News Archive
Alumna cultivates career in food processing
July 17, 2019
Growing up with exposure to the food industry through farming, Sharon Flaherty, BESc’15, had an underlying interest in learning where our food comes from.
Read the full articleAlumna trumpets women’s health and rights
July 15, 2019
Stefania Wisofschi, BSc’16, MMASc’17, is heading to Nairobi for an eight-month fellowship through the Aga Khan Foundation Canada’s International Youth Fellowship Program.
Read the full articleAlumna tapped to lead United Way campaign
June 21, 2019
Christy Bacik, BA’92 (Political Science), is showcasing her passion for volunteerism after being named Chair and Chief ChangeMaker for the 2019 United Way Elgin Middlesex campaign.
Read the full articleAlumnus capitalizes on Canada’s cannabis industry
June 12, 2019
Mario Naric, BESc’14, has founded Motif Labs, a full-service cannabis and hemp extraction company.
Read the full articleAlumnus counts self among Raptors originals
June 10, 2019
Karl Toulouse, BA’09, has been courtside as a statistician for the Toronto Raptors for the last 24 seasons.
Read the full articleSpear Chief-Morris joins FISU delegation
June 7, 2019
Joy SpearChief-Morris, BA’17 (History, First Nations Studies), has been added to the Athletics team. She will run the 100m hurdles as part of the games in Italy.
Read the full articleAlumnus marks fandom one jersey at a time
June 4, 2019
Rawad Serhan, BSc’14, has gone viral with a video celebrating his Toronto Raptors fandom.
Read the full articleHasenfratz named Western’s 23rd Chancellor
May 23, 2019
Linamar Corporation CEO and philanthropist Linda Hasenfratz, BSc’89, MBA’97, has been named Western’s 23rd Chancellor.
Read the full articleAlumna uses technology for social good
May 15, 2019
By using technology to create social impact, Natasha Jimenez, BA'14, BESc'14, has built a career that seamlessly combines her two degrees towards her passion for humanitarian design.
Read the full articleNotable organist finds keys to perfect sound
May 6, 2019
Wherever John Vandertuin, BMus'82, MMus'88, has played – in practice rooms at Western and concert halls of California; in a cathedral in Paris, France, and in St. Paul’s United Church in Paris, Ont. – the organ has been his compass.
Read the full articleGerry honoured for lifetime in theatre spotlight
April 30, 2019
John Gerry, BA’77, will be presented with a Lifetime Membership Award for his dedication and vision in founding Music Theatre Productions, which started as London Musical Theatre 30 years and 75 productions ago.
Read the full article2019 Music Alumni Wall of Fame inductees announced
April 29, 2019
Andrea Kalyn, BMus’87, MA’90 and Phil Murphy, BA’59, are the 2019 Don Wright Faculty of Music Wall of Fame inductees for 2019.
Read the full articleVysniauskas receives 2019 L.S. Lauchland Engineering Alumni Medal
April 23, 2019
The 2019 recipient of the Lauchland Medal is Tony Vysniauskas, BESc’74 & MESc’76, CEO of Virtual Materials Group (VMG), Professor at the University of Calgary’s Faculty of Engineering and former VP of Hyprotech.
Read the full articleWhitney Biennial provides another stage for alumnus
April 23, 2019
Brendan Fernandes, MFA’05, is among 75 artists featured in this year’s Whitney Biennial, an exhibition widely considered the most important showcase of contemporary art today.
Read the full articleAlumna receives engineering honour
April 18, 2019
Catherine Karakatsanis, BESc'83, MESc'91, is the 2019 recipient of the Engineers Canada Gold Medal Award.
Read the full articleAlumnus shares written word joy across Pakistan
April 12, 2019
Awais Khan, BA’08 (Economics), is Director of The Writing Institute, Pakistan’s largest Creative Writing Institution.
Read the full articleAlumnus Malloy named Principal of King’s
April 10, 2019
Noted academic and alumnus David C. Malloy has been named the ninth Principal of King’s University College.
Read the full articleAlumna sets out to make us all ‘Unsinkable’
April 4, 2019
Olympian Silken Laumann, BA’88, has launched ‘Unsinkable,’ a storytelling platform that shares stories of courage and resiliency.
Read the full article2019 Alumni Award of Merit recipients announced
April 2, 2019
The Alumni Association recognizes alumni who have made outstanding contributions to their professions or communities.
Read the full articleOntario construction software firm Bridgit raises $6.2-million
March 17, 2019
The company now known as Bridgit Inc. began with what founders Mallorie Brodie and Lauren Lake call “crane hunting” – scouring London, Ont., for construction sites, looking for problems to solve.
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