News Archive
Alumnae among Most Powerful Women
November 27, 2018
Nine Western alumnae have been named recipients of the 2018 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award, the Women’s Executive Network recently announced.
Read the full articleAlumna skates ‘craziest path’ to rinkside success
November 16, 2018
As something of an accidental journalist, Sportsnet’s Chris Simpson, BA’85, has not only survived but thrived as the doyenne of NHL rinkside reporters in the country.
Read the full article‘Hockey mom’ keeps up with CanLit
November 16, 2018
Author Angie Abdou, MA’92 (English), whose new book Home Ice: Reflections of a Reluctant Hockey Mom is a ‘Western Reads’ selection this year, has also written novels The Bone Cage and In Case I Go.
Read the full articleNothing but net for alumnus
November 16, 2018
Dario Zulich, HBA’86, is owner of both the Sudbury Wolves hockey team and the Sudbury 5, the newest entry into the National Basketball League of Canada.
Read the full articleAlumna new Propel Entrepreneurship Director
November 13, 2018
Deniz Edwards, MBA'12, is the new Director of Western’s Propel Entrepreneurship Centre, having stepped into the role in October 2018.
Read the full articleRowing legend Al Morrow retires
November 13, 2018
After more than 40 years of coaching at club, provincial, university, national and international levels, Al Morrow, BA'72, is retiring from Rowing Canada Aviron.
Read the full articleAlumna Hasenfratz named CEO of the Year
November 12, 2018
Alumna Linda Hasenfratz, BSc’89, MBA’97, was recently named Canada's Outstanding CEO of the Year for 2018.
Read the full articleStatue echoes lessons of bravery, compassion
November 7, 2018
Western alumnus Wynn Walters, BA’59 (Journalism), sculpted a statue portraying Lt.-Col. Samuel Simpson Sharpe unveiled this summer in Sharpe’s hometown of Uxbridge, Ont.
Read the full articleConnor awarded Ivey Business Leader honour
November 7, 2018
For Dean Connor, HBA ’78, receiving the Ivey Business Leader Award might have felt familiar. After all, the accolades have been rolling in for the President and CEO of Sun Life Financial.
Read the full articleAdventure draws alumnus to Ukraine
October 31, 2018
Veteran Toronto police officer Felix Tam, BA’77 (Sociology), recently returned from Ukraine where he spent a year helping to train the country’s new National Police.
Read the full articleCameron Bailey: Stories build belonging
October 29, 2018
Alumnus Cameron Bailey, Artistic Director & Co-Head of TIFF, the Toronto International Film Festival, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LLD) at Western’s 312th Convocation.
Read the full articleRosamond Ivey: Welcomes graduates at Convocation
October 29, 2018
Alumna Rosamond Ivey, Managing Partner of JRS Group, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LLD) at Western’s 312th Convocation.
Read the full articleWestern's Special Olympics legacy grows
October 29, 2018
Western is ‘carrying the torch’ that Special Olympics pioneer and Western alumnus Frank Hayden lit so many years ago as it celebrates a $1.5-million donation for research into how sports benefits people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
Read the full articleThe unstoppable power of Grayskull
October 24, 2018
Rob McCallum, (BA’04, Film Studies), produced The Power of Grayskull, among the films that will be screened at the third annual Forest City Film Festival (FCFF), taking place Oct. 25-28 at the London Public Library’s Wolf Performance Hall.
Read the full articleAlumni named to two 'top' London lists
October 23, 2018
Western congratulates eight of its alumni for being named to London’s Top 20 Under 40, as identified by London Inc. magazine, for 2018. The honour is awarded to young leaders who make a difference in the community.
Read the full articleAfter catastrophic injury, grad beats the odds
October 23, 2018
Serena Tejpar survived a horrific car crash, and is graduating with her class on Oct. 24, 2018.
Read the full articleThe ‘Philly welcome’ and other hockey tales
October 17, 2018
As long-time Montreal Gazette sports reporter Pat Hickey, MA’78, tells the tale, he emerged from Philadelphia’s Wells Fargo Centre hockey’s Eastern Conference playoffs in 2010 – the Canadiens won, 5-1 – to find his car had been the target of a ‘Philly welcome.’
Read the full article$7-million gift from John Wood, HBA ’64
October 17, 2018
$7-million gift creates John F. Wood Centre for Innovation in Business Learning
Read the full articleGovernor General honours for alumni
October 9, 2018
For more than 125 years, the Governor General’s Academic Gold Medals have recognized the outstanding scholastic achievements of students in Canada. The prestigious medal is based solely on academic criteria. Three Western graduates are among recipients of the honour this year.
Read the full articleContinuing a lifetime mission of compassion
September 26, 2018
The challenges faced by newcomers are close to home for Saara Bhanji, BA’07, MSc’16, as her mother came to Canada as a refugee with her family from Uganda during the time of Idi Amin.
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