Learn the basics of writing fiction and tap into your imagination to create your own original piece through focused writing activities.

DATE: Friday, October 23 at 10 AM

SUGGESTED GRADE LEVEL: 9-12

PRESENTED BY: Professor Aaron Schneider

DURATION: 120 minutes

CAPACITY: 25 students

BOOKING DEADLINE: 3 weeks out

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This interactive lecture explores the story-telling devices and politics of the award-winning musical, Hamilton. We will explore in detail Miranda’s novel take on American history and the narrative conventions he uses to tell his story.

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SUGGESTED GRADE LEVEL: 9-12

PRESENTED BY: Professor MJ Kidnie, English and Writing Studies

DURATION: 90 minutes

CAPACITY: 25-80 students

BOOKING DEADLINE: 3 weeks out

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This interactive lecture is offered through Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies and highlights the interdisciplinary focus of the Major in Black Studies. Drawing on Black Studies approaches to history, the session examines how narratives of slavery and African American contributions to the American Revolution have been represented, obscured, or contested in public history. Students are introduced to how historical knowledge is shaped by power, policy, and perspective, and how recovering these histories is central to Black Studies. The session engages students in thinking critically about whose stories are told, how they are told, and why that matters.

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SUGGESTED GRADE LEVEL: 9-12

PRESENTED BY: Professor Laurel Shire

DURATION: 45-60 minutes

CAPACITY: TBD

BOOKING DEADLINE: 3 weeks out

OTHER INFO: The session engages students in thinking critically about whose stories are told, how they are told, and why that matters.

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SUGGESTED GRADE LEVEL: 9-12

PRESENTED BY: Languages & Cultures and Linguistics Professors

DURATION: 45-60 minutes

CAPACITY: TBD

BOOKING DEADLINE: 3 weeks out

DATE: December 10, 2026

SUGGESTED GRADE LEVEL: 9-12

PRESENTED BY: Professor Nadine De Moras, Linguistics

DURATION: TBD

CAPACITY: TBD

BOOKING DEADLINE: 3 weeks out

OTHER INFO: By the end of the session, students will have a clearer understanding of what linguistics is and what its major branches study. They will see how linguistic principles shape the way we speak and think, often without our realizing it, and how linguistics is used in fields such as speech-language pathology, psychology, computer science, and cultural studies.

This dynamic workshop introduces students to applied linguistics by exploring how people learn, use, and teach languages. Participants will examine how we acquire our first language, why learning a second language can be both challenging and rewarding, and what effective language teaching involves. The session blends short explanations with hands-on activities that demonstrate how language behavior is often predictable. For example, to show how memory and language retrieval work, students will take part in activities where their responses can be anticipated based on research. We will also look at how errors in both first and second languages follow identifiable patterns, grounded in theories of language acquisition.Students will explore how personality influences language learning through simple experiments, and they will be introduced to practical learning strategies they can use and apply both inside and outside the classroom to improve their own study and memorization techniques.

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SUGGESTED GRADE LEVEL: 11-12

PRESENTED BY: Professor Nadine De Moras, Linguistics

DURATION: 45-60 minutes

CAPACITY: TBD

BOOKING DEADLINE: 3 weeks out

OTHER INFO: By the end of the workshop, participants will have a deeper understanding of how humans learn languages and what makes language teaching effective.

Join the Philosophy Department at Western for World Philosophy Day! Students will have the opportunity to join multiple mini-lecures with professors.

DATE: November 19 to conicide with annual World Philosophy Day

SUGGESTED GRADE LEVEL: 9-12

PRESENTED BY: Philosophy Professors

DURATION: Full-Day

CAPACITY: Multi-school event

BOOKING DEADLINE: 6 weeks out

Have you ever wanted to discuss issues that matter in a way that appreciates nuance and complexity? The Ethics Bowl is a space where discussion is used to untangle the nuanced topics. At the Ethics Bowl event, the goal is to share ideas, collaborate, and learn from disagreement. Each February, Western's Philosophy Department hosts the regional London Ethics Bowl where students compete in teams. The top team from the London Bowl will receive automatic entrance to the Ontario Championships hosted at the University of Toronto, Mississauga. Registration via Ethics Bowl Canda is required to participate. Registration opens early September and closes in early October. 

DATE: Early February 2027 TBD

SUGGESTED GRADE LEVEL: 9-12

PRESENTED BY: Philosophy Professors

DURATION: Full-Day

CAPACITY: Registration required

BOOKING DEADLINE: Registration opens early September and closes in early October. 

OTHER INFO: https://www.ethicsbowl.ca/getting-started

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SUGGESTED GRADE LEVEL: 9-12

PRESENTED BY:  Natalie Scola (PhD Candidate)

DURATION: 40-60 minutes

CAPACITY: 25-30 students

BOOKING DEADLINE: 3 weeks out

OTHER INFO:  By the end of this workshop, students will be able to: 1. Practise visual literacy by analysing and interpreting formal elements to create meaning without prior context 2. Discuss the interdisciplinary nature of art history, including connections to history, politics, culture, and science. 3. Reflect on contemporary visual culture by identifying how present-day images and objects might be understood by future historians.