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emale surgeons and residents from the Western News (ISSNO316- Schulich School of Med- 8654), a publication of West- ern University’s Department of F icine & Dentistry, Lon- Communications and Public don Health Sciences Centre and St. Affairs, is published every Thurs- Joseph’s Health Care London gath- day throughout the school year The Year That Was ered in operating rooms across the and operates under a reduced city to add their voices to a global ral- schedule during December, May, June, July and August. lying cry for female surgeons in 2017. We are certain Igor Sergeyevich Gouzenko had no That year, they chose Charles Lindbergh. At 25, They did so by taking a photo and An award-winning weekly news- idea what he started. he remains the youngest selection to date. sharing it for the world to see. paper and electronic news ser- On April 3, The New Yorker cover vice, Western News serves as In 1945, Gouzenko, a cipher clerk at the Soviet The magazine’s move, however, was not based depicted an illustration of four female the university’s newspaper of Embassy in Ottawa, sparked an international on celebrating an aviation pioneer, but on cover- surgeons peering down below an record. The publication traces its roots to The University of incident when he defected to Canada. The move ing its own backside. In one of the great under- operating light. Since then, female Western Ontario Newsletter, a would have gone unnoticed by history, or at best plays in journalistic history, Time failed to put surgeons around the globe replicated one-page leaflet-style publica- the magazine cover and shared their tion which debuted on Sept. relegated to footnote status, had Gouzenko not Lindbergh on the cover of its magazine the week photos on social media using the 23, 1965. The first issue of the brought along more than 100 documents proving after he became the first person to fly solo across hashtag #ILookLikeASurgeon. The Western News, under found- hope was to shed light on the growing ing editor Alan Johnston, was the existence of a Soviet spy ring in Canada. the Atlantic Ocean. Andre Tardieu, who two years number of women entering this once published on Nov. 16, 1972 The ensuing firestorm, and intense distrust and later would rise to prime minister of France, took replacing the UWO Times and male-dominated profession. Western Times. Today, West- paranoia created by the discovery, helped fuel the cover that day. The photos represented the pride ern News continues to provide the Cold War. As you might guess, that decision Seemingly, every year since, every newspaper these women take in the work that timely news, information and would colour the rest of Gouzenko’s life, much of and magazine has come up with its own version they do for patients in London. a forum for discussion of post- At Schulich, there are currently 35 secondary issues in the campus it spent in hiding under an assumed name until his of the tradition. Part contemplative retrospective, and broader community. female residents of 92 in the Depart- death in 1982. part generating news during the calendar’s slow- ment of Surgery – that makes up But his actions also changed something funda- est period, newsmakers are one of those old-time almost 40 per cent of the cohort. mental about how we cover the news. traditions I cannot help but love. WESTERN NEWS Or, at least, how we review it. Today, we offer you the 8th annual Western WesternNews.ca In 1946, the Canadian Press (CP) named News Newsmakers of the Year – a celebration Westminster Hall, Suite 360 Gouzenko its first Canadian Newsmaker of the of some of the people, places and things that Western University London, ON N6A 3K7 Year. Ever since, media outlets across Canada and shaped the year at this institution. Telephone 519-661-2045 the world have paused each year’s end to reflect Before we start looking ahead to 2018 – we take Fax 519-661-3921 on individuals who shaped the year that was. one last look at 2017. CRYSTAL MACKAY // SPECIAL TO WESTERN NEWS PUBLISHER Helen Connell CP continues the tradition to this day. Last year, Here’s to the year that was. [email protected], the wire service named Gord Downie the winner 519-661-2111 Ext. 85469 after his fight with terminal brain cancer struck a EDITOR chord with Canadians. Pierre Trudeau received the Jason Winders honour eight straight times from 1968-75, and 11 [email protected], 519-661-2111 Ext. 85465 times overall. Justin was so honoured for the first time in 2015. REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER Paul Mayne Although unique to Canada in 1946, the News- [email protected], maker practice wasn’t a new idea for mainstream 519 661-2111 Ext. 85463 media even then. Time magazine