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  • 'Hinge moments' in history: how change happens

    By CBC Radio , CBC Radio , November 01, 2022

    CBC IDEAS interviewed Chris Smeenk, Department of Philosophy at Western professor and director of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy, about the year 1600 as a ‘hinge’ moment in history signifying the beginning of modern theories and ideas in culture and science.

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  • Ernaux’s Literature Nobel no surprise for French Studies professor

    By Jeff Renaud, Western News, October 28, 2022

    Western French Studies professor, Karin Schwerdtner, has studied Annie Ernaux’s critically acclaimed body of work for many years and thinks her Nobel Prize in Literature was long overdue

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  • More activists are gluing themselves to art. Their tactics aren’t new.

    By Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, October 27, 2022

    Kirsty Robertson, Visual Arts, comments on latest protest movement in the art world and discusses why their tactics aren’t new.

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  • Education from Indigenous perspective explored in Western-backed documentary

    By Heather Rivers, London Free Press, October 21, 2022

    Western University professor Laurence de Looze produced the documentary N’Satung that was directed by former Western University arts student Ogiima Keesis G’Nadjiwon. The documentary that explores education from an Indigenous perspective is being screened Saturday as part of the Forest City Film Festival.

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  • N’Satung documentary sheds light on Indigenous perspectives on education

    By Jo Jennings, Western News, October 20, 2022

    How have Indigenous Peoples of the Great Lakes region experienced education? A new documentary featuring students, staff and graduates of Western’s Faculty of Arts and Humanities collected the voices of Indigenous People from many backgrounds to answer that question.

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  • Fulbright student award recipient furthers ‘instapoet’ research at Duke

    By Keri Ferguson, Western News, October 11, 2022

    Western PhD candidate Tanja Grubnic is spending nine months at Duke University in North Carolina on a research placement funded by a Fulbright student award.

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  • English grad bequeaths $10M in scholarships, largest gift ever to Faculty of Arts and Humanities

    By Keri Ferguson, Western News, September 28, 2022

    William (Bill) Hodgins, BA'54, bequeathed $10 million to Western to support scholarships in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities.

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  • Western offers new minor in Black Studies

    Western News, September 13, 2022

    Open to all students, the courses provide a variety of perspectives on Black history, culture and heritage

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  • Stop dissing pessimism, it’s part of being human

    By Ignacio L. Moya, The Conversation, August 19, 2022

    Ignacio L. Moya, PhD Candidate Philosophy, discusses how pessimism may actually help achieve better lives for ourselves.

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  • Juan Luis Suárez awarded Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research

    By Keri Ferguson, Western News, August 12, 2022

    Juan Luis Suárez, Languages and Cultures, has been awarded the 2022 Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research.

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  • Western mourns loss of Professor Emeritus Stan Dragland

    August 05, 2022

    We are all deeply saddened to learn of the death of Professor Emeritus Stan Dragland, who taught for 29 years in the Department of English at Western. An icon in Canadian Literature, Professor Dragland was long admired as a dedicated educator, a literary critic, editor, poet, novelist, and community-builder.

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  • Award-winning poet joins Western as new writer-in-residence

    Western News, August 01, 2022

    Western’s 2022-23 writer-in-residence is January Rogers, a Mohawk/Tuscarora writer from Six Nations of the Grand River who aims to be an incubator of great ideas.

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  • Miranda Green-Barteet comments on overturn of Roe v. Wade

    I Heart Radio, June 29, 2022

    Miranda Green-Barteet, Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies, comments on the ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade on I Heart Radio.

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  • Congratulations Class of 2022!

    June 20, 2022

    Congratulations to our graduating Class of 2022, and to Shelley Ambrose, BA'83, who received an honorary doctorate for her unparalleled commitment and advocacy for training in the arts and humanities.

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  • Medical sciences grad a lover of language

    By Keri Ferguson, Western News, June 13, 2022

    Wang, who earned his bachelor of medical sciences (honours specialization and biochemistry and cell biology), as well as a major in Italian language and culture, is one of approximately 8,000 students graduating this spring.

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  • 2022-23 Student Writer-in-Residence Announced

    June 06, 2022

    We are thrilled to welcome Matthew Dawkins, English & SASAH student as our 2022-23 Student Writer-in-Residence!

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  • Ancient Graffiti unearthed at Vindolanda

    By Vindolanda Trust, June 01, 2022

    The latest discovery at Vindolanda, a Roman fort and settlement in Northumberland, is a stone engraved with the words SECVNDINVS CACOR, which translates into a very personal insult. Alexander Meyer, Classical Studies, is a specialist in Roman epigraphy. Meyer and his colleagues at Vindolanda helped decipher this amusing social commentary from the ancient past.

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  • Contemporary Muslim artists challenging ideas about fixed culture

    By Soheila Kolahdouz Esfahani, The Conversation, April 28, 2022

    Soheila Kolahdouz Esfahani, Visual Arts, discusses how ornamentation in Islamic art shows how movement of culture can be found around the world.

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  • Noelle Schmidt (BA'19) publishes book of poetry "Claimings and Other Wild Things"

    By Jenny Lamothe, Sudbury.com, April 19, 2022

    Award-winning Creative Writing and English Language and Literature alum releases their book of poetry through Sudbury's Latitude 46

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  • GSWS professor, Bipasha Baruah, named new Strategic Focus Chair

    By Keri Ferguson, Western News, April 18, 2022

    Dr. Baruah's work is aimed towards a gender-equitable, low carbon economy

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  • Celebrating renowned Tony Urquhart, Western’s first artist-in-residence

    April 07, 2022

    Alum Terry Rice (BFA '98, MA '00) captures a little bit about what made Tony Urquhart so special

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  • Writing studies professor, Tom Cull, receives teaching award

    April 05, 2022

    Cull honoured with the Faculty of Arts & Humanities Teaching Excellence Award

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  • GSWS PhD candidate , Jemima Baada, accepts tenure-track role

    March 22, 2022

    Congratulations to Jemima who will join the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia in July

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  • Ivan Coyote's 'Care Of' shortlisted for Lambda Literary Award

    By James van Koeverden, CBC Books, March 15, 2022

    The Alice Munro Chair in Creativity's collection of pandemic correspondences is a finalist for the 2022 Lammys, celebrating LGBTQ+ storytelling

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  • GSWS alumna honoured with Governor General's award

    By Mary Hamilton, Western News, March 08, 2022

    Carina Gabriele, BA'18, one of four national recipients of the Governor General’s Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case

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  • New Creative Arts and Production program offers in-demand job skills

    By Heather Rivers, The London Free Press, March 05, 2022

    Using a collaborative approach, the CAP program will broaden students' awareness of creativity as an essential job skill

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  • Visual Arts' Kirsty Robertson and Sarah Smith featured in exhibit

    By Debora Van Brenk, Western News, March 03, 2022

    Museum London to showcase "From Remote Stars: Buckminster Fuller, London, and Speculative Futures" from March 5 to May 15, 2022

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  • New Creative Arts and Production program launched

    By Keri Ferguson, Western News, February 17, 2022

    This innovation collaboration is offered through the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, the Don Wright Faculty of Music, and the Faculty of Information and Media Studies

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  • PhD' 98 English, Michael Bucknor, appointed CRC in Black Studies at U of Alberta

    India Education Diary, February 10, 2022

    Bucknor interviewed about how Black History Month gains meaning when Black communities reclaim it

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  • Florentine Strzelczyk named provost and vice-president (academic)

    By Mari-Len De Guzman, Western News, February 03, 2022

    Distinguished humanities scholar and leader joins Western and the Faculty of Arts & Humanities on May 1

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  • Visual Arts student, Anahi Gonzalez, interviewed by CBC

    CBC Listen, February 01, 2022

    London Morning with Rebecca Zandbergen features a conversation with Gonzalez about her work exploring themes of Mexican labour using fruit pallets.

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  • Carol Off stepping down as host of CBC's "As it Happens"

    By Sheena Goodyear, CBC , January 19, 2022

    Alumna Carol Off, BA'81 (English Language and Literature), LLD'17, is moving on from her role on the current affairs program after 16 years.

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  • In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus, Donald Chapin

    January 17, 2022

    Donald Chapin, professor of Medieval literature and past Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, was a lover of the arts, travel and world events.

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  • Visual Arts' Mexico City course assignments on display

    By Alena Robin, December 17, 2021

    Professor Alena Robin's class displays work depicting the transformations of Mexico City from Aztec empire to modern meglapolis

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  • Philosophy Chair, Carolyn McLeod, supervises research on medical racism

    By Debora Van Brenk, Western News, December 09, 2021

    Western research shows that medical racism is one reason for vaccine hesitancy for Black and Indigenous people

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  • Listen: The value of an Arts & Humanities degree

    CBC News, December 06, 2021

    Dean Michael Milde and current students chat with the CBC about the endless opportunities open to graduates with an arts education

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  • Cameron Bailey appointed CEO of Toronto International Film Festival

    tiff.net, November 30, 2021

    English alumnus, BA '87 and SASAH advisory council member, Bailey honoured with top reins at TIFF

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  • English PhD '19, David Huebert, publishes short story collection

    By Keri Ferguson, Western News, November 26, 2021

    The award-winning author will read at a Words event on November 28 from his latest release "Chemical Valley"

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  • Artificial Intelligence event features Philosophy faculty and alumna

    By Keri Ferguson, Western News, November 24, 2021

    Philosophy professors Carolyn McLeod and Luke Stark will join a panel with recent Governor General's Gold Medal winner, Heather Stewart, on AI and its effects on daily life

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  • Words Festival features more than 50 writers, authors, poets, journalists and performers

    By Joe Belanger, The London Free Press, November 05, 2021

    Virtual festival will run through the month of November with strong Western and Arts & Humanities connections of alumni, students, professors and community

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  • Tom Cull, English and Writing Studies, helms clean-up team

    By Peter Greve, The Gazette, October 27, 2021

    Assistant professor formed Antler River Rally 10 years ago to organize river clean-ups and incorporate students in sustainability activities.

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  • Kelly Greene named first Indigenous artist-in-residence

    By Debora Van Brenk, Western News, October 26, 2021

    Visual Arts alumna, BFA'94, tells stories of ceremony, belief, resilience, defiance, sustainability, hidden histories and identity

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  • Heather Stewart, Philosophy PhD '21, receives Governor General's Gold Medal

    By Paula Menzies Cameron, Western News, October 25, 2021

    The award recognizes academic excellence from outstanding students across Canada

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  • Shani Mootoo receives honorary degree during Fall 2021 convocation

    By Keri Ferguson, Western News, October 22, 2021

    Visual Arts alumna, BFA '80, and award-winning artist and author accredits Western with the "beginning of where I am now"

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  • Dr. Bipasha Baruah's work featured in ICARDA online

    By ICARDA Communication Team, ICARDA, October 14, 2021

    Study reveals rural women in Tunisia are more actively involved in grazing livestock, livestock rearing, and crop production than broadly assumed.

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  • Ivan Coyote to remain Alice Munro Chair in Creativity for an additional year

    October 07, 2021

    Coyote's extension will allow them to continue to inspire creativity in our students and Western community until July 2023

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  • 3 alumni and 1 current student recognized internationally

    October 06, 2021

    The Global Undergraduate Awards announces winners with Faculty of Arts & Humanities students receiving four prizes

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  • Visual Arts professor, Patrick Mahon, curates GardenShip and State exhibition

    September 30, 2021

    The show, running October 2- January 23, 2022 features a large cohort of Western graduates and current PhD students

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  • Visual Arts collaborative project, Plastic Heart, featured on CBC

    By Inayat Singh, CBC News, September 27, 2021

    Tegan Moore (MFA 2014) interviewed for exhibit that features work from Synthetic Collective involving professors Kirsty Robertson and Kelly Wood

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  • Philosophers focus on AI ethics

    By Keri Ferguson, Western News, September 22, 2021

    Postdoctoral associates help students view artificial intelligence from social, ethical lens

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  • In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus, Constant Venesoen

    The London Free Press, September 17, 2021

    Venesoen was a prolific writer specializing in 17th Century French literature. He was with the Department of French Studies from 1967-95

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  • Spring 2021 English graduate, Akshi Chadha wins regional award

    September 16, 2021

    Recent president of The Coterie at Western wins prize at The Global Undergraduate Awards

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  • In Memoriam: Professor Emerita, Catherine Ross

    Globe and Mail, September 15, 2021

    Western English professor and alumna, FIMS Dean, and Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, Catherine Ross, leaves a legacy of research in reader experience

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  • Languages alum (BA'82, MA'83), Phil Gurski writes book on history of terrorism

    By Debora Van Brenk, Western News, September 13, 2021

    Degrees in French and Spanish helped launch a 32-year career in Canadian intelligence as well as a prolific foray into writing and consulting

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  • Visual Arts PhD candidate, Michelle Wilson, leads exhibition and symposium

    By Keri Ferguson, Western News, September 09, 2021

    Exhibit at McIntosh Gallery brings attention to bison eradication

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  • Theatre staging plays by late Western English professor, James Reaney

    By Joe Belanger, London Free Press, September 07, 2021

    AlvegoRoot Theatre showcasing "Tales for a Reaney Day" featuring Reaney's short stories, "The Bully" and "The Box Social" from Sept. 10-12

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  • Carolyn McLeod named fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

    By Keri Ferguson, Western News, September 07, 2021

    Philosophy professor and chair receives prestigious honour for her research and work

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  • New writer-in-residence, Zalika Reid-Benta, discusses her road from student to mentor

    By Zalika Reid-Benta, Western News, September 02, 2021

    Toronto-based and award-winning author joins Western this fall to work with writers in the community

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  • Past student-writer-in-residence publishes book

    By Keri Ferguson, Western News, August 27, 2021

    Sydney Warner Broomnan, BA'18 English, penned their collection of short fiction, The Pump, while studying at Western

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  • Visual Arts BFA'14, Esmaa Mohamoud, showcases interactive, outdoor art

    Artforum, August 26, 2021

    "Double Dribble", featured at The Bentway in Toronto, transforms the space into a rainbow-hued basketball court that encourages participation

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  • Alumna, Camie, releases new EP "troubadour"

    Indie 88, August 24, 2021

    English and Theatre Studies double major Camille Intson (BA'19), creates beautiful music during COVID

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  • In Memoriam: English Professor Emeritus David Kaula

    Globe and Mail, August 16, 2021

    Shakespearean scholar, and author of many publications and books, retired in 1988

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  • Exciting classes offered in Arts & Humanities

    August 12, 2021

    New courses for the 2021/2022 school year - keeping up with developments and advances in pedagogy

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  • In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus, Archie Young

    August 05, 2021

    Esteemed English professor was a scholar of Sir Thomas More and Desiderius Erasmus

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  • Shelley Niro window display at SATELLiTE Project Space

    July 29, 2021

    MFA'97 alumna features "Thinking of You" exhibit from August 3 -14

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  • Theatre professor, Kim Solga, begins Teaching Fellowship

    By Mari-Len De Guzman, Western News, July 23, 2021

    Solga's project focuses on Innovations in Interdisciplinary Pedagogy, Within and Beyond Arts and Humanities

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  • Artist Esmaa Mohamoud Examines How Pro Sports Profit from Black Athletes

    By Connor Garel, The Walrus, July 12, 2021

    Visual Arts BFA'14 exhibition "To Play in the Face of Certain Defeat" at the Art Gallery of Hamilton until August 15, 2021.

