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Western introduces creative writing major

A key component of the module is building soft skills such as empathy, active listening, and evaluative judgment - qualities Michael Fox, Director of Writing Studies, believes make people more empathetic, better listeners, more well-rounded individuals, and able to make meaningful contributions in any field.

Writing Studies professor Aaron Schneider named to CBC Short Story Prize long list for "On a Tuesday in November"

Erica McKeen (BA'19, MA'20) longlisted for the Carol Shields Prize for Fiction

Karen Wen, second-year English Language and Literature student in the School for Advanced Studies in the Arts & Humanities, among five undergraduate students awarded Western Libraries Undergraduate Research Awards (WLURAs)

LISTEN as Professors Madeline Bassnett and Laurie Johnson discuss England’s Little Ice Age and the Weather Extremes in the Little Ice Age database on the Not Just the Tudors podcast

Arts and humanities professors, Joshua Schuster and Kirsty Robertson, unravel the role that art and literature play in spurring action on climate change

Writing courses and new young adult fiction prize at Western nurture creativity