Alumni News

June 28, 2024

Five Western alumni have been named to the Order of Canada, one of the country's highest honours.

June 27, 2024

Eric Chung, BESc'77, MEng'78, receives the 2024 L.S. Lauchland Engineering Alumni Medal.

June 21, 2024

Carla Coveart, BESc'13, receives the 2024 Engineering Young Alumni Award.

June 20, 2024

From suspense to significant figures in Canadian history, here are ten summer reads by Western alumni and faculty.

June 3, 2024

A bequest from Halina and James Russell (Rus) Robinson, PhD'53, provides ‘unparalleled access’ to military history resources.

May 21, 2024

Mark Daley, BSc'99, PhD'03, is Western's chief AI officer. In this Q&A, Mark discusses how quickly things are moving.

May 21, 2024

Josh Barr, MBA'17, and Amar Gupta, MBA'17, recently closed a deal with Arlene Dickinson on CBC's Dragons' Den.

May 21, 2024

CBC's Katie Simpson, BA'06, gives us a behind-the-camera look at the wild world of U.S. politics.

May 21, 2024

Rising country music star and past Mustangs football player Josh Ross, BA'17, reflects on his unique journey.

May 21, 2024

Over 50 years since Chile's military coup, a Western prof and Rosa Devés, PhD'78, are working to find victims who disappeared.

May 9, 2024

Vic Giguere, MMJC'22, is passionate about the world of consumer-packaged goods and now works at Kraft Heinz.

April 30, 2024

2024 Spirit of Western Award winner Kant Chong has an unwavering passion for his alma mater.

April 18, 2024

John Yun, MMus'12, is working alongside Grammy award-winning artist Alicia Keys on Broadway musical Hell's Kitchen.

April 17, 2024

Robyn Michaud, MEd‘09, balances long-distance running with teaching, fostering children and community service.

April 4, 2024

Tassneem Hamed, BSc’22, explores the power of merging science with art to explore the cosmos.

April 2, 2024

Mira Ratkaj, BSc'85, supports future Indigenous students experiencing financial barriers to a university education.

March 20, 2024

FrontLine Medical Technologies innovator Asha Parekh, PhD'15, shares insights at the Lynda Shaw Memorial Lecture.

March 18, 2024

George McAuley, BEd'98, looks back on his career journey being an educator, musician and high school football coach.

March 11, 2024

Tenomix secures over $2M in seed funding for cancer care robotics system.

March 7, 2024

Ziyana Kotadia, BA'23, and Aisha Imana elevate youth voices at UN Commission on the Status of Women.

March 7, 2024

Dr. Marie Jeanne Ferrari, BA'55, MD'59, was among just five women who received an MD in 1959.

February 20, 2024

Engineering a path: From inspiration to innovation with Donna Padavan, BESc'01, MESc'04, PhD'10.

February 16, 2024

Stephanie Marley, BA'99, is working to educate and empower fellow citizens in Jamaica's constitutional reform.

February 8, 2024

Anna Wang, MA’19, returns to Western to pursue law degree to help new immigrant families.

January 22, 2024

Vasiliki, BSc’02, and James, MScN’15, McInnes open their first-ever Odd Burger university outlet at Western.

January 8, 2024

Western Engineering is proud to announce that Jennifer Grant, BESc’94, MESc’95, BEd’96, an accomplished biochemical engineer, entrepreneur and the president of Dell Tech Laboratories Ltd., is the 2023 L.S. Lauchland Engineering Alumni Medal recipient.

January 5, 2024

Carol Off, BA'88, LLD'17, returns to Western to teach a course based on her newest book.

June 12, 2023

More than 8,000 graduates will be welcomed into the alumni community.

June 12, 2023

Alyssa Harvey weathered health challenges and learned powerful lessons on path to her degree.

April 17, 2023

We celebrate the contributions of alumni volunteers and thank them for sharing their valuable time with Western.