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  • Student Writer-in-Residence, Ashley Li

    By Francesca DeNoble, Western News, June 29, 2021

    Neuroscience and psychology student brings diverse perspective and leadership skills to her role

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  • “Teaching with Humanity” faculty retreat - June 2021

    June 23, 2021

    A review of the 2-day virtual event focused on Anti-racist, Decolonizing, and Indigenizing Pedagogical Practices in Arts & Humanities

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  • Class of 2021 grad creates art aimed at helping endangered species

    By Debora Van Brenk, Western News, June 17, 2021

    Jade Williamson, Visual Arts, builds portfolio of wildlife with proceeds going to conservation

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  • Western to celebrate the Class of 2021 on Friday, June 18th

    By Mari-Len De Guzman , Western News, June 16, 2021

    Alice Munro Chair in Creativity and award-winning author Ivan Coyote to give address

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  • Indigenous alumna inspired by grandmother to pursue law

    By Paul Duhatschek, CBC News, June 14, 2021

    Nicole Hill-Dolson, BA'13 (Philosophy and First Nations Studies), works to become judge to help Indigenous communities

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  • Ivan Coyote book, "Care of", released June 8

    By Jeff Renaud, Western News, June 11, 2021

    Read an excerpt from our Alice Murno Chair in Creativity's latest work

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  • Thousands Mourning the Souls of the London Attack Victims

    By Yahya Kharrat, June 10, 2021

    Yahya Kharrat, assistant professor of Arabic Studies, recounts the vigil held to honour slain Muslim family

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  • Dennis Garnhum, artistic director at the Grand Theatre, joins SASAH as visiting professor

    June 10, 2021

    The 4th year SASAH Capstone Seminar will focus on Defining Beauty integrating the classroom and community

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  • Arts alumna elected to Western’s Board of Governors to champion equity, diversity and inclusion

    By Debora Van Brenk , Western News, June 07, 2021

    Michelle Banik, BA ’92 (English) and current SASAH advisory council member, brings her diverse leadership experience to Western's Board of Governors

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  • Department of Languages and Cultures announce photo contest winners

    June 03, 2021

    The 2020-21 contest explores themes of: Literary Escapes, Intercultural Moments, Intimate Spaces Across Cultures, and Journey of Languages

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  • Rotman associate faculty member, Luke Stark, lends voice to AI debate

    By Shirin Ghaffary, Vox, June 03, 2021

    Google struggling with its commitment to ethical artificial intelligence

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  • Jeff Tennant honoured with OCUFA service award

    May 28, 2021

    Associate professor in the Department of French Studies recognized for his leadership and advocacy on behalf of Ontario's faculty and academic librarians

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  • Theatre professor, Kim Solga, earns 3 year Teaching Fellowship

    By Francesca DeNoble, May 27, 2021

    The Centre for Teaching and Learning at Western rewards seven outstanding educators each year for the project-based fellowships

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  • English alumnus earns leadership role at Brandon University

    The Brandon Sun, May 19, 2021

    Dr. Kofi Campbell, PhD 2005, takes role of provost and vice-president (academic)

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  • Centre for Sustainable Curating launches at Western

    By Keri Ferguson, Western News, May 18, 2021

    The teaching and research hub focuses on environmental and social justice and developing exhibitions and artworks with low carbon footprints

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  • Professor Mary Helen McMurran and undergrad Matthew Dawkins join Embassy Cultural House project

    Embassy Cultural House, May 17, 2021

    The 3rd year SASAH/English student and English professor to collaborate in a community project to highlight the public humanities and connect the university to the city of London and beyond.

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  • Visual Arts alumnus donates $4 million in art to Western

    By Keri Ferguson, Western News, May 14, 2021

    John A. Schweitzer, BA Honours Visual Arts '73, hopes to inspire others to give

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  • In Memoriam: Louis Charland, PhD

    May 13, 2021

    Professor Louis Charland was a cherished and long-standing member of the Department of Philosophy

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  • Student Writer-in-Residence awarded to Neuroscience student Ashley Li

    May 12, 2021

    The SWIR fosters exchange among aspiring student writers and contributes to the culture of creativity across campus.

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  • Dr. Bipasha Baruah joins Western researchers for COVID-19 strategy

    May 11, 2021

    Baruah's current research projects focus on understanding how to reconcile economic security, environmental protection and gender equality in the post-pandemic world.

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  • Professor Miranda Green-Barteet co-edits collection launching in May

    University Press of Mississippi, May 10, 2021

    "Race in Young Adult Speculative Fiction" offers a sustained analysis of race and representation in the YA genre.

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  • Alumna takes on senior leadership role at Penn

    By Leo Charney, Penn Today, May 06, 2021

    Award-winning professor, Karen Defletsen (MA'95 Philosophy) named University of Pennsylvania Vice Provost for Education.

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  • Londoners tapped for Museum 80th anniversary

    CBC News, May 05, 2021

    Contributors to the Museum London virtual exhibit include A&H professors, past Writers-in-Residence, a graduate student and the President of Western.

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  • Ivan Coyote among the finalists for the 2020 Governor General's Literary Awards

    CBC Books, May 04, 2021

    Alice Munro Chair in Creativity nominated in the nonfiction category for their personal essay collection "Rebent Sinner".

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  • Graham and Gale Wright Distinguished Scholars

    May 03, 2021

    Congratulations to Kyle Gervais, Classical Studies, and Angela Mendelovici, Philosophy, on receiving the Graham and Gale Wright Distinguished Scholar Award.

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  • Film Studies students succeed over virtual learning

    By Greg De Souza, April 29, 2021

    Film Production 3368 awards the Film Aesthetic RGB Trophy in 6th annual festival

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  • Visual Arts Alumna hopes to inspire conversations about race

    By KC Hoard, Hamilton Spectator, April 25, 2021

    BFA'14, Esmaa Mohamoud's exhibition "To Play in the Face of Certain Defeat" at the Art Gallery of Hamilton until August 15, 2021.

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  • Three Postdoctoral Associates in Philosophy Focus on AI

    April 20, 2021

    Department of Philosophy and Rotman Institute of Philosophy aim to keep up with growing trends in artificial intelligence

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  • A&H Faculty honoured with Western Teaching Awards

    By Keri Ferguson, Western News, April 15, 2021

    Theatre Studies professor, Kim Solga receives the Edward G. Pleva Award for Excellence in Teaching and Visual Arts professor, Anna Madelska the Angela Armitt Award for Excellence in Teaching by Part-time Faculty.

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  • English alumna eulogizes respected professor

    By Jillian Horton, Maclean's Magazine, April 09, 2021

    Jillian Horton remembers one of her most influential teachers and friend, Michael Groden, and the small creative gambles he made possible.

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  • 2nd Year SASAH student to publish novel

    By Lauren Medeiros, The Gazette, April 01, 2021

    Matthew Dawkins on his upcoming book, 'Until We Break', to be released Winter 2022

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  • In Memoriam: Distinguished Professor Emeritus, Michael Groden

    March 29, 2021

    Western community mourns loss of renowned scholar, professor, mentor and colleague.

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  • Western establishes first EDI advisory council

    By Marcia Steyaert, Western News, March 27, 2021

    Four A&H Faculty members will be part of the newly formed equity, diversity and inclusion advisory council.

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  • A&H Faculty part of Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) lab

    By Keri Ferguson, Western News, March 24, 2021

    Michael Anderson (Philosophy), Ileana Paul (French Studies/Interfaculty Program in Linguistics), and Manina Jones (English) work on CAS lab is an interdisciplinary network encouraging cross-campus collaboration.

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  • Commentary: Experts call for research transparency on human challenge studies for COVID-19

    By Crystal Mackay, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, March 23, 2021

    Philosophy professor and Pand bioethicist, Dr. Charles Weijer, contributes to British Medical Journal.

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  • Juno nominations reflect diverse talent of alumni, faculty

    By Rachel Condie, Western News, March 16, 2021

    Arts & Humanities alumna, Basia Bulat (BA'06, English) nominated for Juno Adult Alternative Album

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  • Artists respond to the wind, and the work of Northern Tornadoes Project

    By Keri Ferguson, Western News, March 08, 2021

    'Written on the Earth' exhibit coordinated by SASAH Director and professor, Patrick Mahon, also includes his own work.

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  • Student Writer-in-Residence Call for Applications

    March 05, 2021

    The Student Writer-in-Residence (SWIR) is a collaborative program held in partnership through the USC and the Department of English.

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  • Eternity Martis, A&H alumna and best-selling author, talks racism on Western's campus

    By Gabby Glasier, The Gazette, February 26, 2021

    Eternity Martis, BA '14, joined us on February 22 to speak to her experience on a predominantly white campus when she was an undergraduate student.

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  • The new words that are helping people cope with the pandemic

    By Brooklyn Neustaeter, CTV News, February 25, 2021

    Michael Iannozzi, Graduate TA in French Studies, speaks of the new words that "reflect what people are feeling" amid the pandemic.

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  • 2021 Teaching Excellence Award Winners

    February 24, 2021

    This year, we honour two winners - Jo Devereux (English and Writing Studies) and Ana García-Allén (Languages and Cultures).

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  • Hope Mahood, 3rd year A&H student, wins JHM Award

    February 23, 2021

    The John H. McDonald Awards for Excellence in Student Journalism took place on February 21, 2021.

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  • First-year student, Laiba Saqlain, wins film prize

    February 22, 2021

    Congratulations to first-year student Laiba Saqlain (Film Studies) for winning the second place at the 2021 Western Smartphone Film Festival.

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  • First-year A&H student supporting homeless youth

    CBC News, February 12, 2021

    Lois Mang-Benza, created the non-profit Jeuns Pionniers, to inspire youth and adults to create social change.

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  • Black History Month a call to spark change

    By Debora Van Brenk, Western News, February 09, 2021

    The month is an opportunity to 'use the lessons of history as a force for change now and into the future'.

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  • Eternity Martis debunks racism and sexual violence on Canadian campuses

    By Danni Olusanya, The Ubyssey, February 04, 2021

    Alumna, Eternity Martis (BA '14), as UBC Journalist in Residence addresses the experience of being a young Black woman on campus.

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  • Art, up-close and from a distance

    By Debora Van Brenk, Western News, February 03, 2021

    The pandemic prompted a show of 'separate togetherness' at Western's Artlab.

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  • Dr. Jillian Horton (BA '96) on CBC The Current

    CBC The Current, February 02, 2021

    Department of English and Writing Studies alumna, Dr. Jillian Horton talks with Matt Galloway about her upcoming book 'We Are All Perfectly Fine' and doctor burnout during the pandemic.

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  • Eternity Martis and Ivan Coyote finalists for 2021 Evergreen Awards

    By CBC Books, February 02, 2021

    Western alumna, Eternity Martis ('BA 14) and Alice Munro Chair in Creativity, Ivan Coyote make the list of 10 finalists for the 2021 Evergreen Awards.

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  • Indigenous Awareness Week - February 1-6

    January 29, 2021

    Please join us online as Indigenous Awareness Week (IAW) goes virtual for 2021.

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  • Indigenous Learning Fund recipients named

    By Keri Ferguson, Western News, January 21, 2021

    Documentary film project led by SASAH professor Laurence De Looze is one of four funded for fostering Indigenous learning and community partnerships.

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  • Coyote brings Active Voice to Western

    By Jeff Renaud, Western News, January 19, 2021

    Ivan Coyote, Western’s Alice Munro Chair in Creativity, launches a highly interactive senior-level class to the Faculty of Arts & Humanities that is also a public performance series.

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  • English professor emeritus, Stan Dragland, awarded Order of Canada

    By Western Communications, January 13, 2021

    On December 30th, 2020, Stan Dragland was named as a Member of the Order of Canada, "for his contributions to Canadian literature as a writer, publisher and editor, and for his distinguished career as an English professor." Dragland taught at Western for 29 years before retiring in 1999 and relocating to Newfoundland.

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  • Carol Off on The Walrus’ The Conversation Piece podcast: 'This Campfire that is Canada'

    By The Walrus Conversation Piece, January 11, 2021

    Alumna and host of CBC’s "As It Happens" Carol Off, BA’81(English Language and Literature), LLD’17, urges us to take a step back and look at where we came from. During this period when we can’t get on a plane, travel to see loved ones, or start our next adventure, we can stay connected by sharing stories from different times and places.

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  • Coyote's Forthcoming Book Featured in The Globe and Mail

    By Marsha Lederman, Globe and Mail, January 08, 2021

    Alice Munro Chair, Ivan Coyote's forthcoming book 'Care Of' is one of The Globe and Mail's "5 Canadian Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2021".

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  • Visual Arts Alumna Rah Eleh (MFA'18) featured on CBC Arts

    By CBC Arts, November 25, 2020

    Visual Arts Alumna Rah Eleh (MFA'18) was recently featured in a CBC Arts: Artist Spotlight titled "How do you reckon with female self-immolation? For Rah Eleh, it meant reimagining how she makes art"

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  • Words 2020 lives on as virtual festival

    By Jeff Renaud, Western News, November 06, 2020

    “We need the transformative power of literature, the arts, and big thinking now more than ever. Over the course of the next two weeks, we will be hosting the Words Festival so that physical distancing measures do not become cultural isolation for our community,” said Joshua Lambier, Western’s Public Humanities director and Words artistic director.

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  • Western Writer-in-Residence Alicia Elliott wins Evergreen Award

    By CBC Books, October 23, 2020

    Western Writer-in-Residence Alicia Elliott has won the 2020 Evergreen Award for her essay collection A Mind Spread Out on the Ground. The Evergreen Award is part of the annual Ontario-wide Forest of Reading program, inviting people to read and vote on a selection of Canadian fiction and nonfiction titles curated by librarians.

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  • The Vital Contribution Of Women To Livelihoods Resilience During Covid-19

    By Bipasha Baruah, ICARDA Blog, October 22, 2020

    Bipasha Baruah Canada Research Chair in Global Women’s Issues, and alumna Dina Najjar (PhD Anthropology ’13) have published their findings from research on the effects of COVID-19 upon women farmers in Tunisia and Egypt. This blog is part part of a much larger study they are conducting on gender, climate change and agriculture in MENA countries.

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  • ‘Be fearless and be yourself’: Faflak wins OCUFA teaching award

    By Deborah Van Brenk, Western News, October 16, 2020

    Congratulations to Prof. Joel Faflak, Department of English and Writing Studies, who was recently named a winner of the OCUFA teaching award! This prestigious, province-wide award recognizes excellence and innovation in teaching and pedagogy.

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  • Global Undergraduate Awards recognize Arts & Humanities students

    Western News, October 05, 2020

    Sophia Belyk, Kimberly Cooper, Sarah Charette and Sanghun Kim were recently named to the Highly Commended category (top 10% in their category) at the global Undergraduate Awards, which honours the best in undergraduate research. This pan-disciplinary competition recognizes excellence in undergraduate coursework and this year received 4,148 submissions from 380 universities in 50 countries.

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  • ‘Art whenever they want’ for remote-learning students

    By JENNIFER O'BRIEN, Western News, October 05, 2020

    Visual Arts professor Tricia Johnson uploaded videos of herself sketching as part of her pivot to online teaching.

