Vicki Schwean is comfortable outside the box and more than comfortable with change - two qualities the Faculty of Education Dean sees as integral to leadership, particularly in uncertain times. They are also two qualities she has needed to rely on since being appointed in 2011.
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May 3, 2019

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Education evolution moves faculty to new levels

Vicki Schwean is comfortable outside the box and more than comfortable with change - two qualities the Faculty of Education Dean sees as integral to leadership, particularly in uncertain times. They are also two qualities she has needed to rely on since being appointed in 2011.

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cushing

Cushing: Program casts differences in different light

Her turning point came about by studying the philosophy and works of Jean Vanier and the L’Arche communities he founded.

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McCrae

McCrae holds ‘special significance’ for McAlister

For most Canadians, John McCrae is primarily a poet, the medical officer who wrote 'In Flanders Fields' following the death of a friend and fellow soldier at the Second Battle of Ypres in May 1915.

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smoke

Hall celebrates Smoke for lifetime in song

Mary Lou Smoke was surprised enough to learn she was being inducted into the Forest City London Music Hall of Fame. But she never could have imagined the text she received on her way to accept her Lifetime Achievement Award.

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Canada

Ensemble crosses uniquely Canadian landscape

On the home stretch of a cross-Canada tour, Western’s Ensemble-in-Residence is learning as much as they are sharing about this country.

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Working at Western

Faculty of Engineering

Summer camp

During the summer months, Western Engineering offers a variety of camps, programs and events for students in grades K through 12. Offerings range from programs that develop personal leadership qualities to an exciting summer camp for youths with a special interest in science, technology, engineering, coding and mathematics.

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Emergency Preparedness Week

May 5-11

The week is an annual event used to encourage Canadians to take concrete actions to be better prepared during an emergency. Western will run a test of its emergency mass notification system Alert WesternU on Wednesday, May 8 at 12:30 p.m. No action is needed; it is only a test.

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Events

heads

'Heads' curated by Sky Glabush May 3 - June 16. Opening reception: Friday, May 3, 7:00-9:00p.m. Curator-led tour: Thursday, May 9 at 12:00p.m.

Commentary

bees

Urban beekeepers can help save wild bees

With reports of declining insect populations worldwide, or what George Monbiot calls an “insectageddon,” there is growing concern about the health of pollinators. This in turn has led to increasing interest in urban beekeeping, pollinator gardening and urban bee advocacy.

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Endnotes

RWL

Taking ‘Dead’ aim at his favourites

Find out how to survive a zombie apocalypse, while having a few laughs along the way, when Jonathan F. Vance, a Distinguished University Professor in the Department of History, takes a turn on Read. Watch. Listen.

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