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I Sleep 15 Hours a Week. That’s Normal, Right?
By Amber Carroll, 3rd-year SASAH student
Students know that sleep is important for their health and well-being but late nights and all-nighters have become the norm.
Learning From Experience Presentations, Fall 2022
On December 2, 2022, SASAH held its fall-term Learning from Experience event. This is a twice-yearly event in which fourth- and fifth-year students present on their diverse experiential-learning opportunities.
Congratulations and many thanks to our presenters—Shai Butler, Catherine Cassels, Matthew Dawkins, Rachael Jensen, Tiffany Lin, Arianna Odlin, Kristyna Reedon, and Celine Tsang—and special thanks to the students, work supervisors, and friends who came out to support the presenters and learn about and from their inspiring internship and community-engaged experiences.
IMMEDIATE: A multi-media showcase of artists
IMMEDIATE is a multi-media showcase hosted by Museum London to celebrate the achievements of the students in SASAH's fourth-year capstone course.
Join us on Tuesday, November 29th for a night of storytelling, poetry, textile arts, video poems, photo montage, dance and music. Curated and presented by Western’s Alice Munro Chair in Creativity, writer and performer, Ivan Coyote.
Watch the performance here.
SASAH Students Admitted Into Morrissette Entrepreneurship Founders Program
Second-year SASAH students Siobhan Kelly and Kathleena Henricus have each been admitted to the prestigious Founder's Program, which is run by Western's Morrissette Institute for Entrepreneurship.
Morrissette’s Founders Program is a 3-year program that includes mentorship, education, and funding. The total award value for each student is $20,000, which is distributed over three years. Entrance into the Founders Program is awarded to 10 full-time, second-year students at Western or an affiliated college who have a desire to be entrepreneurial in their chosen field, demonstrate high engagement with entrepreneurship activities at Western, and are academic achievers.
Congratulations to Siobhan and Kathleena!
Fall 2022 Scholarship Winners
N'Satung Film Project, October 22, 2022
The documentary film N’Satung is a collaboration, underwritten by Indigenous Initiatives, the Faculty of Arts and Humanities and the School for Advanced Studies (SASAH), that brings together current and former students and faculty members at Western, both Indigenous and non-Indigenous, to make a film that showcases Indigenous Youth and their perspectives on education”.
For more information, click here.
To view the movie, click here.
Celebrating the class of 2022.
SASAH celebrates the graduating class of 2022. In the face of unprecedented challenges, our students proved that they are able not only to stand against adversity, but to thrive despite it. Special congratulations to the Gold Medal winners: Alex Rozenberg (SASAH), Kaitlyn Lonnee (Creative Writing & English Language and Literature), Jamie Scoler (Political Science). Creativity in the Workplace
SASAH Teaching with Humanity Lunchtime Conversations
Decolonizing Pedagogies in Arts & Humanities
Fall 2021 Scholarship Winners
Congratulations to our SASAH students whose great achievements have been recognized with scholarships and awards in Fall 2021. Last year brought new and difficult challenges, and you shone in the face of adversity.
Julia Albert, Reese Berlin Bromstein, Gray Brogden, Matthew Dawkins, Bridget Koza, Joyce Leung, Alex Rozenberg, Celine Tsang, Cole Van der Velden: well done!
SASAH student recognized by Global Undergraduate Awards
SASAH alumna Jade Rozal (class of 2021) was Highly Commended for philosophy by the world's leading undergraduate awards programme.
2nd Year SASAH student to publish novel
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Matthew Dawkins on his upcoming book, 'Until We Break', to be released Winter 2022.
Artists respond to the wind, and the work of Northern Tornadoes Project
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'Written on the Earth' exhibit coordinated by SASAH Director and professor, Patrick Mahon, also includes his own work.
"Innovation Works, Thank you for Everything"
By Julia Campbell
In a recent fit of nostalgia, I attempted to recall the best moments of my last five years: those that stood out as having changed my life irrevocably for the better. Immediately, one moment in particular came to mind: the rainy day in January 2018 that I walked through the front doors of Innovation Works for the first time.
London Neighbourhood Histories: Old East Village’s Artistic Roots Run Deep
By Amelia Eqbal, SASAH alumni
Defined by its historic roots and indomitable spirit, London, ON’s Old East Village exudes a unique and timeless charm. Photo by John Tamblyn.
Congratulations to Sophia Belyk and Sarah Charette who placed in the Highly Commended category at the 2020 Global Undergraduate Awards. To hear about their award winning essays, please click on the links below.
Writer-in-residence coaches others to find their voices
By Courtney Ward-Zbeetnoff
SASAH student Courtney Ward-Zbeetnoff, the 2020-21 Student Writer-in-Residence, had the opportunity to interview Alicia Elliott, the Arts and Humanities Writer-in-Residence about her craft and her hopes for her residency this year. This article was published in the Western News.
Volunteer Spotlight: Azadeh Odlin
From the CCLC Volunteer Newsletter
Second year SASAH student, Azadeh Odlin, has been giving back to the London community since moving here three years ago. She is a volunteer with the Cross Cultural Learning Centre and was recently highlighted in their newsletter.
Education without liberal arts is a threat to humanity, argues UBC president
By Sean Foley, CBC Radio, January 14, 2020
Santa J. Ono says studying the liberal arts made him a better scholar, scientist, teacher and father.