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  • Arts & Humanities COVID-19 Updates

    September 03, 2020

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  • Dr. Larissa Sloutsky wins esteemed french literature award

    Kitchener Today, August 22, 2020

    Congratulations to alumna Larissa Sloutsky (Western PhD'16, French Literature) who was awarded the cultural award from 'Les Prix Maupassant' awarded by the Musée Maupassant, France, on August 5, 2020 for her doctoral thesis on the french short story, 'Boule de Suif'.

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  • Pandemic inspires Summer Shakespeare

    By Deb Van Brenk, Western News, August 21, 2020

    Summer Shakespeare enters its 40th year with a production of Pandemic Julius Caesar inspired by North America’s own Ides of March.

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  • Kirsty Robertson receives Western Green Award

    By Brandon Watson, Western News, July 20, 2020

    Kirsty Robertson, Visual Arts, was recognized with a Western Green Award for weaving sustainability principles into her course curriculum and focusing on collaboration in the face of an ecological crisis.

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  • Trio of PhD candidates named Vanier Scholars

    Western News, June 19, 2020

    Three Western PhD candidates have been named among 166 nationwide recipients of 2020-21 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships including Florence Wullo Anfaara PhD, Women’s Studies and Transitional Justice, and Jessica du Toit PhD in Philosophy.

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  • Ivan Coyote on CBC

    By Chris dela Torres, CBC Afternoon Drive, June 09, 2020

    The award-winning author and storyteller Ivan Coyote has been named the Alice Munro Chair in Creativity at Western. Chris dela Torre speak with them about what it means to be the second ever chosen Alice Munro Chair in Creativity.

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  • Pandemic turns research scenario into unexpected reality

    By Paul Mayne, Western News , June 01, 2020

    Women’s Studies and Feminist Research professor Bipasha Baruah has received a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Knowledge Synthesis Grant to look at the effects that degrowth might have upon gender equality and social justice

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  • Cooking in the coronavirus crisis is much more fun with old secrets from the Queen’s pantry

    By Madeline Bassnett, The Conversation, May 20, 2020

    Madeline Bassnett from Western English and Writing Studies delves into English recipe books from centuries ago and learns how cooking during the 16th and 17th centuries served similar social purposes in difficult times.

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  • Course announces that ‘the plague’s the thing’

    By Deb Van Brenk, Western News, May 14, 2020

    English and Writing Studies professor Jo Devereux is teaching Shakespeare in Performance, a course that has shifted to examining Shakepearean works through the lens of the insidious and invisible disease that shaped the playwright’s life.

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  • Graham and Gale Wright Distinguished Scholars

    May 12, 2020

    Congratulations to Christine Sprengler, Visual Arts, and Bernd Steinbock, Classical Studies, on receiving the Graham and Gale Wright Distinguished Scholar Award for 2020-21. This award recognizes their wide- ranging contribution to their fields of research.

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  • Robertson wins book award

    May 08, 2020

    Congratulations to Kirsty Robertson, Visual Arts, on winning the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) Dwyer Award for her book "Tear Gas Epiphanies: Protest, Culture, Museums", an original scholarly examination of the phenomenon of protest within and against Canadian museums. ARLIS/NA is a dynamic organization of over 1,000 individuals devoted to fostering excellence in art and design librarianship and image management.

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  • Pandemic poetry books lighten load, raise funds

    By Deborah Van Brenk, Western News, May 05, 2020

    As March arrived with the leonine claws of COVID-19, Aaron Schneider (English & Writing Studies) thought it was clearly time to let poetry do what it does best – offer challenge, comfort and shared experience.

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  • Student-artists take gallery show global

    April 30, 2020

    Handle With Care is a digital exhibition showcasing the art of the Bachelor of Fine Arts Practicum Class of 2020 in the Department of Visual Arts. It is the first time the year-end exhibition has gone completely digital.

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  • Smeenk named Faculty Scholar

    Western News, April 14, 2020

    Congratulations to Chris Smeenk, Philosophy, on being named 2020 Western Faculty Scholar. The recipients are considered all-around scholars and will hold the title for two years.

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  • Exhibition ‘zeros’ in on Fuller’s view of world

    By Deb Van Brenk, Western News, February 28, 2020

    Together We Average as Zero, a new exhibit by Museum and Curatorial Studies students, reflects on the legacy and ideas of futurist architect Buckminster Fuller.

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  • Black writers of the Great Lakes region

    CBC Radio, February 27, 2020

    Prof. Alyssa MacLean from Western English and Writing Studies was on CBC radio discussing “Black Thought in the Great Lakes Region, 1790-1890", an exhibit she and her grad students organized at Western Libraries - Western University for Black History Month. 

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  • Project opens doors of prisons to creativity

    By SONIA PRESZCATOR , Western News, February 14, 2020

    Visual Arts professor Sky Glabush spent a week of his recent sabbatical in Georgetown, Guyana, helping to pilot a project to bring art to the inmates of Timehri and Lusignan Prisons.

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  • Scholar pens memoir of lifelong bond with ‘Ulysses’

    By Jason Winders , Western News, February 11, 2020

    The Necessary Fiction: Life with James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ by Western English and Writing Studies Distinguished University Professor Michael Groden, is part exploration of Joyce’s classic work, and part personal reflection of Groden's lifelong relationship with this single book.

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  • Black history’s Great Lakes connections on display

    By Debora Van Brenk, Western News, February 10, 2020

    A new exhibit of 18th-Century African-American and African-Canadian writing is currently on display at Western Libraries as part of Black History Month. Organized by Alyssa MacLean and graduate students in Western English and Writing Studies, the exhibit looks at "how the Great Lakes region became a nexus of black intellectualism and writing.”

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  • Six Canadian writers of black heritage to watch in 2020

    By Ryan B. Patrick, CBC Books, February 04, 2020

    Eternity Martis, BA'14 (English Language and Literature/Women's Studies), was recently named one of Six Canadian writers of black heritage to watch in 2020 by CBC Books.

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  • Sky Glabush Paints the Story

    By Chris Hampton, National Gallery Magazine, January 31, 2020

    Sky Glabush, studio faculty member from Visual Arts, discusses storytelling, spirituality, and his artistic process with National Gallery Magazine.

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  • Western University professor's prison sabbatical in Guyana an eye-opener | London Free Press

    January 30, 2020

    On his latest break from the classroom, Western University Visual Arts professor Sky Glabush went to prisons in one of the poorest countries in South America, invited there to help inmates cope with the crushing desolation of prison through art. Not the sabbatical most academics would choose, Glabush said it was a “life-changing” experience. Read the full story via the London Free Press.

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  • Mockler interviewed on CBC about Watch Your Head

    CBC, January 21, 2020

    From rallies to emergency declarations, to people ditching plastic straws, climate change has inspired people all over the world to do something. In London, it's inspired one creative writing professor to publish a book on the topic. Kathryn Mockler teaches at Western University, and she spoke with Host Chris dela Torre.

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  • Poetry anthology looks to inspire climate action

    By Debora Van Brenk, Western News, January 10, 2020

    Edited by Western English Professor Kathryn Mockler, a new online poetry and prose anthology has dedicated itself to confronting the climate crisis. In mid-2020, Coach House Books plans to publish the works, collectively called Watch Your Head, with all proceeds donated to climate justice and Indigenous groups.

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  • 2018 Newsmakers

    Western News, December 18, 2018

    The 9th annual Western News Newsmakers of the Year – a celebration of some of the people, places and things that shaped the year at this institution including Alice Munro Chair in Creativity Nino Ricci, Writer-In-Residence Cherie Dimaline, Fitness Guru Tracy Isaacs, trans rights advocate Joshua M. Ferguson and more.

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  • The Trailblazer

    Western News, December 18, 2018

    Western News has chosen Joshua M. Ferguson BA’09 (Film Studies) as one of the Newsmakers of 2018.

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  • The Keeper of Culture

    Western News, December 18, 2018

    Western News has chosen Helen Gregory as one of the Newsmakers for 2018.

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  • The Fitness Gurus

    Western News, December 18, 2018

    Western News has chosen Tracy Isaacs and Samantha Brennan as one of the Newsmakers for 2018.

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  • The Guiding Hand Of Creativity

    Western News, December 18, 2018

    Western News has chosen Nino Ricci as one of their Newsmakers for 2018.

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  • The Voice Of A Generation

    Western News, December 18, 2018

    Western News has chosen Cherie Dimaline as one of the 2018 Newsmakers of the year.

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  • Adoptive parents seek longer leave

    By Paul Mayne, Western News, December 07, 2018

    Researchers from Western, including Carolyn McLeod from Philosophy, are leading a national push for 15 more weeks of work leave for adoptive parents.

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  • Adoptive parents need more time off to bond with kids, say Western researchers

    By Hala Ghonaim , CBC London, December 03, 2018

    A group of Western University researchers including Carolyn McLeod, Philosophy, met with several members of parliament to discuss granting adoptive parents and caregivers more time to bond with their children during the early stages of adoption.

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  • Alumna named Canada's 100 most powerful women

    By Galen Simmons, Stratford Beacon Herald, November 29, 2018

    Stratford Festival executive director and English alumna Anita Gaffney-Misener (BA’90, English, MBA’02), was named one of Canada's top 100 most powerful women by the Women's Executive Network.

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  • Cherie Dimaline wins CODE Burt Award

    By Jane van Koeverden, CBC, November 26, 2018

    Cherie Dimaline's The Marrow Thieves wins $12K CODE Burt Award for Indigenous young adult literature

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  • World-changing research fueled by new CRCs

    Western News, November 21, 2018

    Michael Anderson, Philosophy, Tier 1 Canada Research Chair in Philosophy of Science (SSHRC), explores new conceptual systems for psychology and provides a deeper understanding of how the brain works.

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  • ‘Hockey mom’ keeps up with CanLit

    By Angie Abdou, Western News, 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. She offers her writing, reading and recommendations this week.

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  • Walrus Talks Remembrance

    November 06, 2018

    On November 5, 2018, over 700 people from the London and Western community joined together to share ideas and conversation through The Walrus Talks Remembrance event at the Grand Theatre.

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  • Visual tropes of migration tell predictable but misleading stories

    By Sarah Bassnett, The Conversation, November 05, 2018

    Visual Arts professor Sarah Bassnett discusses the visual tropes of migration in her new essay published in The Conversation Canada.

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  • ‘Own Your Future’ helps doctoral students find new paths

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, November 02, 2018

    Fanny Leveau, a PhD candidate in French Studies, is taking part in Own Your Future, a four-year, curriculum-based professional development program offered to doctoral students at Western.

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  • Annual Words festival to capture our stories

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, November 01, 2018

    Cherie Dimaline, the 2018-19 Writer-In-Residence at Western, will be at the opening reception of Words: London’s Literary and Creative Arts Festival, taking place Nov. 2-4 at Museum London.

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  • Sarah Henstra wins Governor General’s Literary Award

    Quill & Quire, November 01, 2018

    Sarah Henstra, English alumna (MA'97) wins Governor General’s Literary Award for The Red Word.

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  • Words festival celebrates local, national writers at Museum London

    By Joe Belanger, London Free Press, October 31, 2018

    The fifth annual Words: The Literary and Creative Arts Festival at Museum London features emerging and established London writers and some of Canada’s most celebrated authors, poets and journalists reading and talking about their work and leading workshops on a variety of topics.

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  • Bailey: Stories build belonging

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, October 26, 2018

    Cameron Bailey (BA'87) Artistic Director & Co-Head of TIFF, the Toronto International Film Festival, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LLD) at the Thursday afternoon session of Western’s 312th Convocation.

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  • The ‘unstoppable’ power of Grayskull

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, October 25, 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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  • Homecoming 2018

    October 20, 2018

    On October 20th, we officially re-opened University College and welcomed back our alumni and friends to celebrate.

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  • Read. Watch. Listen. featuring Alex Meyer

    Western News, October 12, 2018

    Oh, Hello and other media musings - this week's Read. Watch. Listen. features Alexander Meyer from Classical Studies.

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  • Intson brings passion for arts to student writer role

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, September 27, 2018

    Camille Intson, a fourth-year English and Theatre and Performance Studies student and multidisciplinary artist and writer, is the 2018-19 Student-Writer-in-Residence at Western.

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  • Darby receives prestigious Order of Merit

    September 24, 2018

    David Darby, Modern Languages and Literatures, was recently awarded the The Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. Awarded for achievements in the political, economic, social or intellectual realm and for all kinds of outstanding services to the nation in the field of social, charitable or philanthropic work, this is the nation's highest honour.

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  • Greene named to College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists

    By Paul Mayne, Western News, September 18, 2018

    Elizabeth Greene, Classical Studies, was recently named to the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Part of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), College membership represents the emerging generation of scholarly, scientific and artistic leadership in Canada.

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  • Poet Laureate tames ‘Bad Animals’ in debut

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, September 18, 2018

    English and Writing Studies professor Tom Cull’s first book, 'Bad Animals,' is an extension of themes the London Poet Laureate explored in a previous chapbook, 'What the Badger Said.'

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  • As it happens

    By Adela Talbot, Alumni Gazette, September 17, 2018

    Carol Off, BA'81 (English), LLD'17, finds a story in every moment as the host of CBC Radio One's As It Happens.

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  • Not afraid to ask

    By Jason Winders, Alumni Gazette, September 17, 2018

    Rob Paterson, BA'90, never dodges the tough questions he learned to ask at Western

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  • Philadelphia Museum Of Art Appoints Louis Marchesano

    ArtForum, September 14, 2018

    Alumnus Louis Marchesano (BA, Art History '87) has been named as the new senior curator of prints, drawings, and photographs at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

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  • Accept the challenge of Arabic’s grammatical cases

    By YAHYA KHARRAT, Western News, September 14, 2018

    Arabic professor Yahya Kharrat discusses the historical context behind grammatical rules that allow the learner insights into the language and culture they will find invaluable in furthering their studies.

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  • The evolution of words

    By Jeff Tennant, CBC London Morning, September 12, 2018

    Jeff Tennant, French and Linguistics, talks to CBC London Morning about the evolution of the words we use.

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  • Ricci to explore creativity in every campus corner

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, September 11, 2018

    Nino Ricci lends a brilliant ear for creativity to Western as the inaugural holder of the Alice Munro Chair in Creativity.

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  • Nino Ricci discusses new role on CBC London Morning

    CBC London Morning, September 11, 2018

    Nino Ricci, the inaugural holder of the Alice Munro Chair in Creativity at Western, discusses creativity and his new role on CBC London Morning.

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  • Interview with Wayne Myrvold from Western Philosophy

    By Andrew Botterell, September 07, 2018

    Andrew Botterell, Department Chair, sat down with Philosophy professor Wayne Myrvold to chat about what he did during his summer vacation.

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  • Researchers unearth remarkable horse ‘shoes’

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, August 15, 2018

    Alex Meyer, a Roman historian and Classical Studies professor at Western, was recently part of a team that unearthed four early Roman hipposandals – shoes worn by horses – at Vindolanda.

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  • How she brought the ‘Impossible’ to life

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, August 15, 2018

    English professor Clarissa Suranyi, author of Impossible Saints under the name Clarissa Harwood, answers questions on her ‘bookishness’ and writing.

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  • Recent grad embraces new life in ‘Memoriam’

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, August 10, 2018

    Sydney Brooman, Western’s most recent Student Writer in Residence, writes, stars and produces Memoriam, a fictional podcast that takes the form of audio recordings made by 18-year-old obituary writer Elliot Keel, who is able to interact with the ghosts of those they write about.

