September 10, 2019

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Alumna finds happiness by degrees on campus, in life

Gillian Mandich is relentlessly upbeat. It’s not that she has led a carefree, stress-free life. It’s just that Mandich, BHSc’07 (Health Promotion), MSc’12 (Rehab Sciences), PhD’19 (Rehab Sciences), works hard at happiness, having trained herself to treat it as a necessary state of life, not a fleeting state of mind.

Monk’s music echoes in award-winning book

Power, intrigue, religion, ambition, politics, and holy forgery. The life of medieval monk Adèmar de Chabannes had it all. While you couldn’t have invented a better storyline than the reality Adèmar experienced 1,000 years ago, his mark on the music world revolutionized how people write, read and perform music.

Alumna’s Lucy inspires kids to get active, try

Lisa Bowes has been brought to tears a few times when visiting classrooms across the country. Don’t worry, however, they are tears of joy as she sees first-hand how her Lucy Tries Sports book series re-ignites a passion for physical activity among kids.

Daley targets data strategy in new role

Vast volumes of data fly through our lives every day. And in the recesses of those diverse streams exist encoded patterns so complex we don’t yet have the capacity to understand what they mean.

Doors open at Western

Doors Open London

The 18th annual Doors Open London weekend is fast approaching on September 14 & 15.

Mustangs Athletics

Mustang Family Football Festival

Faculty and staff are invited to see the undefeated Western Mustangs football team take on the Carleton Ravens at the annual Blackout Game at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14.

Instagram

New Mustangs and their sophs spent their Saturday volunteering with more than 60 local organizations across the city. From planting trees with @ReForestLondon and pulling weeds with @UrbanRootsLondon, to weaving bracelets with @WesternHeadsEast and assembling more than 2,000 harm reduction kits for @hivaidsconnect at @londonlibrary.

Twitter

"It is the responsibility of all of us to take care of the land and water. Speak up when you see someone mistreating them." Meaningful message from the Indigenous Student Association @Western_ISA on the #WesternOWeek main stage, as we start a new school year.

Stories of greed, courage and stupidity

Get an insider’s view of modern corporate culture - as well as a passing reference to a forgotten 1980s comedy starring a future Batman - when Darren Meister, the Thompson Chair in Engineering Leadership and Innovation, takes his turn on Read. Watch. Listen.