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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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