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  • Early Roman 'horseshoes' dug up from Vindolanda fort ditch

    BBC News, August 04, 2018

    Alex Meyer, Classical Studies, and his excavation team recently discovered incredibly rare horse hoof protectors at Vindolanda, the Roman fort near Hadrian's Wall in Northern England. The set of hipposandals date between 140AD and 180AD.

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  • Researcher looking to re-frame Detroit images

    By ANIRUDDHO CHOKROBORTY HOQUE , Western News, August 03, 2018

    Earlier this summer, Visual Arts graduate student Jessica Cappuccitti curated an exhibition, Welcome to Detroit: Suzy Lake and Orlando Ford, at the McIntosh Gallery. The exhibition offered viewers an opportunity to understand how these images – some of Detroit’s decay and others that capture people with smiling faces and open arms – shape ideas about the city.

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  • One woman's story about getting fit at mid-life

    The Social, August 01, 2018

    Tracy Isaacs was on The Social discussing getting fit at mid-life and her latest book, "Fit at Mid-Life: A Feminist Fitness Journey".

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  • These Feminist Philosophers Set Out to Get as Fit as They Could by Age 50

    By Amy Marturana, Self Magazine, August 01, 2018

    Tracy Isaacs discusses her recent book with Samantha Brennan, Fit at Mid-Life: A Feminist Fitness Journey, in Self Magazine.

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  • Unearthing the forgotten

    By Melissa Cheater, Western News, July 06, 2018

    Whose names and stories do we remember? How do we choose which to preserve? How – and why – do we perpetuate those that we remember? Western student historians working at Woodland Cemetery grappled with these questions and more as they worked toward curating “Lost & Found,” a guided historical walking tour that resurrects stories of individuals buried in the cemetery’s Potter’s Fields.

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  • Visual Arts student shortlisted for national painting competition

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, July 05, 2018

    Joy Wong, a Visual Arts MFA candidate at Western, has been named a finalist for the 20th annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition. The winner, to be announced Sept. 18, will receive $25,000 and a residency at Banff Centre for the Arts.

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  • Overlooked: Photography and the Smartphone

    By CBC RADIO, CBC IDEAS, June 27, 2018

    Overlooked: Photography and the Smartphone - listen to Thy Phu from Western English & Writing Studies discuss the surprising truth of what a camera reveals on a recent episode of CBC Ideas.

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  • Buried History at Woodland Cemetery

    By CBC Radio, CBC London Morning, June 26, 2018

    SASAH students Levi Hord and Leah Abaza tell London Morning about the Potter's field they found in Woodland Cemetery. Learn more about this exciting project and upcoming public tours.

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  • Professor tracks medieval winds of (climate) change

    By ANIRUDDHO CHOKROBORTY-HOQUE, Western News, June 12, 2018

    Melitta Adamson from Modern Languages and Literatures is among the first scholars in her field to document how climate change shaped the Middle Ages.

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  • How the city has inspired London's poet laureate

    By Julianne Hazlewood, CBC London, June 02, 2018

    Tom Cull, London's poet laureate, has recently written Bad Animals, a book of poetry focused on the relationship between people, animals and nature.

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  • Following flow of ideas reveals roots of mass media

    By ANIRUDDHO CHOKROBORTY-HOQUE , Western News, June 01, 2018

    French Studies professor Genevieve de Viveiros explores how culture, ideas, opinions and news travelled across Europe and North America during the 19th Century.

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  • Professor follows The Bard’s words in new directions

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, May 29, 2018

    English and Writing Studies professor James Purkis’ book, Shakespeare and Manuscript Drama: Canon, Collaboration and Text, has been shortlisted for the prestigious Shakespeare’s Globe Book Award, which seeks to celebrate new scholarship and help to extend readership of Shakespeare.

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  • Alumna Helen Gregory named Curator of McIntosh Gallery

    By McIntosh Gallery, May 25, 2018

    Congratulations to Visual Arts Alumna Helen Gregory, (PhD'16) who has been appointed to the role of Curator at the McIntosh Gallery. Gregory served as curator-in-residence at McIntosh Gallery between 2017 and 2018. In addition to her academic background in museum and curatorial studies, she has an extensive visual art practice.

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  • Project develops understanding of photography, family

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, May 24, 2018

    Queering Family Photography, an exhibit curated by English professor Thy Phu, focuses on photographic representations of LGBTQ families; it runs through Saturday at the ROM’s Stephen Bulger Gallery.

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  • Indigenous heritage uncrated in re-think

    By ANIRUDDHO CHOKROBORTY-HOQUE , Western News, May 15, 2018

    In the first analysis of its kind, Visual Arts professor Kirsty Robertson’s upcoming book, Tear Gas Epiphanies: Protest, Culture, Museums, traces the history and aftermath of Indigenous communities’ protests, sit-ins and demonstrations in Canadian museums since the 1900s.

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  • Filmmaker scores big at HotDocs Festival

    By Paul Mayne, Western News, May 14, 2018

    Written and directed by Michael Del Monte, BA’08 (Philosophy), the documentary film Transformer made its Canadian debut at the Canadian International Documentary Festival – better known as Hot Docs – earlier this month where it received the Rogers Audience Award for Best Canadian Documentary.

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  • Rediscovering Mexican art, one historical painting at a time

    By ANIRUDDHO CHOKROBORTY-HOQUE , Western News, May 10, 2018

    Modern Languages and Literatures professor Alena Robin is bringing the long-forgotten work of Mexican painter Antonio Enríquez back to prominence through her research and upcoming book, tentatively titled Antonio Enríquez: A Forgotten Painter in mid-18th Century New Spain.

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  • Alumx first in Ontario to receive non-binary birth certificate

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, May 09, 2018

    Joshua M. Ferguson, Ba’09 (Film Studies) is the first person in Ontario to receive a non-binary birth certificate.

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  • Researchers analyze peace with computer science

    By ANIRUDDHO CHOKROBORTY-HOQUE , Western News, May 09, 2018

    Western Modern Languages and Literatures professor Juan Luis Suárez, right, and graduate student Yadira Lizama-Mué are using Natural Language Processing (NLP) – a computer science technique – to scan, read, and analyze thousands of pages of drafts, documents and media releases about the peace agreement to answer this question.

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  • ‘Romantic’ effort finding indie success for alumna

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, April 26, 2018

    Carly Stone, BA’11 (English and Writing Studies), recently premiered her first movie, The New Romantic, at SXSW, an annual conglomerate of film, interactive media and music festivals and conferences that take place in mid-March in Austin, Texas.

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  • How to keep fit in mind and body

    By Jason Winders, Western News, April 25, 2018

    Tracy Isaacs, co-author of Fit at Mid-Life: A Feminist Fitness Journey, answers questions on her ‘bookishness’ and writing

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  • Forging on the feminist fitness journey

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, April 16, 2018

    Tracy Isaacs (Philosophy) and Samantha Brennan (former Philosophy professor at Western now Dean of Arts at the University of Guelph) have released a new book, Fit at Mid-Life: A Feminist Fitness Journey.

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  • How police ‘cook the books’ on solved crime rates

    By Michael Arntfield, The Conversation, April 16, 2018

    Michael Arntfield (English & Writing and Criminology) comments on crime clearance rates in The Conversation.

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  • New building on campus promotes collaboration between science and philosophy

    By Communications Staff, April 13, 2018

    Western unveils new Interdisciplinary Research Building (WIRB). This $47 million state-of-the-art facility is home to the Brain and Mind Institute, BrainsCAN, and the Rotman Institute of Philosophy.

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  • Project opens book on learning here and abroad

    By Paul Mayne, Western News, April 12, 2018

    Western students Ashmita Singh, Alexandra Tan and Aikansha Chawla wrote a children’s book, Qué puedo ser? (What Can I Be?), as part of a Spanish for Beginners course project that looks to increase language skills for Western students, while increasing access to books for primary school students 2,500 km away.

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  • Celebrity Soirée: An Evening with Lainey Lui & SASAH

    April 06, 2018

    On Friday, April 6th Visiting Professor Lainey Lui and the students from her "Rumour Has It" course gathered for the premiere of their short film and a celebration of the School for Advanced Studies in the Arts & Humanities.

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  • Fashion offers new window into ancient Roman society

    By ANIRUDDHO CHOKROBORTY-HOQUE, Western News, April 03, 2018

    For her latest book, Masculinity and Dress in Roman Antiquity, Western Classical Studies professor Kelly Olson studies the fashion, jewellery and makeup of women in ancient Rome (753 BC-476 AD). In the process, Olson is pioneering the budding field of fashion in ancient times.

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  • How first-time Canadian filmmaker Carly Stone’s rom-com became the toast of SXSW

    By CHANDLER LEVACK, Globe and Mail, April 02, 2018

    English and Writing Studies alumna Carly Stone, BA’11, recently received a Special Jury Recognition for her debut feature, The New Romantic at the SXSW Film Festival. Read how a chance encounter during her writing class at Western landed her in Hollywood to pursue her dream.

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  • Exploring how yoga healed a broken country

    By ANIRUDDHO CHOKROBORTY-HOQUE , Western News, April 02, 2018

    Mayme Audra Lefurgey, a graduate student in Western’s collaborative program between Women’s Studies and Feminist Research and the Centre for Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction, recently spent three months in Colombia, interviewing a Colombian non-profit organization on how it is using yoga to help victims of the country’s civil war.

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  • Mahon honoured with Distinguished University Professorship

    By Communications Staff, Western News, March 27, 2018

    Patrick Mahon, Visual Arts/SASAH, is the 2018 recipient of the Distinguished University Professorships (DUP) award, joining a select group of faculty members recognized for exceptional scholarly careers.

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  • Taking students deeper into a foreign language

    By ANIRUDDHO CHOKROBORTY-HOQUE, Western News, March 27, 2018

    Hispanic Studies graduate student and Spanish language teacher Meredith McGregor is designing a language curriculum for Study Abroad and Exchange (SAE) program students that will help develop pragmatic skills before they leave for their destination country.

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  • Dyck and Bassnett named 2018 Western Faculty Scholars

    By Communications Staff, Western News, March 26, 2018

    Corey Dyck, Philosophy, and Sarah Bassnett, Visual Arts, were named 2018 Western Faculty Scholars and recognized their significant achievements in teaching or research.

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  • Kharrat: How music provides way to Arabic language understanding

    By YAHYA KHARRAT , Western News, March 23, 2018

    Yahya Kharrat, Assistant Professor of Arabic at Western, shares his innovative pedagogical method of using song to improve the instruction of languages to non-native speakers.

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  • Professor crosses Borders for global understanding

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, March 23, 2018

    Andrew Botterell, the Chair of Western’s Department of Philosophy, who holds a joint appointment with the Faculty of Law, recently returned from Ethiopia, having taught jurisprudence at Bahir Dar University through a volunteer program with Academics Without Borders.

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  • Connecting with the heart of their story

    By Jason Winders, Western News, March 16, 2018

    Writer and filmmaker Joshua M. Ferguson, BA’09 (Film Studies), author of Me, Myself, They: The Future is Non-Binary, answers 12 questions on their ‘bookishness’ and writing.

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  • Faflak honoured with Edward G. Pleva Award for Excellence in Teaching

    By Communications Staff, Western News, March 15, 2018

    Joel Faflak, SASAH/English and Writing, is the 2018 recipient of the Edward G. Pleva Award for Excellence in Teaching for his tireless work advocating for arts and humanities education.

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  • Book celebrates legacy of artist Paterson Ewen

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, March 08, 2018

    Later this month, Visual Arts Chair and professor John Hatch will publish Paterson Ewen: Life & Work through the Art Canada Institute. Ewen, who taught at Western for more than a decade, is one of Canada’s best-known artists.

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  • Bringing artful partnerships to the community

    By Samantha Richard, Western News, March 07, 2018

    With some of the city’s most intriguing works of art – and the fascinating opportunity to see their creation in real time – London’s SATELLiTE Project has become a space for artists of all ages to create what’s inspiring them.

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  • Quest to document Indigenous youth suffering through art

    By ANIRUDDHO CHOKROBORTY-HOQUE , Western News, February 22, 2018

    Western English & Writing Studies professor Julia Emberley has begun documenting creative works created by Indigenous youth trapped in Canada’s residential schools.

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  • Read. Watch. Listen. with Elizabeth Greene

    By Elizabeth Greene, Western News, February 22, 2018

    Read. Watch. Listen. introduces you the personal side of our faculty, staff and alumni. Participants are asked to answer three simple questions about their reading, viewing and listening habits – what one book or newspaper/magazine article is grabbing your attention; what one movie or television show has caught your eye; and what album/song, podcast or radio show are you lending an ear to.

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  • Frankenstein and his monster – two centuries later

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, February 13, 2018

    Western News marks the 200th Anniversary of Frankenstein with insights from faculty across disciplines including English and Women's Studies and Feminist Research.

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  • ‘Launch’ catapults grad’s career to new level

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, February 12, 2018

    Sarah Botelho, BA’16, a singer-songwriter who goes by the stage name Poesy, beat out four up-and-coming artists, winning the right to release a new song on CTV’s The Launch.

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  • Read. Watch. Listen. with John Hatch

    By John Hatch, Western News, February 09, 2018

    Read. Watch. Listen. introduces you the personal side of our faculty, staff and alumni. Participants are asked to answer three simple questions about their reading, viewing and listening habits – what one book or newspaper/magazine article is grabbing your attention; what one movie or television show has caught your eye; and what album/song, podcast or radio show are you lending an ear to.

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  • Poet brings ‘terribly pleasurable’ work to page

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, February 08, 2018

    French Studies PhD candidate Annick MacAskill will see her debut collection, No Meeting Without Body, published by Gaspereau Press this spring.

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  • Making sense of the paranormal

    By Diane Peters, University Affairs, February 07, 2018

    Professor Christopher Keep, English Studies, is among researchers from various disciplines seeking not to debunk strange events, but rather to understand how people engage with them, and what this reveals about the human experience.

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  • Database lends ear to language evolution

    By ANIRUDDHO CHOKROBORTY-HOQUE , Western News, February 07, 2018

    Modern Languages and Literatures professor Yasaman Rafat is developing the Canadian Multilingual Speech Database, a site that collects and documents speech samples of multilingual immigrants who speak both in their native languages and English

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  • Documentary project celebrates legacy of Expo 67

    By ANIRUDDHO CHOKROBORTY-HOQUE, Western News, February 01, 2018

    Constanza Burucúa’s documentary project, 1967: Canada Welcomes the World, is a visual ode to Expo 67 through a series of archival images and short documentaries focused on the national pavilions of the 60 participating countries.

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  • English grad chosen artist on the CTV reality show, The Launch

    January 31, 2018

    English & Creative Writing graduate, Sarah Botelho (aka Poesy) was the chosen artist on the CTV reality show, The Launch

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  • Cold-case prof wins humanitarian award

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, January 25, 2018

    Michael Arntfield, an Arts & Humanities professor and former police officer, is the recipient of this year’s Western Humanitarian Award. Since 2010, he has worked with Western students to research unsolved historical homicides.

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  • Where have all the women gone?

    By Susan Edelstein, Western News, January 24, 2018

    Susan Edelstein, Director of the ArtLab Gallery, reflects on 50 years of Visual Arts at Western and wonders where are all the women?

