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 …
Wolfgang Lehmann was the first in his family to attend university. Struggling through his first year, he dropped out, needing to fight his way back – eventually becoming an academic in his roundabout way. Once in academia, this son of working-class parents – his...
At 4 years of age, Steven Slowka dictated his first story to his mom, but his attempts to write stories and books ever since have floundered. “They never came full circle,” said Slowka, this year’s Student Writer in Residence, of his recent writing efforts. Then, he...
More than a decade ago, Lueda Alia started forging friendships online, frequenting absolutepunk.net and engaging with its online community. Today, she’s turned her taste in music and the online community she found into a business all her own. Alia, a Western...
Fueled by social media, a project entitled ‘Train Reaction,’ led by a Toronto band comprised of Western alumni, has generated a grooving following among commuters in Toronto.
The support and action offered by the parents and siblings of gay men and women are crucial to improving their lives, and the relationship of all family members.
Better-educated middle-aged Americans are less likely to smoke and more apt to be physically active than their less-educated peers. They are also more inclined to make healthy changes — in general and in the face of new medical conditions — and adhere to them, according to a new study in the September issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
Four Western subjects found themselves among the Top 5 institutions in Canada, according to the latest round of QS World University Rankings.
Going from high school jock to university government, Andrew Forgione has experienced it all.
Samantha Goverde is a fourth-year Honours Specialization (Sociology) student, with a major in Leadership, at Brescia University College.
Are chemicals used in growing flowers causing health problems in Naivasha, Kenya, or can illness in the community be attributed to various sources of stress? Phaedra Henley, a Western University PhD candidate, is conducting on-the-ground research to get at the root of that very question.
London Mayor Joe Fontana’s rush to be the first Canadian mayor to trash and shut down an Occupy encampment betrays not only a failure to understand the message of the movement but also demonstrates an apparent failure to understand its impact on his own political future. Repression of this movement on behalf of the wealthy 1 per cent holds no long-term political rewards. In fact, he may have just dug his own political grave as his already spiraling public career comes to a close.
The world’s population may soar to 7 billion by the end of this month. And, with each new baby, the global footprint expands as does the social, economic and environmental challenges worldwide.
Wolfgang Lehmann was the first in his family to attend university. Struggling through his first year, he dropped out, needing to fight his way back – eventually becoming an academic in his roundabout way. Once in academia, this son of working-class parents – his...
At 4 years of age, Steven Slowka dictated his first story to his mom, but his attempts to write stories and books ever since have floundered. “They never came full circle,” said Slowka, this year’s Student Writer in Residence, of his recent writing efforts. Then, he...
More than a decade ago, Lueda Alia started forging friendships online, frequenting absolutepunk.net and engaging with its online community. Today, she’s turned her taste in music and the online community she found into a business all her own. Alia, a Western...
Fueled by social media, a project entitled ‘Train Reaction,’ led by a Toronto band comprised of Western alumni, has generated a grooving following among commuters in Toronto.
The support and action offered by the parents and siblings of gay men and women are crucial to improving their lives, and the relationship of all family members.
Better-educated middle-aged Americans are less likely to smoke and more apt to be physically active than their less-educated peers. They are also more inclined to make healthy changes — in general and in the face of new medical conditions — and adhere to them, according to a new study in the September issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
Four Western subjects found themselves among the Top 5 institutions in Canada, according to the latest round of QS World University Rankings.
Going from high school jock to university government, Andrew Forgione has experienced it all.
Samantha Goverde is a fourth-year Honours Specialization (Sociology) student, with a major in Leadership, at Brescia University College.
Are chemicals used in growing flowers causing health problems in Naivasha, Kenya, or can illness in the community be attributed to various sources of stress? Phaedra Henley, a Western University PhD candidate, is conducting on-the-ground research to get at the root of that very question.
London Mayor Joe Fontana’s rush to be the first Canadian mayor to trash and shut down an Occupy encampment betrays not only a failure to understand the message of the movement but also demonstrates an apparent failure to understand its impact on his own political future. Repression of this movement on behalf of the wealthy 1 per cent holds no long-term political rewards. In fact, he may have just dug his own political grave as his already spiraling public career comes to a close.
The world’s population may soar to 7 billion by the end of this month. And, with each new baby, the global footprint expands as does the social, economic and environmental challenges worldwide.