Alice Munro Chair in Creativity
Update: July 12, 2024
We were deeply troubled to learn of Andrea Robin Skinner’s experience of childhood sexual abuse. Ms. Skinner has our unwavering support.
At this time, we are pausing the Chair appointment as we carefully consider Munro’s legacy and her ties to Western.
We understand these revelations of abuse may be distressing. Local and on-campus support is available here.
About the Alice Munro Chair in Creativity
The Alice Munro Chair in Creativity will:
• Lead the creative culture of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, serving as a mentor and a model;
• Participate in graduate and/or undergraduate teaching;
• Focus on the production of creative work, alongside a study of creativity;
• Assume a leadership role between the University and the local creative community;
• Allow the University to enhance and expand the Writer-in-Residence program;
• Provide the University with access to a world of writing and artistic creation beyond Canada, allowing the University to attract international authors and artists as speakers and collaborators;
• Present the annual Alice Munro Lecture on Creativity.