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  • Alterna Savings Donates $25,000 to Develop Future Business and Social Innovators

    Alterna Savings, January 23, 2018

    – Alterna Savings and Credit Union Limited has given $25,000 to Western University’s School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities (SASAH), to help develop future leaders who are committed to bettering communities at home and around the world.

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  • Professor of gossip: Lainey Lui on teaching at Western University

    By Lainey Lui, The Western Gazette, January 17, 2018

    Western Arts & Humanities alumnae Lainey Lui, BA'96, reflects on teaching as a visiting research fellow in Western's School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities.

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  • Alumnae named among Canada’s Most Powerful

    By Paul Mayne, Western News, December 18, 2017

    Congratulations to alumna Sarah Saska, PhD’16 (Women's Studies and Feminist Research at Western) who has been named a recipient of the "2017 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award"

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  • Western News looks back on 2017

    Western News, December 14, 2017

    We offer you the 8th annual Western News Newsmakers of the Year – a celebration of some of the people, places and things that shaped the year at this institution. Before we start looking ahead to 2018 – we take one last look at 2017.

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  • Newsmakers: The Author

    Western News, December 14, 2017

    Over the past four years, Peninsula Sinking has shed its skin many times. English PhD candidate David Huebert first workshopped the short-story collection in 2013 with award-winning writer and University of Toronto professor David Layton.

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  • Newsmakers: The Playwright

    Western News, December 14, 2017

    Camille Intson, a third-year English and Theatre and Performance Studies student, is an accomplished playwright whose works have been produced professionally across the country. Winner of a National Playwriting Contest, she is the co-founder and director of ArtLaunch Theatre Company.

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  • Newsmakers: The Reviver

    Western News, December 14, 2017

    For Madalena Kozachuk, it’s all about bringing history back into focus. And her attempts to do so garnered much attention earlier this year. The Western PhD student is working to preserve 19th Century Canadian artifacts by analyzing the chemical elements of daguerreotypes, the first commercially available photographs.

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  • Newsmakers: The Scholar

    Western News, December 14, 2017

    Levi Hord, a fourth-year Sexuality Studies, School for Advanced Studies in Arts & Humanities (SASAH) and Scholar’s Electives student, was named a recipient of the 2018 Rhodes Scholarship, an international postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Oxford.

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  • Newsmakers: The Reimaginer

    Western News, December 14, 2017

    An internationally recognized art historian and influential scholar of medieval art, Kathryn Brush’s focus on the histories, theories and practices of art history and visual culture in the 19th and 20th Centuries has made her one of the more remarkable and go-to researchers for everything medieval.

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  • Newsmakers: The Defender

    Western News, December 14, 2017

    Patrick Mahon, an accomplished artist and Visual Arts professor, named among the new Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada earlier this fall, is wrapping up the calendar year preparing to take the helm of Western’s School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities (SASAH).

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  • Newsmakers: The Bridge

    Western News, December 14, 2017

    Juan Luis Suárez knows when it comes to the arts, humanities and social sciences, universities are standing at an impasse. And it will take scholars from these fields to move towards progress, he said.

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  • Mahon to take SASAH from class, to world, and back

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, November 23, 2017

    Visual Arts professor Patrick Mahon has been named the new director of Western’s School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities, a unique-to-Canada program offering an elite liberal arts education.

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  • SASAH student awarded Rhodes Scholarship

    By Chris dela Torre, CBC London, November 23, 2017

    Levi Hord is the 23rd Western University student in 110 years to be awarded a Rhodes Scholarship.

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  • Course looks to capture a Strange Animal

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, November 04, 2017

    Tom Cull, London’s Poet Laureate, who teaches in the American and Writing Studies programs, is teaching You’re a Strange Animal: Writing Nature, Writing the Self, a third-year nature-writing elective course. Students spend much time outside of the classroom before sitting down to write poems, fiction and non-fiction works about the nature they encounter.

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  • Soon, you'll be able to read (and touch!) a centuries-old Shakespeare edition at Western University

    By Paula Duhatschek, CBC, November 02, 2017

    Western University has just acquired a copy of Shakespeare's Fourth Folio that dates back to 1685.

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  • Gift adds Shakespeare’s Fourth Folio to Western collection

    By Deb Van Brenk, Western News, November 02, 2017

    On Saturday, lovers of literature and old books will have a rare opportunity to view Shakespeare’s Fourth Folio when it makes its public debut as part of WordsFest. M.J. Kidnie, the Graham and Gail Wright Distinguished Scholar at Western and an expert on Shakespeare, will give a talk about the importance of the Folio.

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  • The Walrus ready to get Western talking

    By Jo Ann Johnson, Western News, October 13, 2017

    Sexuality. Identity. Disability. Bullying. Discrimination. Western is not shying away from these tough conversations. The Walrus Talks Belonging will bring together the Western community on Oct. 17 at the London Music Hall, for eight speakers who explore what it really means to belong.

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  • Entrepreneur inspires girls to pursue education

    By Keri Ferguson, Western News, October 10, 2017

    Lindal, BA’14, credits an early mentor for sparking her idea to create clothing that inspires girls to pursue their educations, and help others who face obstacles in their learning.

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  • Taking Flight

    By Rachael Courtemanche, October 02, 2017

    Alumna Erin Dunham (BA'06), CEO of The Other Bird group of restaurants, is reaching new heights in the hospitality and culinary industries.

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  • Sinking signals a career on the rise

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, September 28, 2017

    English PhD candidate David Huebert’s short-story collection, Peninsula Sinking, is out this month from Biblioasis.

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  • Playwright takes to stages across the country

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, September 14, 2017

    Camille Intson, a third-year English and Theatre and Performance Studies student, is an accomplished playwright whose works have been produced professionally across the country.

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  • Pair named to Royal Society of Canada

    Western News, September 07, 2017

    Patrick Mahon (Visual Arts), has been named among the new Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). The fellows have been elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic achievement.

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  • Four Western projects earn CFI backing

    By Jason Winders, Western News, August 14, 2017

    David Bourget, from the Department of Philosophy, received $200,000 in funding for, PhilNet: A Research Tool for Digital Philosophy

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  • Written word bridges gap in understanding

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, August 02, 2017

    Sydney Brooman, a fourth-year Honors English Language & Literature and Creative Writing student, is the 2017 Student Writer-in-Residence.

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  • Training the Mind

    By Rachael Courtemanche, August 02, 2017

    Alumnus Aaron Barth (MA'04, PhD '09, Philosophy) solves business problems by combining brain science and the creative arts.

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  • Roman Letters Discovered at Vindolanda

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, July 31, 2017

    Western Classical Studies students and researchers, including professor Elizabeth Greene, were part of an international team that discovered a cache of 25 Roman letters at the first century Roman fort located one mile south of Hadrian’s Wall in Northern England last month.

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  • Renos to reveal long-hidden beauty of University College

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, June 22, 2017

    The $34-million overhaul of University College started from the inside out. And as of next month, the exterior changes to the iconic Western building will start to take shape.

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  • 1967: Canada Welcomes the World

    May 24, 2017

    A new documentary project focused on the national pavilions of the sixty countries that participated in Montreal's 1967 World Exhibition by Prof. Constanza Burucúa (Modern Languages & Literatures) will soon be exhibited in multiple locations in conjunction with Canada 150.

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  • Suárez: Time of retreat is over for humanities

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, May 11, 2017

    Juan Luis Suárez, a professor in the departments of Modern Languages and Literature and Computer Sciences, will represent the non-STEM side of the research coin as the new Associate Vice-President (Research). His five-year term begins July 1.

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  • Hellmuth Prize celebrates elite researchers

    By Paul Mayne, Western News, May 11, 2017

    Professor Kathryn Brush (Visual Arts) has been awarded the 2017 Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research. The honour recognizes faculty members with outstanding international reputations for their contributions in research – one of the defining hallmarks of a university.

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  • Alumna Shelley Niro (MFA'97) wins Scotiabank Photography Award

    Canadian Art Magazine, May 09, 2017

    The award includes a $50,000 cash prize, a solo exhibition during the 2018 Scotiabank Contact Photography Festival, and a book of the winner’s work to be published and distributed by Steidl.

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  • Book explores First World War flying ace

    By Krista Habermehl, Western News, April 13, 2017

    Alfred Edwin “Eddie” McKay was a rugby star, hockey player and strong Arts student at Western in 1914 – the first of nine siblings in his family to go to university. A new book explores the life and times of the locally famous young man who was a First World War fighter pilot.

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  • The Voltage of Womanhood: My Experience Workshopping Mina Samuels’ Because I Am Your Queen

    By Andrea Holstein, Western News, April 06, 2017

    More than a dozen students and faculty had the opportunity to work alongside a playwright last month, workshopping Because I am Your Queen, a new play by New York City author and playwright Mina Samuels. Joined by dancer and choreographer Jacqueline Dugal, the students participated in readings, dancing and a performance of Samuels’ work over the course of her three-day residency.

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  • Alexis, ‘Fifteen Dogs’ win Canada Reads

    By Jason Winders, Western News, March 31, 2017

    André Alexis, the 2010-11 Writer-In-Residence in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, and his book Fifteen Dogs were named the winner of this year’s Canada Reads, after writer and rapper Humble The Poet successfully defended the book in the CBC program’s finale Thursday.

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  • Dystopic déjà vu: Trump and the resurgence of cataclysmic classics

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, March 30, 2017

    Once immensely popular, classics of dystopian fiction have seen a significant resurgence on bookstore shelves and online orders – particularly in the months that followed the election of U.S. President Donald Trump last fall.

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  • Kular: Seek knowledge, expect equality and accept diversity

    By Aman Kular, Western News, March 23, 2017

    Aman Kular, second-year student, School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities, and Political Science discusses her participation in "Daughters of the Vote, a day where 338 female delegates marched to Parliament Hill and historically took their seats in the House of Commons.

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  • Brush named to top professor honour

    By Paul Mayne, Western News, March 23, 2017

    Visual Arts professor Kathryn Brush has received Western’s Distinguished University Professorship award, which acknowledges sustained excellence in scholarship over a substantial career at Western. Brush’s research focuses on medieval art and architecture – as well as the histories, theories, and practices of art history and visual culture in the 19th and 20th centuries.

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  • Governor General’s Award for alumna artist

    March 13, 2017

    Shelly Niro MFA’97 was awarded the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts last month. The award was created in 1999 by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Governor General of Canada, an honour that comes with a $25,000 prize and recognizes outstanding career achievement in visual and media arts.

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  • Remembering Bonnie Burnard, BA'67

    By Marcia Steyaert, March 13, 2017

    The Western community mourns the loss of award-winning author, alumna and former Writer-in-Residence, Bonnie Burnard, BA'67. She passed away on March 4, 2017 at the age of 72.

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  • Department of Women’s Studies Celebrates 10th Anniversary

    February 26, 2017

    Thirty years ago, Women’s Studies was just an idea at Western. Now, it’s one of the most dynamic and successful programs in the university. And it couldn’t come at a more needed time.

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  • The robots are coming, but is ethics keeping pace?

    By Anthony Skelton, February 26, 2017

    Thirty years ago, Women’s Studies was just an idea at Western. Now, it’s one of the most dynamic and successful programs in the university. And it couldn’t come at a more needed time.

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  • SASAH: Now More Than Ever

    By Joel Faflak, February 26, 2017

    Joel Faflak, Director of the School for Advanced Studies in Arts and Humanities reflects on the first graduating cohort of SASAH students.

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  • Ask her anything: Professor Brennan connects with online community

    By Julia Beltrano, Western News, February 23, 2017

    Samantha Brennan, who teaches in the departments of Women’s Studies and Feminist Research, Philosophy, and Political Science, recently hosted an “Ask Me Anything” (AMA) session. Her AMA generated more than 526 comments in two hours and yielded more than 500 up-votes, landing the post a coveted third place spot on the front page of /r/philosophy.

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  • Alumnus finds his calling behind the camera

    By Jeff Renaud, Western News, February 02, 2017

    Michael Jari Davidson, BA’08, reckons himself a maverick. And based on the choices, the award-winning filmmaker has made in not one, but two, entertainment industries, you’d be hard-pressed to argue.

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  • De Looze: "Be vocal, active in supporting Muslim community"

    By Laurence De Looze, Western News, February 01, 2017

    Earlier this week, Laurence De Looze, a professor in the Department of Modern Languages and Literature, joined a number of Western students, staff and faculty, and members of the London community, at a gathering at the London Muslim Mosque, showing support and solidarity with the city’s Muslim community in the wake of last weekend’s shooting at a Quebec City mosque.

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  • March fosters community, collective power

    By Elizabeth Greene and Alison Conway, Western News, January 26, 2017

    Professors Conway and Greene attended the Jan. 21 Women’s March on Washington, one day after the inauguration of Donald Trump. What started as a grassroots movement to “send a bold message to (the) new administration on their first day in office, and to the world, that women’s rights are human rights,” saw millions gather and march around the world.

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  • Performance-based pursuits earning fair shot at OGS

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, January 26, 2017

    The first recipients of Western’s OGS Artistic Performance Awards are Heidi Wall, bottom, a second-year Master of Music in Literature and Performance (solo piano) student, and Colin Dorward, top, a second-year PhD student in Visual Arts. Both students had a chance to showcase their talents at a SGPS awards celebration in December.

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  • Forgotten role of reproductive justice in Zika crisis

    By Nicole L. Fice, Cory E. Goldstein, and Austin R. Horn, January 25, 2017

    Philosophy PhD students reflect on the forgotten role of reproductive justice in the zika Crisis. Nicole L. Fice, a PhD student in Philosophy, studies bioethics broadly, and more specifically, feminist approaches to bioethics. Cory E. Goldstein, a PhD student in Philosophy, centres his academic interests on the ethics of medical research. Austin R. Horn, a PhD student in Philosophy, aims to provide ethical guidance for design and conduct of pragmatic clinical trials through his research.

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  • Play stands as tribute to one woman’s Triumph

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, January 19, 2017

    To commemorate Canada’s 150th anniversary, Penn Kemp, BA’66, CertEd’68, the first Poet Laureate of London and former Writer-in-Residence at Western, wrote The Triumph of Teresa Harris.

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  • Book brings together literature, environment

    Western News, January 19, 2017

    Professor Joshua Schuster recently published The Ecology of Modernism: American Environments and Avant-Garde Poetics, a book that takes a closer look at Modern American Literature and examines the relationships of modernist writers, poets and musicians to nature, industrial development and pollution.

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  • A ‘rare jewel:’ Wordsworth find by professor emeritus bridges gap in elite collection

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, January 12, 2017

    Thanks to James Good, one of 33 known copies of William Wordsworth’s An Evening Walk – the first published collection of the famed poet’s works – now resides at Western.

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  • Why did Trump win? We have no idea.

    By Juan Luis Suárez, Western News, January 12, 2017

    Modern Languages and Literatures professor Juan Luis Suárez is Director of The CulturePlex Lab discusses the recent election.

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  • In Studio: Sky Glabush, A New Garden

    Toronto Star, January 09, 2017

    "As the London-based polymath opens his first show here since 2014, his boundless enthusiasm for new realms continues unabated" The Toronto Star reviews a new exhibition at MKG127 by Visual Arts faculty member Sky Glabush.

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  • How Two Women Are Rethinking What It Means To Be Fit

    Canadian Living, January 04, 2017

    Arts & Humanities Associate Dean Tracy Isaacs and Prof. Samantha Brennan (WSFR) are featured in the January issue of Canadian Living magazine.

