Community Partners

SASAH offers its students the broadest context for academic, cultural, and professional development through its participating in a growing network of Community Partners on and off campus. These relationships reflect our mission to make higher education in the Arts and Humanities an enriched cross-cultural experience. They offer valuable mentorship and learning opportunities through collaborations in programming, events, and internships (see Research and Opportunities), among other campus-to-community efforts.

As SASAH continues to grow we welcome the opportunity to work with future partners both close to home and farther afield. For further information, contact the SASAH Director at sasah@uwo.ca.

Student Experience

Western's Careers & Experience unit is the go-to resource for SASAH students for community engaged learning, leadership education programming, internship opportunities, career counselling, and global opportunities.

Western Libraries

Western libraries, in both form and function, are a continuously evolving platform for learning, discovery, research, and community engagement. Western Libraries’ spaces are a dynamic, intellectual and cultural milieu for the campus. In SASAH we welcome the opportunity for our students to participate in and benefit from this ever-evolving library learning environment. The Atrium in Weldon Library is also the major venue for annual Western Performs! concert series, co-organized by SASAH, the Don Wright Faculty of Music, and Western Libraries. For this year’s program, See Concerts

Western International

internationalSASAH encourages its students to participate in international learning experiences of all kinds, including study abroad and language acquisition, as well as internships. Apart from individual courses that offer students enriched international study – French 3140 (Rwanda: Culture, Society, Reconstruction), English 4630G (Reading the City: Representations of New York City in American Literature), CS3010F/G (Study Tour to Greece), The Vindolanda Field School, among others – Western International is the main portal through which students can discover and plan these opportunities. Western International also orchestrates Western’s role as one of the key partners in the Undergraduate Awards (http://www.undergraduateawards.com), the capstone event for which is the UA Global Summit held in Dublin.

McIntosh Gallery

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The McIntosh Gallery sponsors SASAH interns and volunteers, and is a key collaborator in SASAH programming as well as generous host for SASAH public events and lectures. A university-based, public art gallery since 1942, the McIntosh collaborates with artists, curators and academics to develop innovative strategies to interpret and disseminate visual culture. Exhibitions, educational programs and special events provide a platform for engagement with visual art and artists.

The Don Wright Faculty of Music

Along with Western Libraries and SASAH, the Don Wright Faculty of Music is one of three co-organizers of the annual Western Performs! concert series. Our aim is to highlight the incredible talent of Western’s Music students in collaboration with the organizational and cultural talent of SASAH’s students to make beautiful music both on campus and across the broader London community. [See Concerts]

Western Alumni

Apart from funding provided through the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and Western University, SASAH could not exist were it not for the generous support Western Alumni and its donors. We are especially grateful for the continuing support of Western’s Senior Alumni Program, whose Tuesday morning lecture audience are also loyal and enthusiastic attendees at Western Performs! in the Weldon Atrium.

Public Humanities @Western

Founded and run by Western graduate students, The Public Humanities at Western, housed within the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, promotes innovative forms of public scholarship, experiential learning, and community collaboration. By welcoming the volunteer assistance of SASAH undergraduates it provides invaluable opportunities for cross-generational mentorship both within and beyond the academy, and thus offers invaluable experience cultivating and coordinating campus/community dialogue.

Museum London

Along with Public Humanities at Western, SASAH partners with Museum London to host the annual Public Matters lectures series, held in the Museum’s main lecture theatre. Past speakers include Jeff Melanson, Cameron Bailey, Jillian Keiley, and Zita Cobb [See Research/Public Matters]

SATELLiTE Project Space

SATELLiTE Project Space, located beside the DNA Artspace, is a dynamic partnership between four London Ontario, arts institutions: bealarts, Fanshawe College, Museum London, and Western University, specifically SASAH and the Department of Visual Arts. SATELLiTE provides a flexible space for new and temporary projects, collaborations, and experiments in arts and culture. The four groups collaborate in the planning of yearly programming and student involvement, and in the production of exhibitions. SATELLiTE thus provides learning opportunities and mentorship for arts students in London: in education, curatorial work, exhibition and event programming, and arts administration, and invites the larger community to experience and participate in these programs.