News Archive
Connor 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.
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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.
Read the full articleSkier dives feet first into world competition
September 26, 2018
Champion skier Becky Moynes Meyer, MPT’17, has seemingly had a leg up – or, rather, barefoot up – on the competition from the start.
Read the full articleAlumnus is CBC's newest Dragon
September 20, 2018
Cinema mogul Vincenzo Guzzo, BA'91 (Economics) joins the new season of CBC's Dragons' Den.
Read the full articleAn affinity partnership in action
September 19, 2018
Through generous contributions made by TD Insurance, Western University’s Department of Alumni Relations recently added two new full-time positions to their staff roster.
Read the full articlePutting big ideas into small batches
September 17, 2018
After briefly working in finance, Geoff Dillon, BSc’10, educated himself in the art of distilling. That dedication to the craft has paid off as Dillon’s Small Batch Distillers has been making waves in the Canadian craft spirits industry.
Read the full articleBringing stories to life on Broadway
September 17, 2018
Astrid Van Wieren, BA’88, is bringing to life on Broadway one of the most authentically Canadian stories ever told. In doing so, she hopes to introduce the world to the power of empathy and humanity toward each other.
Read the full articleNew book serves up financial recipes
September 17, 2018
Gordon Stein, BESc.’84, author of Cashflow Cookbook, answers questions on his ‘bookishness’ and writing.
Read the full articleCarrying the weight of the future
September 4, 2018
Danielle Holdsworth, BA’02, BEd’03, is a competitive world-class weightlifter and paddle boarder - and schoolteacher/librarian.
Read the full articleAlumnus embracing pop culture career revival
July 23, 2018
Paul Soles, BA’53, provided the voice of both Hermey, the elf who wants to be a dentist, in the 1964 stop-motion classic ‘Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,’ as well as the original voice of Spider-Man in the 1967 cartoon series of the same name.
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