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  • The Faculty of Arts and Humanities Remembers Alan Thicke

    By Jessica Schagerl, PhD (’06), December 15, 2016

    Jessica Schagerl reflects on iconic Canadian actor Alan Thicke, BA’67, best known for playing Jason Seaver on 1980s sitcom Growing Pains.

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  • Thicke: I got lucky in a purely Canadian way

    By Jason Winders, Western News, December 15, 2016

    Iconic Canadian actor Alan Thicke, BA’67, best known for playing Jason Seaver on 1980s sitcom Growing Pains, died from a heart attack Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 69.

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  • David Huebert wins 2016 Walrus Poetry Prize

    CBC Books, December 06, 2016

    David Huebert, a Ph.D. candidate in English and Writing Studies has won the 2016 Walrus Poetry Prize for his poem "Colloquium: J.T. Henry and Lady Simcoe on Early Ontario Petrocolonialism." The prize, now in its fifth year, comes with a $4,000 purse.

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  • Revisiting England’s real Game of Thrones

    By John Leonard, Western News, December 01, 2016

    John Leonard, English and Writing Studies, who teaches the popular Game of Thrones course, reflects on King Edmund Ironside's death 1,000 years to the day after his undignified demise.

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  • Project breathes life in stories of the dead

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, November 24, 2016

    SASAH students probe archives, city records, burial records to learn about the lives of the dead.

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  • Remembering a Canadian poet, songwriter

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, November 17, 2016

    Western faculty reflect on the passing of Canadian music and literary icon, Leonard Cohen.

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  • Finding reason for hope in a wrong-way election

    By Tracy de Boer, Western News, November 16, 2016

    Tracy de Boer,PhD student in Philosophy, reflects on the recent election of Donald Trump for President.

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  • Uncover the skill of In Flanders Fields

    By David Bentley, Western News, November 10, 2016

    David Bentley, Western English & Writing Studies, reflects on the poem In Flanders Fields.

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  • Film festival fills gap in local arts scene

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, November 10, 2016

    The inaugural Forest City Film Festival is taking place Nov. 11-13 at the London Public Library’s Wolf Performance Hall.

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  • Gender "pronoun war" is about freedom for sure, but not free speech

    By Jake Pyne, Now Toronto, November 10, 2016

    Jake Pyne, Women's Studies and Feminist Research, weighs in on the non-binary gender pronoun debate.

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  • We are non-binary trans people – and, yes, we exist

    By Joshua Ferguson, Western News, November 09, 2016

    Joshua M. Ferguson, BA’09 (Film Studies), originally penned this piece for Huffington Post.

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  • Class gives ‘bad quarto’ its day on stage

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, November 04, 2016

    Among scholars, Hamlet Q1 is known as ‘the bad quarto.’ But it is a good version for stage performances of the play, said Jo Devereux, who teaches in the Department of English and Writing Studies at Western.

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  • Wordsfest: Authors and eager fans come out from under the covers

    By Joe Belanger, London Free Press, November 03, 2016

    Third-annual Words: The Literary and Creative Arts Festival runs at Museum London November 4-6, 2016.

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  • Words fest gives instant feedback

    By Joe Belanger, London Free Press, November 02, 2016

    London poet Penn Kemp is giving a boost to London’s three-day Words festival’s bid to get and publish feedback from its audience this weekend at Museum London.

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  • Festival brings all lovers of words together

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, October 27, 2016

    Words: London’s Literary and Creative Arts Festival returns November 4-6 at Museum London.

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  • More than Words on a page

    By Annie Rueter, Western Gazette, October 27, 2016

    London’s own literary and creative arts festival, Words, has a similar effect; in its third year, Words brings a notable array of authors and members of the literary community to Museum London for a weekend of literary bliss.

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  • Alumnus to explore life of ‘Rebel Angel’

    By Chris Lowry, Western News, October 27, 2016

    Rebel Angel is a portrait documentary by Chris Lowry, BA’77, a Toronto-based filmmaker and writer, about the life and cultural legacy of Ross Woodman (1922-1914).

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  • Governor General taps trio for top PhD honours

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, October 26, 2016

    Yanxiang Wu, PhD Comparative Literature is one of three Western students to be awarded the 2016 Governor General Gold Medal award.

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  • Class offers a new outlook on the world

    By Jason Winders, Western News, October 14, 2016

    Western News asked three students from the Rwanda:Culture, Society and Reconstruction course – Misha Apel, Sean Alexander Cousins and Maricel Hope – to reflect on their experience.

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  • Vanier scholar eyes work, motherhood and disability

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, October 13, 2016

    Melanie Stone, a PhD candidate in the Department of Women’s Studies and Feminist Research, is among 166 recipients of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.

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  • Kelly Olson explores brothels of Pompeii with David Suzuki

    CBC , October 05, 2016

    Kelly Olson from WesternU Classics explores brothels of Pompeii with David Suzuki on The Nature of Things airing October 6, 2016.

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  • Erotic images in Pompeii ruins reveal secrets to Western University prof, CBC host David Suzuki

    By Joe Belanger, London Free Press, October 04, 2016

    Among the experts who accompany Suzuki to the ancient Roman city is Kelly Olson, an expert in Roman society and culture, including sexuality, social attitudes, women and the family and slavery.

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  • Giller applauds Barwin, Donoghue, Biblioasis

    By Jason Winders, Western News, September 30, 2016

    Gary Barwin and Emma Donoghue, both former Western Writers-in Residence, were among six authors named to the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist

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  • Brennan comments on Chris Bosh in NY Times

    By Samantha Brennan, New York Times, September 27, 2016

    Samantha Brennan, Philosophy/Women's Studies, comments on the ethically challenging case of basketball player Chris Bosh in the New York Times.

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  • Weijer, Phu named to Royal Society of Canada

    By Jason Winders, Western News, September 01, 2016

    Charles Weijer, Philosophy was named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Thy Phu, English & Writing Studies, was named to the RSC College of New Scholars, Artists & Scientists.

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  • Multimedia maven Sam Maggs is the First Lady of Geek

    By Jeff Renaud, Western Alumni Gazette, August 30, 2016

    Maggs, BA’06, has become the funny feminist face of geekdom – no easy task when you consider fictional places like Westeros, Jakku and Osiris are so often dominated by males both in portrayal and creation.

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  • Study explores role of Jewish women on homefront

    By Paul Mayne, Western News, August 29, 2016

    Maggs, BA’06, has become the funny feminist face of geekdom – no easy task when you consider fictional places like Westeros, Jakku and Osiris are so often dominated by males both in portrayal and creation.

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  • Southwestern Ontarians do talk differently

    By Dale Carruthers, London Free Press, August 22, 2016

    Sarnia’s Michael Iannozzi is a graduate student studying language and dialect at Western University whose keen ear for speech was triggered by his grandparents.

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  • Southwestern Ontario accent to be documented in study

    By Colin Butler, CBC News, August 22, 2016

    Michael Iannozzi, a linguist at Western University in London, has embarked on a groundbreaking study that looks to better understand dialect and accent of people who live in Southwestern Ontario. (Michael Iannozzi)

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  • A&H students named to Undergraduate Awards shortlist

    By Jason Winders, Western News, August 18, 2016

    A huge congratulations to all of our A&H students recognized as ‘Highly Commended Entrants’ of The Undergraduate Awards 2016, the world’s largest academic awards program for undergraduate students. Winners will be chosen later this fall.

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  • Why should Canadians care about gender equity in clean energy employment?

    By Bipasha Baruah, The Hill Times, August 15, 2016

    Bipasha Baruah, Women's Studies, comments on gender inequity in the clean energy sector in The Hill Times.

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  • Treating with emotions: The 'passion theory' of anorexia

    By James Purtill, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, July 23, 2016

    Rotman philosopher shares views about disorders and addictions being treated as passions with Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Yahoo News.

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  • This ain’t just any research project

    By George Mathewson, The Sarnia Journal, July 22, 2016

    Sarnia’s Michael Iannozzi is a graduate student studying language and dialect at Western University whose keen ear for speech was triggered by his grandparents.

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  • Munro Chair in Creativity moving forward

    By Crystal Lamb, Impact Western, July 22, 2016

    Creativity on Western’s campus and beyond will soon get a boost now that the fundraising campaign for the new Alice Munro Chair in Creativity is complete.

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  • Cull named Poet Laureate for London

    By Jason Winders, Western News, July 21, 2016

    Western professor Tom Cull was named Poet Laureate for the City of London by the London Arts Council. The Poet Laureate is an ambassador for London’s arts community on local, provincial and national levels.

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  • Modern Languages Offering Two First-Year Seminars

    By Aaron Mallette, The Gazette, July 20, 2016

    Starting in September 2016 the Department of Modern Languages will be offering seminar courses for first-year students: CLC 1040: Ideas & Apps That Changed the World and CLC 1050E: World Cultures, Literatures and Arts Across the Ages.

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  • Professor offers a sentence to the letter

    By Douglas Keddy, Western News, June 24, 2016

    In The Letter & The Cosmos, published by University of Toronto Press in July, Modern Languages and Literatures professor Laurence de Looze examines how the alphabet has, for thousands of years, shaped the Western view of the world.

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  • Debut novel no longer a secret for alumna

    By Crystal Lamb, Western News, June 23, 2016

    Laurie Elizabeth Flynn’s (BA'10) debut novel, Firsts, released in January, has been described by reviewers as “brave,” “gutsy” and “powerful.”

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  • The Game of Thrones fantasy series is a good way to introduce students to higher literature, Western prof says

    By Hala Ghonaim, The Game of Thrones fantasy series is a good way to introduce students to higher literature, Western prof says, June 01, 2016

    John Leonard, English and Writing Studies, discusses the brand new English course based on Game of Thrones books.

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  • Winter is coming and so is the course

    By Heather Hughes, Western News, May 26, 2016

    John Leonard, English and Writing Studies, discusses the brand new English course based on Game of Thrones books.

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  • Alumna bringing realism back to the art world

    By Heather Hughes, Western News, May 25, 2016

    Copeland, BFA’15, is perfecting the art of realism drawing. Only one year after graduation, the young artist is managed by Bernarducci Meisel Gallery in New York, which focuses on contemporary realist art.

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  • Children: The Normal and The Monstrous

    By Steven Bruhm, Digital Human on BBC Radio 4, May 12, 2016

    Steven Bruhm from Western English and Writing Studies discusses "Children: The Normal and The Monstrous" on BBC Radio.

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  • Commentary: Verdict did not acquit misconceptions

    By Tracy DeBoer, Western News, May 11, 2016

    Tracy De Boer, PhD candidate at the Rotman Institute of Philosophy, comments on the Jian Ghomeshi acquittal.

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  • Book visually explores making of a modern city

    By Heather Hughes, Western News, May 11, 2016

    Sarah Bassnett, Visual Arts, recently published 'Picturing Toronto: Photography and the Making of a Modern City,' This book tells the story of the city’s development and reform during a period of incredible growth, industrialization and immigration. Read more in ‪#‎WesternU‬ News:

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  • Connecting writers with their inner weird

    By Heather Hughes, Western News, May 11, 2016

    Margaret Christakos, an award-winning poet, fiction author, critic and creative-writing instructor, was recently named the 2016-17 Western Writer-in-Residence. This is her second writer-in-residence position, having formerly held the position at the University of Windsor.

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  • It's time to use a different approach to life and learning with our young men

    By Henrik Lagerlund and Erika Simpson, London Free Press, May 09, 2016

    Henrik Lagerlund, Philosophy, and Erika Simpson, Political Science, recommend a different approach to life and learning with young men

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  • Exploring the diffusion of Drake

    By Juan Luis Suarez, Western News, May 05, 2016

    Modern Languages and Literatures professor Juan Luis Suárez,Director of The CulturePlex Lab, discusses the diffusion of cultural production in relation to Drake's latest album release

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  • Breaking down views of Drake on Twitter

    By Juan Luis Suarez, Western News, May 05, 2016

    Modern Languages and Literatures professor Juan Luis Suárez, Director of The CulturePlex Lab, and Javier de la Rosa discuss the reaction to Drake's album release across Twitter.

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  • Kim Solga interviews Stratford cast on CBC Ideas

    CBC Ideas, May 04, 2016

    Kim Solga, Theatre Studies, interviews Lucy Peacock, Irene Poole and Seana McKenna from the Stratford Festival on an episode of CBC Ideas entitled "To Be or Not To Be: The Prince of Denmark Meets Katherine Minola"

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  • Andrew Peterson discusses ethics of brain research on CBC Ideas

    CBC Ideas, May 04, 2016

    Philosophy PhD student Andrew Peterson at Western University studies the ethics of medical research on severely brain injured patients. Peterson weighs in on an episode of CBC Ideas entitled "Ideas from the Trenches - The Open Mind"

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  • Hellmuth celebrates elite researchers

    By Jason Winders, Western News, April 28, 2016

    Western professors John Leonard (Arts & Humanities) and Jesse Zhu (Engineering) have been awarded the 2016 Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research.

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  • Celebrating Shakespeare 400

    Western News, April 21, 2016

    Western News celebrates Shakespeare 400 with a special issue featuring a number of scholars from the Faculty of Arts & Humanities.

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  • English PhD candidate wins CBC Short Story Prize

    By Heather Hughes, Western News, April 21, 2016

    Weaving together the romance between a woman and her horse and the wonder and majesty of whales earned David Huebert the CBC Short Story Prize.

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  • Looking to connect over creativity

    By Heather Hughes, Western News, April 14, 2016

    Psychology student Victoria Wiebe will be helping other writers find their voice as the 2016-17 Student Writer-in-Residence.

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  • Game of Thrones course coming to the English department

    By Zehra Camiller, Western Gazette, April 14, 2016

    During the upcoming 2016-17 academic year, Western students will have the pleasure of being taught by John Leonard, in a class based around the popular literary and television series, Game of Thrones.

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  • Physician Assisted Death: Challenges for Social Policy in Canada

    By Cory Goldstein, Western News, April 13, 2016

    Cory Goldstein, Philosophy PhD Candidate and member of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy, write a blog post on physician assisted death.

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  • Spacious gift stirs sources of creativity

    April 07, 2016

    Cutting-edge technology. Areas for collaborating. Expanding creativity. This is the vision for the Cohen Exploration Lab and Cohen Commons, an exciting new space that opened last week in the John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, thanks to a generous donation from Alan Cohen, BA’48, MA’69.

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  • Green Awards paint a portrait of sustainability

    April 06, 2016

    Sophia Lloyd-Jones has returned to an old form of producing natural dyes using vegetables and nuts to produce organic sculptures that challenge what it means to make art in an environmentally sustainable way.

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  • Imagine Health Design Contest Winner Announced

    April 06, 2016

    Mark Kasumovic, Visual Arts PhD candidate, was recently awarded top prize of $5,000 in the Imagine Health contest.

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  • Ma these en 180 secondes winner

    April 05, 2016

    Serge Agnessan recently won top price in the "Ma thèse en 180 secondes" competition in French Studies.

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  • SSHRC 2016 Storytellers challenge

    April 05, 2016

    Visual Arts and Culture PhD candidate Michael Farnan named Top 25 finalists in SSHRC 2016 Storytellers challenge

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  • M.J. Kidnie talks #Shakespeare400

    April 01, 2016

    M.J. Kidnie from Western English/Theatre Studies recently appeared on Rogers Daytime to discuss ‪#‎Shakespeare400.

