On Dec. 6, 1989, an act of violent misogyny killed 14 young women at École Polytechnique at Université of Montréal. This mass femicide, though carried out by a lone male, grew out of a societal environment of gender inequity, misogyny, colonialism, r …
Sociology professor emeritus Roderic Beaujot recently received the 2015 Lifetime Contribution Award, presented by the Canadian Population Society. The Lifetime Contribution Award recognizes “a Canadian scholar every two years who has shown outstanding commitment to...
Ask Cliff Davidson, a Sociology PhD candidate, about any of his thousands of photographs and he will tell you how each came to be. Just don’t call him an artist.
As one of Canada’s foremost monetary scholars, David Laidler warrants a biography of some heft, a tale of rare intellect and impeccable timing that would unfold a ‘Zelig’-like journey through 20th Century economic thought.
Three years after spending time on the Purple and White roster together, current London Western Track and Field Club training partners Caroline Ehrhardt and Alicia Smith will represent Canada at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto. Both compete in triple jump on July 21....
“A university education makes learning habitual,” David Mulroney, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs, told graduates at the Wednesday, June 10 afternoon session of Western’s 305th Convocation.
“The halls of mediocrity are filled with people who have never failed, not even once,” Donna Soble Kaufman, past board chair of the Institute of Corporate Directors and former chair of TransAlta Corporation, told graduates at the Wednesday, June 10 morning session of Western’s 305th Convocation.
“Your mind is a beautiful thing – celebrate it, challenge it,” Michael Goodchild, a global leader in geographic information systems, told graduates at the Tuesday morning session of Western’s 305th Convocation.
In an increasingly scientific world, where technology touches everyday life, the lack of women working in STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – will only be more problematic. So, Western Psychology student Hayley Samson has decided to deal...
Brian Timney has spent 23 years on the ninth floor of the Social Science Centre – possibly the longest time anyone has served in the dean’s office. At the official helm of Social Science since 2002, his term as dean ends June 30. It has been an eventful and enjoyable...
Maia Somers may have felt a bit out of her league. But the second-year Geography student held her own against her discipline’s elite at the recent Association of American Geographers (AAG) in Chicago. It’s an uncommon occurrence for undergraduates to present at the...
You already have the 90-inch big screen HDTV, complete with surround sound, to watch your favourite episode of Top Chef Canada. Now, if only you could smell the final results of the Elimination Challenge, your sensory entertainment experience would be complete. Or so...
At 17, he arrived as a stranger in a strange country with his entire life crammed into a single piece of luggage. He didn’t know a soul, speak the language and would not see his parents in his native Albania for five years. “I left a child and went home a grown man,”...
Sociology professor emeritus Roderic Beaujot recently received the 2015 Lifetime Contribution Award, presented by the Canadian Population Society. The Lifetime Contribution Award recognizes “a Canadian scholar every two years who has shown outstanding commitment to...
Ask Cliff Davidson, a Sociology PhD candidate, about any of his thousands of photographs and he will tell you how each came to be. Just don’t call him an artist.
As one of Canada’s foremost monetary scholars, David Laidler warrants a biography of some heft, a tale of rare intellect and impeccable timing that would unfold a ‘Zelig’-like journey through 20th Century economic thought.
Three years after spending time on the Purple and White roster together, current London Western Track and Field Club training partners Caroline Ehrhardt and Alicia Smith will represent Canada at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto. Both compete in triple jump on July 21....
“A university education makes learning habitual,” David Mulroney, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the University of Toronto’s Munk School of Global Affairs, told graduates at the Wednesday, June 10 afternoon session of Western’s 305th Convocation.
“The halls of mediocrity are filled with people who have never failed, not even once,” Donna Soble Kaufman, past board chair of the Institute of Corporate Directors and former chair of TransAlta Corporation, told graduates at the Wednesday, June 10 morning session of Western’s 305th Convocation.
“Your mind is a beautiful thing – celebrate it, challenge it,” Michael Goodchild, a global leader in geographic information systems, told graduates at the Tuesday morning session of Western’s 305th Convocation.
In an increasingly scientific world, where technology touches everyday life, the lack of women working in STEM fields – science, technology, engineering and mathematics – will only be more problematic. So, Western Psychology student Hayley Samson has decided to deal...
Brian Timney has spent 23 years on the ninth floor of the Social Science Centre – possibly the longest time anyone has served in the dean’s office. At the official helm of Social Science since 2002, his term as dean ends June 30. It has been an eventful and enjoyable...
Maia Somers may have felt a bit out of her league. But the second-year Geography student held her own against her discipline’s elite at the recent Association of American Geographers (AAG) in Chicago. It’s an uncommon occurrence for undergraduates to present at the...
You already have the 90-inch big screen HDTV, complete with surround sound, to watch your favourite episode of Top Chef Canada. Now, if only you could smell the final results of the Elimination Challenge, your sensory entertainment experience would be complete. Or so...
At 17, he arrived as a stranger in a strange country with his entire life crammed into a single piece of luggage. He didn’t know a soul, speak the language and would not see his parents in his native Albania for five years. “I left a child and went home a grown man,”...