News Archive
Alumni receive Accessibility awards
December 17, 2018
Two Western alumni were recently named recipients of Hon. David Onley Awards for Leadership in Accessibility.
Read the full articleAn award-winning story teller
December 17, 2018
Schulich alumnus Dr. Alex Lyttle, BMSc’07, MD’11, spent nearly seven years writing "From Ant to Eagle" - an award-winning story of deep sibling love that draws from his own experiences in residency.
Read the full articleNew Canadian Olympic Committee head
December 12, 2018
After spending the past seven years overseas as the head of NBA China, Western alumnus David Shoemaker, LLB’96, is coming home to lead the Canadian Olympic Committee (COC).
Read the full articleAlumnus wins major prize for addiction work
December 6, 2018
Western alumnus Terry Robinson, PhD'78 (Biopsychology), has won a prestigious award for his research into the neuropsychology of addiction.
Read the full articleKind Mail eases exam stresses
December 6, 2018
More than 1,800 on- and off-campus students preparing for exams will be receiving postcards with personal messages from alumni, as Western delivers its third year of Kind Mail.
Read the full articleLaw alumni lauded at awards ceremony
November 27, 2018
The 2018 alumni awards of distinction, held November 20, honoured three of Western Law’s finest: Christopher Bredt, LLB’79, Michael Copeland, LLB'93, MBA'99 and Dale Ponder, LLB'80.
Read the full articleAlumnae 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.
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