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  • Reconciling Economic Security, Environmental Protection And Social Justice

    By Bipasha Baruah, Huffington Post, April 01, 2016

    Bipasha Baruah, CRC in Global Women's Issues at Western University comments on economic security, environmental protection and social justice in the Huffington Post blog.

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  • Leonard named Distinguished University Professor

    By Paul Mayne, Western News, March 24, 2016

    John Leonard, English and Writing Studies, recipient of 2016 Distinguished University Professorships (DUP) award

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  • McLeod and Baruah named Faculty Scholars

    By Paul Mayne, Western News, March 24, 2016

    Carolyn McLeod, Philosophy, and Bipasha Baruah, Women's Studies and Feminist Research were named 2016 Faculty Scholars.

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  • Culture Crawl connects across community

    By Heather Hughes, Western News, March 24, 2016

    Western students bridged the gap between town and gown during an immersive experience outside of the University Gates in London’s arts and cultural community recently.

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  • Who said fungi cannot be fun?

    By Heather Hughes, Western News, March 24, 2016

    Botanical drawings of fungi illustrate the natural marriage between art and science, and those who attended the one-day Mushroom Festival on March 17 at The Bookcase in the John Labatt Visual Art Centre experienced how the various flavours of mycology come together.

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  • Research Day 2016

    March 23, 2016

    Thanks to all who came out to celebrate A&H Research Day! It was a great celebration of faculty and student achievements.

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  • 2016 Graham and Gale Wright Distinguished Scholars

    March 23, 2016

    Congratulations to 2016 Graham and Gale Wright Distinguished Scholars, Jan Plug (English and Writing Studies), and Alena Robin (Modern Languages and Literatures). This Faculty-based award recognizes Plug and Robin's prominent contributions as internationally-recognized researchers in their field.

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  • Pearson receives award for teaching excellence

    By Jason Winders, Western News, March 10, 2016

    Wendy Pearson, Women's Studies, is this year's recipient of the Edward G. Pleva Award for Excellence in Teaching.

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  • What to make of Barbie's new bod

    By Tracy De Boer, Western News, March 10, 2016

    Tracy de Boer, PhD student in Philosophyand a member of the Rotman Insitute of Philosophy, comments on the new changes to Barbie's body.

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  • There's A Gender Gap In The Global Renewable Energy Workforce

    By Bipasha Baruah, Huffington Post, March 08, 2016

    Bipasha Baruah, Canada Research Chair in Global Women's Issues at Western University, and an associate professor in the Department of Women's Studies and Feminist Research, comments on gender gap in global renewable energy workforce.

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  • 2016 Visual Arts Open Studio and Arts Graduate Symposium

    By Joe Belanger, London Free Press, March 08, 2016

    Western University’s visual arts program is hosting its annual Open Studios and Graduate Symposium, featuring works by 32 artists, including undergraduates and others pursuing master’s and doctorate degrees.

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  • Taking to a new stage

    By Jason Winders, Western News, March 03, 2016

    Western formally launches its Theatre Studies program with a two-day celebration. In honour of that occasion, Western News asked four students – Caitlin Austin, Jack Copland, Rachel Flear and Sarah Gilpin –to share their reasonings behind studying theatre and choosing the new program.

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  • Book draws modern lessons from Americas Puritan roots

    By Heather Hughes, Western News, March 03, 2016

    In his new book, 'Female Piety and the Invention of American Puritanism,' English and Writing Studies Chair Bryce Traister explores the role women and femininity in Puritan culture, particularly the beliefs of those whom, he argues, laid the foundation for religious tones that prevail in today’s modern American society.

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  • More than just "women's issues"

    By Vivian Cheng, Western Gazette, March 03, 2016

    Throughout history, stigma towards women’s studies has been slow to fade. In the past, many people were opposed to the idea of women’s studies, seeing it as too radical, anti-intellectual or political. But today, Western is experiencing a boom in the enrolment of this traditionally polarizing department.

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  • Helping students find their way

    By Serena Quinn, Western Gazette, March 03, 2016

    As one of only two academic counsellors serving 1,121 students in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Ben Hakala has seen his fair share of students over the last 10 years in this position.

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  • Channeling animal ghosts in latest Artlab installation

    By Samah Ali, Western Gazette, February 26, 2016

    Artlab’s latest installation uses shadow art to channel the ghosts of misused show animals.

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  • Theatre Studies launches a new conversation on the arts

    By Jason Winders, Western News, February 25, 2016

    Long a campus passion, Western’s latest attempt to refresh its theatre roots looks to create a community, not only across campus, but throughout the region.

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  • Theatre Studies launches with 'Lost' opportunity

    By Jason Winders, Western News, February 25, 2016

    On March 3, Western formally launches its Theatre Studies program with a two-day event. The centerpiece of the launch is a staging of Milton’s Paradise Lost, adapted and directed by Montreal-based performer Paul Van Dyck.

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  • Reaney's Pick: M J Kidnie & John K Leonard

    By James Reaney, London Free Press, February 25, 2016

    Two Western University English professors find new ways to justify 1667’s greatest hit to 2016 audiences in this week’s Reaney’s Pick video.

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  • Theatre audiences want diversity, says TIFF head

    The National, February 24, 2016

    Cameron Bailey, BA'87, Artistic Director of TIFF, tells CBC's Peter Mansbridge that the Oscar-nominated performances deserve to win, but they don't reflect the movie audience

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  • Looking for a curator of the human species

    By Kathleen Hill and Juan Luis Suarez, Western News, February 24, 2016

    Modern Languages and Literatures professor Juan Luis Suárez and Biology professor Kathleen Hill discuss the technological editing of the human germline genome.

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  • Markus Muller named Tier 2 CRC in the Foundation of Physics

    Western News, February 09, 2016

    Markus Müller, Assistant Professor in the Departments of Philosophy and Applied Mathematics, was recently named Tier 2 CRC in the Foundation of Physics.

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  • PhD candidate leverages research to create path

    By Jason Winders, Western News, February 04, 2016

    Women’s Studies and Feminist Research PhD candidate Sarah Saska looks at how innovation can be leveraged to advance women’s rights and gender equality. She is grateful to have a “rock star” supervisor in Bipasha Baruah, Canada Research Chair in Global Women’s Issues.

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  • Donoghue earns Oscar nod

    By Western News, January 21, 2016

    Emma Donoghue, DLitt’13 and former Western Writer-in-Residence, has been nominated for an Academy Award, in the category of Best Adapted Screenplay, for the page-to-screen adaptation of her acclaimed novel Room.

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  • OscarsSoWhite: Why diversity at the movies matters

    By Cameron Bailey, The Globe and Mail, January 21, 2016

    Cameron Bailey, BA'87, Artistic Director of TIFF, comments on the current #OscarsSoWhite movement in The Globe and Mail.

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  • How to die like Bowie, or, we can be heroes

    By Diana Samu-Visser, Western News, January 20, 2016

    Diana Samu-Visser, English and Writing Studies, reflects on the death of David Bowie.

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  • Bookbinding alumnus keeps craft alive in modern times

    By Western News, January 20, 2016

    Western Visual Arts and History alumnus Dan Mezza is one of a handful of individuals across Canada who teaches bookbinding.

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  • Depressed El Chapo given copy of Don Quixote: Why reading it may help him realize he's 'delusional'

    By Victor Ferreira, National Post, January 15, 2016

    Laurence de Looze, Modern Languages and Literatures, comments on Mexican prison officials giving Guzman a copy of Don Quixote in an effort to cheer him up.

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  • Barack Obama's last State of the Union

    By Bryce Traister, CBC Ontario Today, January 14, 2016

    Bryce Traister, Chair of English and Writing Studies and Director of Undergraduate Studies, American Studies Centre at Western University, comments on Obama's final State of the Union address on CBC Ontario Today.

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  • Exhibitions bring unique collection of African art into modern context

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, January 14, 2016

    To celebrate Black History Month, the McIntosh Gallery is preparing an exhibition unlike any other previously housed within the gallery’s walls, said James Patten, McIntosh Director and Chief Curator.

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  • Rest easy: An unfair trial like Steve Avery's won't happen in Canada

    By Michael Arntfield, Globe and Mail, January 13, 2016

    Michael Arntfield, professor in English and Writing Studies, criminologist and former detective, comments on the Netflix docu-series Making a Murderer in relation to our criminal justice system.

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  • New chair embraces 'meeting of minds'

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, January 13, 2016

    Tim Bayne is the new chair of the Philosophy of Neuroscience at Western, a post he officially took up in November.

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  • Fernandes named visual artist to watch in 2016

    By Priscilla Frank and Katherine Brooks, Huffington Post, January 04, 2016

    The Huffington Post named #WesternU Visual Arts alumnus Brendan Fernandes, MFA '05, one of the 17 Visual Artists You Should Know In 2016

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  • 2015 Newsmakers

    Western News, December 18, 2015

    Western News recaps the top newsmakers of 2015.

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  • Cultivating a comfortable environment as an academic advisor

    By Samah Ali, Western Gazette, December 10, 2015

    Deep within Lawson Hall on the third floor, a kind academic advisor welcomes students into the women’s studies and feminist research department. This coordinator is a fan favourite among students and faculty alike. She goes by the name of Alicia McIntyre.

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  • Taking the doctorate in new directions

    By SUZANNE BOWNESS , University Affairs, December 09, 2015

    A number of programs are exploring options for applied scholarship within the PhD, including Western's Public Humanities.

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  • Exploring our social response to Paris attacks

    By Juan Luis Suarez, Western News, December 03, 2015

    CulturePlex Lab shows history may remember Paris attacks by one tweet from One Direction.

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  • Exhibit celebrates 100 years of Einstein’s general theory of relativity

    By Chris Montanini, The Londoner, December 01, 2015

    Although he's most famous for his ground-breaking work in theoretical physics, Albert Einstein’s contributions to humanity’s understanding of how the universe works have influenced thinkers across various other disciplines.

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  • We Need To Change How We Define Success In Development

    By Bipasha Baruah, Huffington Post, November 26, 2015

    Bipasha Baruah, Canada Research Chair in Global Women's Issues, and Associate Professor of Women's Studies and Feminist Research contributes to Huffington Post blog.

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  • Appreciating Einstein’s bridge between philosophy and science a century after Relativity

    By Jason Winders, Western News, November 19, 2015

    Albert Einstein was more than one of the 20th century’s greatest scientists; he was one of its greatest minds. That’s a distinction not lost on members of the Western’s Rotman Institute of Philosophy.

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  • Dice Capades: Einstein and quantum mechanics

    By Lucas Dunlop, Western News, November 19, 2015

    Einstein has become such a cultural touchstone that the internet is full of dubiously sourced quotations attributed to him. One of the most famous usually appears as “I refuse to believe that God plays dice with the universe” – or more simply “God doesn’t play dice.”

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  • Solga: Preparing to raise the curtain on Destination Theatre

    By Kim Solga, Western News, November 19, 2015

    Kim Solga, Theatre Studies, writes about new Destination Theatre course where students will get to jet to Britain for two full weeks of theatre, workshops, artists’ talks, tours and more.

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  • Arts define in hearts and minds, not Ivory Towers

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, November 19, 2015

    For David Bentley, an English class is a meeting ground of sorts – a crossroad where people, disciplines, the past, present and future all meet. That’s what makes literature enticing to him. Magical, even.

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  • Relics of a life: Einstein museum exhibit brings an interactive twist

    By Rob Read, Western News, November 19, 2015

    After a successful series of public lectures and an academic conference, Einstein – Philosopher/Scientist: 100 Years of General Relativity brings the Einstein @ Rotman theme to a close with an exhibit running through Dec. 12.

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  • Games God plays: Einstein, God, dice and the interpretation of quantum mechanics

    By Doreen Fraser, Western News, November 19, 2015

    To most of us, Albert Einstein is known as one of the most original thinkers of the 20th century – perhaps even of all time.

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  • Empty out the drawer: Following Einstein’s path to General Relativity

    By Chris Smeenk, Western News, November 19, 2015

    This month, we celebrate the centenary of Einstein’s discovery of a new theory of gravity – general relativity. Einstein’s achievement required perseverance and enormous creativity, as he struggled over a rough and winding road for eight years to formulate the theory. His path was guided by thought experiments and a philosophical approach to physics. His intellectual journey was also strikingly solitary.

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  • Empty out the drawer: Following Einstein’s path to General Relativity

    By Sarah Gallagher, Western News, November 19, 2015

    Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity was a new way of describing gravity, and it had some unexpected consequences.

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  • Celebrating Einstein

    By Craig Fox, Western News, November 19, 2015

    A popular picture of scientific revolutions, such as Einstein’s overthrow of Newtonian physics, paints them as involving something like a gestalt shift; they involve a sudden reorientation of the perspective through which we see the world.

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  • Tennant to receive Ordre des Palmes Académiques

    Western News, November 18, 2015

    On November 30, French Studies professor Jeff Tennant will be presented the Ordre des Palmes Académiques (Order of Academic Palms), recognizing his work in French phonetics and sociolinguistics, alongside his dedication to fostering shared learning and intercultural relations with France.

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  • Stopping serial killers begins with better police training - and data

    By Michael Arntfield, Globe and Mail, November 18, 2015

    Michael Arntfield, Writing Studies, writes about victimology and how this relatively new area of study can be applied in the law enforcement field to gather intelligence and potentially prevent crime.

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  • Making a blockbuster out of the Renaissance

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, November 12, 2015

    Andrea Privitera, a PhD candidate in the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures, is using role-playing video games to teach Italian Renaissance Epic poetry.

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  • Alexis, former Writer-in-Residence, wins Giller

    By Jason Winders, Western News, November 10, 2015

    André Alexis, the 2010-11 Writer-In-Residence in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, was named the winner of the Scotiabank Giller Prize for Fifteen Dogs, published by Coach House Books.

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  • Professor plugs into what it means to game

    By Jason Winders, Western News, November 06, 2015

    Jonathan Boulter, English and Writing Studies, has found a place among the first wave of video game culture academic researchers. This month, he released his first book on the subject.

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  • CanLit stars to shine at Words fest

    By James Reaney, London Free Press, October 31, 2015

    The 2015 Words fest brings such CanLit stars as Miriam Toews, Linden MacIntyre, Terry Fallis, Don Gillmor, Russell Smith, Tomson Highway, Michelle Orange, Tanis Rideout, Emil Sher and Allan Stratton and more over three days next weekend.

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  • Building families equitably in Ontario

    By Carolyn McLeod, Toronto Star, October 30, 2015

    The new proposed funding for infertility and adoption in Ontario is clearly inequitable, writes Carolyn McLeod, Dept. of Philosophy at Western.

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  • Q&A with Tom Cull

    By James Reaney, London Free Press, October 30, 2015

    James Reaney interviews Tom Cull, Writing Studies, on this year's Words Fest.

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  • New director building bridges between philosophy, science and community

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, October 22, 2015

    Christopher Smeenk is the new Director of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy, having stepped into the role last month.

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  • Lambier: Words turns the page on misconceptions of region

    By Joshua Lambier, Special to Western News, October 21, 2015

    Words, a London literary and creative arts festival, returns next month for its second year of activities at Museum London. The festival offers a unique opportunity to focus our attention on the creative hubs of London, while experiencing the works of some of our most original and dynamic authors.

