While the long-time educator, administrator, coach, and amateur sport advocate was an avid follower of current events and a voracious reader, Marty Deacon, MA’82, BEd’84, didn’t consider herself a politician. Until one day when the prime minister called.
They were pregnant women, traumatized by violence at the hands of an intimate partner. They had trepidations about giving birth and were fearful the layers of harm they’d experienced would weigh down them and their children.
A new online project aims to improve the experiences of young people entering the mental-health care system with an eye toward building better relationships between providers and youth.
He sits with his left leg crossed over his right, stares at the floor, then straight ahead. He leans forward, folds his long arms into each other, his gaze unwavering, defiant.
Western attracts many exceptional leaders and also strongly believes it can ‘cultivate’ leadership skills through the new Excellence in Leadership program. Recently, Western celebrated the learning achievement of 50 leaders in the program.
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