Byline: Jason Winders

11th August 2023

Against the Dying Light

Death was a relief. Louise knows people have a hard time saying that. But it is the unspoken feeling that hangs in a room when two or more caregivers of Alzheimer's patients gather. We're not wired to admit to others we think that way. But when...

Journal of Olympic History • 6th November 2020

Full-court press: Bill Bradley’s evolution on Olympic reform and its influence on U.S. Congressional debate on the 1980 Olympic Games boycott

No one sounded the alarm louder – or longer – than William ‘Bill’ Bradley. In January 1980, Bradley, a junior U.S. Senator from New Jersey, was a chiseled reminder of the Coubertinian ideal – a towering 6-foot-5-inch exemplar of the balance between...

Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry • 9th October 2020

Agents of Infection

When you deal in the microscopically small, it can be difficult to open people’s eyes to the big picture.

Nine: A Journal of Baseball History and Culture • 19th September 2020

Ahab in the Batter’s Box

Pete Rose, the Montreal Expos, and a 4,000th hit nobody cared to remember

Western News • 5th September 2020

Nobel Prize celebrates canon of Western alumna

When the call came, Alice Munro, LLD’76, was nowhere to be found.

Western News special section • 5th September 2020

Frankenstein 200

Frankenstein and his monster - two centuries later

Western News special section • 5th September 2020

Into the future

40 things you need to know about the next 40 years

Alumni Gazette • 5th September 2020

Could Alan Thicke be TV's favourite dad?

Alan Thicke, BA’67, had no idea what he was doing.

Alumni Gazette • 5th September 2020

Building the perfect beast

Alex Paterson never wanted to control the beast; he simply wanted to keep it fed. And as a member of the Liberal Party’s digital campaign team during the 2015 Federal Election, he saw firsthand what that would take.

Alumni Gazette • 5th September 2020

Heart of a revolutionary

Mariam Hamou knows the numbers by heart. It is the names that haunt her.

Alumni Gazette • 5th September 2020

The advent of ethical robotics

Aimee van Wynsberghe brings a little humanity to cold, cold code.

Alumni Gazette • 5th September 2020

Space oddity: Western names written among the stars

You don’t look up Peter Jedicke’s phone number. You look up for it.

Alumni Gazette • 5th September 2020

She is the Walrus. No, really.

Shelley Ambrose, BA’83 (English), has always busied herself in unusual ways.

Alumni Gazette • 5th September 2020

Leave your butterflies behind

Sonja Salmon, ACS’92, has no interest in your butterflies. As a young Bay Street executive, Salmon traveled the world, living her life out of suitcases. Really, really ugly suitcases.

Alumni Gazette • 4th September 2020

Unchartered course: Jeffery Hutchinson, LLB’94, navigated an unexpected path to Coast Guard

Jeffery Hutchinson never set out to chart a meandering course toward the Canadian Coast Guard. His visions were of operating rooms, not open waters. Yet, following a challenging first year at Western when his pre-Med dreams ended quickly, Hutchinson...

Alumni Gazette • 4th September 2020

On the ground: Rebuilding Canada’s diplomatic presence in Iraq

There were a lot of checked boxes that day. Only one, however, opened the world to Stephanie Duhaime.

Alumni Gazette • 4th September 2020

Search for something meaningful

Christine Elliott embodies volunteer spirit in a political life.

Alumni Gazette • 4th September 2020

Appetite for deconstruction: Michael McCain, HBA’79, LLD’17, rethinking the role of food in our world

Michael McCain has never shied away from the right thing – even when it wasn’t the easiest thing. And now, a decade after his most daunting professional challenge, the Maple Leaf Foods President and CEO is building a company set to become unlike any...

Alumni Gazette • 4th September 2020

Finding her place

Marie Wilson hopes the lasting legacy of her work is a Canada willing to confront its past

Alumni Gazette • 4th September 2020

Cutivating cool: Jared Gutstady changes the industry's tune

You’ve felt Jared Gutstadt’s groove – even though you don’t realize it. His brainchild, Jingle Punks, has provided a backbeat for entertainment across all media platforms for nearly a decade. And today, as company President, Co-founder and Chief...