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  • French student receives Gold Medal

    By Jason Winders, Western News, October 20, 2015

    Jorge Emilio Rosés Labrada, PhD’15 (French Studies) was awarded the Governor General Academic Gold Medal. Rosés Labrada was a Vanier Scholar in 2012, a Banting Fellow in 2015 and was recently short-listed for the prestigious SSHRC Talent Award. Labrada is well-positioned to continue his vital contributions to the area of endangered languages. He is currently a Banting Fellow at the University of British Columbia. Read more

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  • Vanier celebrates nation’s finest graduate students

    By Western News, October 13, 2015

    Mayme Lefurgey, Women’s Studies & Feminist Research and Transitional Justice & Post-Conflict Reconstruction, was named among four Western PhD candidates to receive the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.

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  • Boundaries stretched in student show

    By Joe Belanger, London Free Press, October 08, 2015

    Works by four artists studying for their master’s degrees at Western University are featured in Second Wind, a show of works by Juanita Lee Garcia, Mina Moosavipour, Simone Sciascetti and Jason Stovall at ArtLab Gallery until Oct. 22.

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  • Ferguson and Halbedl: Film looks to add visibility for trans kids

    Western News, October 06, 2015

    Limina, the latest film by Florian Halbedl, BA’09 (Film Studies, Medical Sciences), left, and Joshua M. Ferguson, BA’09 (Film Studies), centres on an intuitive gender-fluid child named Alessandra.

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  • Class provides a new outlook on the world

    By Jason Winders, Western News, October 01, 2015

    The Rwanda: Culture, Society and Reconstruction course in the Department of French Studies, taught by professor Henri Boyi, involves a five-week international service-learning experience in Rwanda. This course started six years ago.

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  • Film students take top prize

    September 30, 2015

    Film students take Best Short Documentary at Montreal Film Festival

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  • Western students stand atop world in Undergraduate Awards

    By Jason Winders, Western News, September 24, 2015

    26 Western students were named recently among the international winners of The Undergraduate Awards, a worldwide competition recognizing top undergraduate work.

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  • Scholars named among emerging generation of leaders

    By Western News, September 22, 2015

    Bipasha Baruah, Women's Studies, was recently named to The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists which is part of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC).

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  • Western University develops first-ever ethical framework for fMRI research

    By Western Communications, September 17, 2015

    A team of doctors, neuroscientists and philosophers from Western University have developed the first-ever ethical framework for researchers and research ethics committees to design, conduct and review functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) studies for severely brain injured patients being treated in intensive care units

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  • Writers-in-Residence push community’s creativity forward

    By Jason Winders, Western News, September 17, 2015

    Canadian author Tanis Rideout, Western’s current Writer-in-Residence, looks to instill tenacity in the area’s writing community.

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  • Film Celebrates Downtown Gem

    By James Reaney, London Free Press, September 16, 2015

    Bello and producer Constanza Burucua — an associate professor at Western University — are on hand Sept. 29 at the LPL’s Central library for the Ontario premiere of their latest full-length documentary film Villanueva The Devil.

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  • Trio of scholars named to Royal Society of Canada

    September 09, 2015

    With the naming of Western scholars Kathryn Brush, John Leonard and Jesse Zhu, the university now boasts 55 Royal Society of Canada Fellows, starting with Microbiology and Biochemistry professor Robert Murray in 1958.

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  • Are Peter Singer’s ideas too dangerous to hear?

    By Peter Kavanagh, Toronto Star, September 09, 2015

    This week, the 69-year-old Australian philosopher is being celebrated at Western University in London, Ont. In lectures and conversations, the power of his logic, the force of his world view, the startling and sometimes unexpected conclusions to his arguments will be on full display.

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  • Op-Ed: Arts education is important

    By David Bentley, Western Gazette, September 08, 2015

    David Bentley speaks with Western Gazette about the importance of studying the arts and humanities.

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  • ‘Cosplay is not consent’ a welcome reminder at Fan Expo

    By Sarah-Joyce Battersby, Toronto Star, September 07, 2015

    “Cosplay is not consent” notice is part of a growing movement to avert harassment of costumed attendees, say organizers. Susan Knabe, Women's Studies, comments in the Toronto Star article.

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  • London, Ont., was world's 'serial killer capital'

    By Colin Butler, CBC News, August 31, 2015

    English and Writing Studies' Michael Arntfield wrote the book on London's sordid past with serial killers. Find out why he studies cold cases and how this was kept quiet for so long.

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  • Feminist Quarterly Journal Launched

    August 23, 2015

    Western's Samantha Brennan is a current editor of a new online, open access, peer-reviewed journal called Feminist Philosophy Quarterly (FPQ). This initiative is dedicated to promoting feminist philosophical scholarship, and strives to be a platform for philosophical research that engages the problems of our time in the broader world. T

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  • What turned one city in Canada into the 'serial killer capital' of the world?

    By Jared Lindzon, The Guardian, August 19, 2015

    London, Ontario once suffered the highest concentration of serial killers on Earth, and 16 of 29 murder cases were never concluded – but a new book looks to a former detective’s diary entries to offer new theories.

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  • Henri Boyi says moving to Canada transformed him

    By Emanuela Campanella, London Free Press, July 31, 2015

    Western French Studies professor Henri Boyi has been named recipient of the RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award for 2015.

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  • Visual Arts alumni breathe new life into vintage bikes

    By Kieran Delamont, Business London, July 31, 2015

    N+1 Cycle partners Jason Hallows and Dickson Bou are both Visual Arts alumni who specialize in restoring vintage bikes into their former glory.

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  • Student unearths footprint from antiquity

    By Jason Winders, June 30, 2015

    Western Field School student Mel Benard uncovers human footprint left by naughty teenager 2,000 years ago at Roman fort of Vindolanda

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  • Where does your beauty fit in history?

    By Jan Sims, CTV London, June 30, 2015

    A recent study by Javier de la Rosa and Juan Luis Suárez from Western University, published in International Journal for Digital Art History, concludes that the representation of facial beauty has varied over time and that these variations can be measured and tracked throughout the history of painting.

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  • Cultureplex measures beauty in art using 'big data'

    June 29, 2015

    A recent study by Javier de la Rosa and Juan Luis Suárez from Western University, published in International Journal for Digital Art History, concludes that the representation of facial beauty has varied over time and that these variations can be measured and tracked throughout the history of painting.

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  • Boyi honoured for impact on Canada

    By Communications Staff, June 23, 2015

    Western French Studies professor Henri Boyi has been named recipient of the RBC Top 25 Canadian Immigrant Award for 2015.

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  • Skelton: Firing may be severe, but not unreasonable

    By Anthony Skelton, Western News, June 18, 2015

    Philosophy professor Anthony Skelton gets to the core of not only these actions are wrong, but why the punishments by employers fit the actions.

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  • Inside the mind of Murder City

    By Vanessa Brown, London Fuse, June 18, 2015

    English and Writing Studies' Michael Arntfield wrote the book on London's sordid past with serial killers. Find out why he studies cold cases and how this was kept quiet for so long.

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  • Finding a somewhere like nowhere else

    By Adela Talbot, June 04, 2015

    Sofia Herrarte, 24, who came to Western from Guatemala, will receive her Bachelor of Arts on June 15, having completed an Honors Double Major in English Literature and Museum & Curatorial Studies. She will return in the fall to pursue a master’s degree in English. “I can’t say there was one time in a class that I could say, ‘Oh, I wish I was somewhere else,’” she said.

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  • Western Philosophers listed among most cited worldwide

    By Leiter Reports: A Philosophy Blog, May 28, 2015

    Charles Weijer and Stathis Psillos from the Rotman Institute of Philosophy are listed among the top 85 most cited living philosophers with public Google Scholar pages.

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  • Bentley discusses work & Killam Prize on CBC Ideas

    May 19, 2015

    Western University's David Bentley, 2015 Killam Prize winner, discusses his work on CBC Ideas with Paul Kennedy.

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  • Rotman Institute of Philosophy shares BIG IDEAS

    May 07, 2015

    Join members of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy in this special edition of Western News as they offer up their BIG IDEAS on the questions you’ll be facing tomorrow – and beyond..

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  • Tanis Rideout named 2015-16 Writer-in-Residence

    May 06, 2015

    Tanis Rideout, author of Delineation (2005) and Above All Things (2012) is the new Western University Writer-in-Residence for the 2015-16 academic year.

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  • Weijer interviewed on life support ethics

    By Joanne Faryon, inewsource, May 05, 2015

    Charles Weijer, Canada Research Chair in Bioethics and member of Rotman Institute of Philosophy, comments on a California medical case involving an unidentified man who as been on life support for the last 15 years.

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  • Philosophy cracks global Top 50

    April 29, 2015

    Western Philosophy was named among the Top 50 programs in the world, according to the 2015 QS World University Rankings by Subject, released today.

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  • MFA alumnus named to Sobey longlist

    April 17, 2015

    Congratulations to MFA alumnus Brendan Fernandes (2005) who has made the longlist for the Sobey Art Award.

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  • Bentley wins Killam Prize

    April 14, 2015

    Western University's David Bentley – a nationally acclaimed teacher from the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and a leading scholar of Canadian poetry – is a 2015 Killam Prize winner.

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  • USC Teaching Excellence Awards

    April 10, 2015

    French professors Sebastien Ruffo and Mario Longtin, and English and Writing Studies professor Larry Garber were among five named recipients of the 2014-15 University of Western Ontario Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching, an honour co-presented by the USC, The Bank of Nova Scotia and Western’s Alumni Association.

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  • Student takes Korean language prize

    April 10, 2015

    Modern Languages student Sana Nawab received the Grand Prize in the Korean Speech Contest recently held in Toronto.

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  • Mockler to launch new book of poetry

    By Joe Belanger, London Free Press, March 27, 2015

    On April 8, a book launch and signing by London native and Western University professor Kathryn Mockler for her new book of poems, The Purpose Pitch (Mansfield Press), will be held at London Public Library’s Landon Branch. Special guest at the event is renown Canadian poet and scholar Frank Davey.

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  • Research Day

    March 26, 2015

    Photos from our Research Day celebration on March 24, 2015.

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  • Snapshots of experience tapped as winners

    By Jason Winders, Western News, March 19, 2015

    Winners from second annual photo contest from Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures.

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  • Western students bring art to the masses

    London Community News, March 18, 2015

    Open studio event March 20, 2015 in Visual Arts Building.

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  • Second-annual open studio

    By Joe Belanger, London Free Press, March 17, 2015

    Open studio event March 20, 2015 in Visual Arts Building.

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  • Conway named 2015 Faculty Scholar

    By Western News, Jason Winders, March 16, 2015

    Alison Conway, English, has been named one of 12 Western Faculty Scholars this year. The recipients are considered all-around scholars and will hold the title of Faculty Scholar for two years and receive $7,000 each year for scholarly activities.

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  • The Sublime Art of Wasting Your Time

    By Vince Cherniak, The London Yodeller, March 12, 2015

    The Sublime Art of Wasting Your Time: Joel Faflak Talks About the Transformative Power of the Imagination

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  • Walrus Talks on CBC Ontario Morning

    By Wei Chen, CBC Ontario Morning, March 12, 2015

    Shelley Ambrose, BA'83 talks about The Walrus Talks Creativity at Western University

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  • Greene receives excellence in teaching award

    Western News, March 11, 2015

    Elizabeth Greene, Classical Studies, is the recipient of the 2015 Marilyn Robinson Award for Excellence in Teaching.

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  • Creativity 101

    By Joe Belanger, The London Free Press, March 10, 2015

    The problem for many people isn’t that they aren’t creative, but they’ve forgotten or been conditioned not to use it. So says Canadian music star, singer-songwriter and author David Usher, who will be part of an all-star panel Thursday for The Walrus Talks Creativity at Western University’s Mustang Lounge.

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  • Give creativity time and space in your life

    Western News, March 05, 2015

    The Walrus Talks Creativity event hits campus on Thursday, March 12. Western News sat down with one of the speakers, Emma Donoghue, to discuss creativity.

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  • Canadian Art Must-Sees

    Canadian Art, February 27, 2015

    This week's must-sees include stops in London

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  • Course opens eyes to food sourcing, security

    By JULIAN UZIELLI, Western News, February 26, 2015

    Henrik Lagerlund, Philosophy, discusses community connections in Philosophy of Food course

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  • School links students to community – and then the world

    By LILI MONETTE-CREPO, Western News, February 26, 2015

    Joel Faflak discusses how SASAH connects students with the world

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  • Program uses music to bring children together

    By BRENDAN MURPHY, Western News, February 26, 2015

    Spanish program partners with The Aeolian

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  • Why don't people trust science?

    By Tom Spears, Ottawa Citizen, February 24, 2015

    Charles Weijer, Rotman Institute of Philosophy, comments on skepticism and opposition to science

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  • Beneath the Surface: The Archives of Arthur Nestor

    By CBC Ontario Morning, February 23, 2015

    Visual Arts professor Kirsty Robertson is interviewed about the Museum Studies exhibit "Beneath the Surface: The Archives of Arthur Nestor".

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  • Women present, no ‘second fiddle’ in Roman military

    By Adela Talbot, February 05, 2015

    It was a sort of happenstance for Elizabeth Greene. She was working on a project about the role of women in the ancient Roman army when she saw them, hiding...

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  • Canadian researcher discovers Roman history hiding in plain sight

    By Marc Montgomery, CBC Radio, February 02, 2015

    Elizabeth M Greene, assistant professor, Roman Archeology, Department of Classics, Western University, has been studying the role of women in ancient Rome, and it army. While in a museum studying plaster casts of the various scenes depicted on the column, she noticed something that seems obvious, but somehow has somehow escaped “legions” of scholars for so many decades.

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  • French Studies professor takes to the stage

    By Communications Staff, January 22, 2015

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  • Mahon named to Mayor's Honour List

    By Communications Staff, January 01, 2015

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  • Massacre opens eyes to different ways women experience the world

    By Andrew Botterell, Western News, December 11, 2014

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  • 5 Terrifyingly Political Horror Movies

    By Alison Elkin, Bloomberg Politics, October 31, 2014

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  • 25 years after the fall of the Berlin Wall

    Western News, October 30, 2014

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  • Class opens eyes – and minds – to Guatemala

    By Dilani Logan and Madison Price, for Western News, October 23, 2014

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  • First edition of festival getting the Words out

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, October 23, 2014

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  • One class finds meaning half a world away

    By Natalie Abeysena, Rachel Goldstein and Mariana Prado, for Western News, October 02, 2014

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  • Writer in Residence helps others ‘respond creatively to the world’

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, September 25, 2014

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  • Student writer coaxing new students out of comfort zones

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, September 25, 2014

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  • Domina: Ukraine at War: When history becomes personal

    By Natalya Domina, for Western News, September 24, 2014

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  • Writer-in-Residence Inaugural Reading

    September 16, 2014

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  • French Student named Vanier Scholar

    September 11, 2014

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  • Emberley and Davey names to Royal Society of Canada

    By Communications Staff, September 09, 2014

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  • Sexsmith turns to the page for latest tale

    By Adela Talbot, Western News, November 27, 2022

    Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith is part of the lineup for the fourth iteration of Words: London’s Literary and Creative Arts Festival, taking place Nov. 3-5. The festival is an annual event, organized in partnership with The Public Humanities at Western.

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