News Archive
Alumna explores life’s journey in ‘Falling’
January 21, 2020
Dorothy Ellen Palmer’s, BA’82, recently published ‘Falling For Myself: A Memoir’ that documents her life as an educator, author, disability activist and child of adoption.
Read the full articleAlumnus leads infrastructure projects for Indigenous communities
January 20, 2020
Cory Jones, P.Eng., BESc’97, has spent his entire career working with Indigenous communities to implement water treatment and distribution systems.
Read the full articleAlumnus puts business into context for Canadians
January 9, 2020
BNN Bloomberg journalist Jon Erlichman, BA’99, is one of the top Biz Twitter follows in the country thanks to a unique style of highlighting winners and losers, near-misses and might-have-beens – all in 280 characters or fewer.
Read the full articleAlumni named among Order of Canada recipients
January 6, 2020
Six Western alumni are among 120 newly named appointments to the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest honours.
Read the full articleWestern mourns passing of Richard M. Ivey
December 31, 2019
Richard M. Ivey, HBA’47, LLD’79, the renowned philanthropist and education advocate who helped elevate Western and its business school to international prominence, died Saturday, Dec. 28.
Read the full articleLiao named among 2021 Schwarzman Scholars
December 9, 2019
Cynthia Liao, HBA’14, was recently named a Schwarzman Scholar, one of 145 young leaders to receive this distinguished scholarship to pursue a master’s degree in global affairs at Schwarzman College at Tsinghua University in Beijing.
Read the full articleNew Chair eager to ‘lead the charge to greatness’
December 9, 2019
Alumnus Rick Konrad, BSc’75, begins his two-year term as Chair of Western’s Board of Governors on Jan. 1, 2020.
Read the full articleAlumna speaks to impact of STEM role models
December 9, 2019
A software engineer at Snap Inc., Laura Smith, BESc/HBA’14, credits her professors with inspiring her avid pursuit of software engineering
Read the full articleVoice of the Raptors finds home at the mic
December 6, 2019
Teacher and Toronto Raptors broadcaster Paul Jones, BEd’82, MA’84, has compressed two careers into one lifetime – and he’s still going.
Read the full articleAlumna turns to contest to keep presses rolling
December 4, 2019
Editor/owner Tara de Ryk, BA’92, has launched a contest seeking a buyer for her Saskatchewan weekly newspaper – the price being $1 and an editorial.
Read the full articleHickey named among Rhodes Scholars
November 27, 2019
One of only 11 Canadian students honoured this year, Patrick Hickey, HBA’19, becomes the 24th Rhodes Scholar in Western history.
Read the full articleAlumnae named among Canada’s Most Powerful
November 27, 2019
Eleven Western alumnae have been named recipients of the 2019 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award, the Women’s Executive Network recently announced.
Read the full articleRobson offers a royal review of writer’s life
November 18, 2019
Jennifer Robson, BA’92, is the author of the international best-seller The Gown, a novel that tells the story of the creation of then-Princess Elizabeth’s wedding gown.
Read the full articleAlumna puts sting back in classic Marvel character
November 18, 2019
For her latest adventure, Sam Magg, BA'10, is writing a young adult novel featuring Wasp, one of Marvel’s smallest superheroes in terms of size but certainly not in stature.
Read the full articleAlumna’s memoir explores race, city and self
November 12, 2019
Eternity Martis, BA’14, will release her debut memoir, ‘They Said This Would Be Fun,’ next spring. The book captures her difficulty navigating white spaces as a woman of colour.
Read the full articleAlumna, professor put mind, body through paces
November 7, 2019
King’s researcher Wendy Ellis and psychologist Lindsey Forbes, BA’01, MA’03, PhD’08 (Clinical Psychology), have been friends since they attended Western and remain workout buddies.
Read the full articleStartup harnesses ‘power of music’ for all
October 29, 2019
Co-founded by Ryan McCaul, BMus’17, Inclusive Instruments transforms mobile devices into adaptive instruments for anyone with a disability.
Read the full articleAlumni, students among '20 In Their 20s' list
October 16, 2019
Western was well-represented among the city’s outstanding young professionals as numerous students and alumni were named to Business London’s 2019 '20 In Their 20s' list.
Read the full articleBalestrini 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.
Read the full articleNew director lights ‘beacon’ for students
October 9, 2019
Amanda Myers, BA’11, BEd’13, has taken on the new role of Director of Western's Indigenous Student Centre.
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