Citizenship, community & what it means to come together and belong. This year’s event brings some of Canada’s most inspiring minds to share thought-provoking ideas exploring belonging. Join us at the London Music Hall or stream the event live from anywhere in the world.

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Walrus Talks Belonging; October 17, 2017

The Walrus Talks Belonging

Citizenship, community & what it means to come together and belong. This year’s event brings some of Canada’s most inspiring minds to share thought-provoking ideas exploring belonging. Join us at the London Music Hall or stream the event live from anywhere in the world.

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Avery Lafortune

Along for her ‘exciting ride’

This past summer, Avery Lafortune, a recent School for Advanced Studies in Arts & Humanities graduate joined the Vindolanda Field School for a six-week, immersive, hands-on Roman archaeological dig in England.

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Bob Boyda at SASAH event

Cultivating curious minds

For Bob Boyda, BA’79, a curious mind plus a liberal arts degree — where he studied everything from actuarial science to Chaucer to statistics — proved to be a springboard to a successful career.

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Words Literary Festival

Words Literary Festival

Join for a festival celebrating all things wordy: books, poetry, song, children's literature, writing for the screen and stage, new media, spoken word performances and much more.

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Aaron Barth

Training the Mind

Alumnus Aaron Barth (MA'04, PhD '09, Philosophy) solves business problems by combining brain science and the creative arts.

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What's Your Western Story

Spotlight: 2017-18 Student-Alumni Interview Project

What are your fondest memories of your undergraduate career at Western? Time spent with friends? Clubs and extracurricular activities? Would you be willing to share your story with our students?

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Upcoming Events

Visual Arts 50 years

September 5-29 Past Forward Visual Arts 50th Anniversary Exhibition | Artlab Gallery

September 28 The Gardener and the Carpenter: Rotman Lecture by Dr. Alison Gopnik

October 4 Western Performs! Concert Series: LMSF Winners

October 4 Neglected Voices: Non-Canonical Philosophers through History

October 5 Art Now! Speakers' Series: Kate Graham and Terry Rice

October 17 The Walrus Talks Belonging

October 20-22 Western Homecoming

October 26-29 Forest City Film Festival

November 3-5 Words Literary & Creative Arts Festival

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All gifts to Arts & Humanities stay in our Faculty, helping students reach their academic goals and aiding faculty in the pursuit of new knowledge.

For more information about the Faculty's philanthropic priorities, please contact:
Heather Thomas
Executive Director, Development
Phone: 519-933-5439 x88811

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