Western University President: Establishing a Positive Relationship between Western and the Community Alan Shepard arrived at Western in July 2019 as the 11th President and Vice – Chancellor. Previously he served the same role at Concordia University in Montreal. He has a doctorate degree in English and is the author or editor of three [...]
Iconic Fashion Journalist: Forging her Own Path Jeanne Beker is one of the most influential women in the fashion industry in Canada and around the world. She was the founding member of Much Music and co-hosted the series, The New Music on City TV for six years. In 1985, she launched the legendary Fashion [...]
Brittany Murphy is a born and raised Londoner who works as the Criminal Justice Peer Mentor at the Youth Justice Centre located within Youth Opportunities Unlimited (YOU), a youth-serving non-profit organization. Brittany brings with her invaluable lived experience as a former Crown Ward of the Children’s Aid Society of London-Middlesex, as well as a [...]
My Journey Through Life and the Law Beverley’s judicial career began in April 1981 when she was appointed to the Vancouver County Court. In September 1981, she was appointed to the Supreme Court of British Columbia. She was elevated to the British Columbia Court of Appeal in December 1985, and was appointed Chief Justice [...]
The Women’s Canadian Club, London first established our yearly Emerging Leaders Award for Grade 10 and 11 students in 2015. We are pleased to offer this award to four students whose activities demonstrate leadership in both school and community. The students are chosen by the Civic section of the Student Services Dept. of their [...]
AL DAY - Executive Director of the N’Amerind Friendship Centre - Indigenous Relationship with the Crown/Canada Al is of the Anowal (Turtle) Clan and his On^yota a:ka (Oneida) name is Lutahawit. Currently, he sits as Shonuhses, one of nine traditional Chiefs of the On^yota a:ka Lotiyaneshu (Oneida Nation Council of Chiefs). He has been [...]
Onion Skins and Peach Fuzz: Memories of Ontario Farmerettes Shirleyan English grew up in Northern Ontario where her father worked for the Ontario Northland Railway. She attended high school in North Bay and while there, volunteered for the government-run Farmerette program when she was 16 years old, spending a memorable summer working on a [...]
Music for the Most Wonderful Time of Year SOPHISTICATED LADIES is a talented trio of Female Musicians from London entertaining with the classics in music, including many songs from The American Song Book. They also offer soft jazz for Easy Listening. They have performed at Michael’s on the Thames, Olive R Twist, many of [...]
Maryam Al-SABAWI is a grade 11 student at St Andre Besette Catholic school. She was a friend of Yumnah’s. (Yumnah Afzaal) She is a founder of YCCI - the youth coalition combatting Islamophobia. Maryam and her friends have been busy organizing many different events and projects that are meant to honour their friend Yumnah [...]
Sharing her Knowledge and Love of Weather Julie Atchison is the Meteorologist on CTV London News at 6 p.m. and CTV London News at 11 p.m. Since her career in journalism began, Julie has covered news, entertainment, sports and weather. Originally from Peterborough, Julie graduated from Broadcast Journalism at Fanshawe College, and she has [...]