News Archive
Balestrini goes distance in running, research
October 12, 2019
Marathon runner Chris Balestrini, BSc’15, MSc’17, does more before 8 a.m. than some of us do all day.
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October 9, 2019
Amanda Myers, BA’11, BEd’13, has taken on the new role of Director of Western's Indigenous Student Centre.
Read the full articleBaking up batches of kindness
October 1, 2019
Deb Parr-Nash and Joanne Lombardi, BA’81, BEd’84, are making the world a nicer place – one cookie at a time.
Read the full articleAlumna making her mark on e-learning
September 30, 2019
Crowdmark CEO Michelle Caers, BA’94, is one of the country’s leading e-learning entrepreneurs.
Read the full articleAlumnus tapped for top Bank of Canada role
September 23, 2019
Toni Gravelle, BA’88, PhD’96 (Economics), has been named a Deputy Governor of the Bank of Canada.
Read the full articleGibson remembered as ‘cutting-edge’ author
September 20, 2019
Author and conservationist Graeme Gibson, BA’58, is being remembered as a writer who was in the vanguard of Canadian literature.
Read the full articleAlumnus targets public health via social media
September 17, 2019
Sajjed Fazel, MPH’18, began a social-media blitz for public health in Tanzania – and launched a movement that continues to grow in the east African country.
Read the full articleFinding happiness by degrees on campus and in life
September 6, 2019
Gillian Mandich, BHSc’07, MSc’12, PhD’19, has a message for students: Make time for gratitude, regardless of circumstances on any given day.
Read the full articleAlumna’s Lucy inspires kids to get active, try
September 5, 2019
Author Lisa Bowes, BA’88 (Physical Education), recently released Lucy Tries Basketball, the fifth book in her Lucy Tries Sports series which encourages children to get active and participate in sports and recreation.
Read the full articleMarking 40 years of being a ‘little bit rah-rah’
September 4, 2019
David Lee Tracey, BA’81, (Physical Education), Western Mustang Cheerleaders Coach, is entering his 40th year with a squad still motivating fans and winning championships across North America nearly a century after its founding.
Read the full articleAlumna searches for botanist’s trailblazing work
August 23, 2019
During her lifetime, botanist Kate Crooks received international acclaim for her work. But the whereabouts of those labours today – 500 pages of plant samples Crooks collected and pressed in the 1860s – remain a puzzle Anna Soper, MLIS’16, is determined to solve.
Read the full articleMusical puts mental-health struggles on stage
August 23, 2019
Thalia Ranjbar, BA’19, and Jake Schindler, BMus’18, Bsc’19, are presenting Where Do We Begin?, a musical about four friends coming to terms with the suicide of their friend and finding ways to speak out about their own struggles with mental illness.
Read the full articleBusiness turns one-time wear into lasting impact
August 15, 2019
Sisters Madison, BMOS’20, and Jenessa, BA’14, MSc’18, Olson run STMNT, a clothing rental service the pair founded where our users can rent clothes from local boutiques.
Read the full articleMusic alumna heads Ontario Youth Choir
August 15, 2019
Vicki St. Pierre, BMus’96, MMus’98, spent the week as conductor of the Ontario Youth Choir, Aug. 9-16, at Western.
Read the full articleArt exhibition helps inspire action on addiction
August 14, 2019
Curated by Matthew Ryan Smith, PhD’12, the recent CURTAIN exhibition at Glenhyrst Art Gallery of Brant showed expressions of memory, love, death, kinship and grief, by artist Jeff Bierk.
Read the full articleAlumnus leads engineering design in global defence industry
August 12, 2019
Dave Crocker, BESc’86, is at the forefront of innovative engineering design in the defence industry worldwide.
Read the full articleAlumna, animals aid others in coping with challenges
August 7, 2019
Her office consists of goats, dogs, chickens and horses. To some, a menagerie like that would make for unusual co-workers. But for Morrigan Reilly-Ansons, BA'07, they are part of her commitment to helping others cope with life’s challenges.
Read the full articleMarvel names alumnus as latest superhero
July 23, 2019
Simu Liu, HBA'11, has been cast as the lead in the new Marvel movie Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.
Read the full articleAlumni honoured as top Canadian immigrants
July 21, 2019
A senior official with the Toronto Stock Exchange and an up-and-coming real estate lawyer – both community-driven Western alumni – have been named among Canada’s Top 25 immigrants in an award sponsored by RBC and Canadian Immigrant magazine.
Read the full articleAlumnus wants virtual world to be senior reality
July 19, 2019
Daniel Kharlas, BSc’16 (Psychology), MSc’19 (Psychology), General Manager of VRcadia, is building on his earliest gaming success by expanding virtual reality’s role in society, especially focused on seniors.
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