’ In December, six Western students from three faculties were selected as part of 'The Next 36' – a search for Canada’s most promising and innovative undergraduates. Pictured are, from left, Lauren Hasegawa (Faculty of Engineering); Owen Ou, Ali Jiwani...
Huron’s legacy one of rare combinations
Ask Doug Leighton and he’ll tell you all about Western’s oldest affiliate, Huron University College.
Huron rolls out strategic plan
The timing couldn’t have been any better for Stephen McClatchie.
Future of religion
The world religion model will become a great deal more complex. Add in people with dual-conscience religious lives, hybrid and new religious movements, the obvious importance of First Nations’ values and systems, and there will be a very different set of social patterns in 2052.
D’Arcy and McColl: Award should fuel ’embarrassment and outrage’
On Oct. 17, the Richard Ivey School of Business will award Rick George, recently retired CEO of Suncor Energy Inc., the 2012 Ivey Business Leader Award. By conferring this award, the university positions itself as part of the problem, effectively offering Suncor Energy an ill-deserved cloak of legitimacy.
Love for life drives incoming student
Jaxson Khan has always thought Canada was an incredible country where students could, and should, be engaged in its democracy.