had been nam- el Goodale, Director of the Brain and Mind REPORTER/PHOTOGRAPHER ing a Man of the Year (changed to Person of the Institute at Western, and Adela Talbot Year in 1999) since 1927. Tzvi Ganel, Ben-Gurion [email protected], M 519-661-2111 Ext. 85464 University of the Negev, co-authored a study in 2017 that indicates smiling PRODUCTION DESIGNER can make you appear to be one year Frank Neufeld older than if you wear a poker face. [email protected], We associate a smile with happi- 519-661-2111 Ext. 89334 ness, youth and vivacity. It’s an idea EDITORIAL SERVICES the media and cosmetics companies COORDINATOR sell every day, said Goodale. Angie Wiseman Up until this study, researchers [email protected], tested perceptions of expression 519-661-2111 Ext. 81530 and age by presenting participants with photographs of the same face ADVERTISING Chris Amyot, Campus Ad – one smiling, one neutral. This led [email protected], to flawed results. If the participant 519-434-9990 already held the belief a smiling per- son looks younger – a commonly held POSTAL RECOVERY belief – their pre-existing view would $50 Canada, $65 United States, contaminate their age rating of the $85 Other smiling individual. POST OFFICE For their study, Goodale and Ganel Please do not forward. tested perceptions of expressions by Return to Western News, presenting participants with different Western University, London, sets of photographs showing smiling Ontario N6A 3K7 with new and neutral faces. It was deliberately address when possible. arranged to ensure the expressions were worn by different people for each set of participants. No one saw “Our objective is to report the same face smiling and in a neutral events as objectively as possible, expression. without bias or editorial comment. We hope you will read it and contribute to it.” – L.T. Moore, University Relations FRANK NEUFELD // WESTERN NEWS and Information director, Nov. 16, 1972 4 westernnews.ca Western News December 14, 2017 westernnews.ca Western News December 14, 2017 5
or Joy Spear Chief-Mor- evi Hord, a fourth-year ris, track and field was an Sexuality Studies, School escape. The sport was a for Advanced Studies F place to get away from L in Arts & Humanities the world, a place she sensed she and Scholar’s Electives student, was belonged and, most of all, a place named a recipient of the 2018 Rhodes where she chased dreams she never Scholarship, an international post- thought possible. Earlier this year, graduate award for students to study she was honoured for her dedica- at the University of Oxford in London, tion to sport and academics with the U.K. Tom Longboat Award, an honour that Over the course of their under- recognizes Aboriginal athletes for graduate studies at Western, Hord outstanding contributions to sport in has undertaken extensive research on Canada. the use of gender-neutral language in Today, Spear Chief-Morris, BA’17 transgender communities, and how (History, First Nations Studies), is chas- linguistic identity expression varies ing down her biggest dream yet – based on grammatical gender sys- training with the prestigious Santa tems. This project is part of a larger Barbara Track Club, with her sights mission to raise awareness of, and set on the 2020 Summer Olympics in enhance research into, transgender Tokyo, Japan. identities and how they are embod- Still adjusting to being out of school ied and experienced in society. Hord and training with a new team, she is a hopes to play an integral part in break- talented hurdler and winner of eight ing through the social and intellectual Ontario University Athletics medals barriers that remain for those who and seven U Sports national medals. subvert the binary gender system. Hord is Western’s 23rd Rhodes Scholar. The award is widely consid- ered to be one of the world’s most prestigious scholarships.
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nly four Canadian musi- ver the past four years, cals in history have Peninsula Sinking has seen the light of day shed its skin many times. O on Broadway. In 2017, O English PhD candi- producer Michael Rubinoff’s Come date David Huebert first workshopped From Away – a heart-warming tale of the short-story collection in 2013 with kindness and generosity in the face of award-winning writer and University of tragedy – made it five. Toronto professor David Layton. It was Rubinoff, BA’98, LLB’01, who has only after one of its stories, Enigma, been the associate dean of Visual and won the CBC Short Story Prize in 2017 Performing Arts at Sheridan College that the book started to take shape. in Oakville, Ont. since 2011, came up The final product, which came out with the idea for the musical in the in the fall, features eight stories, with aftermath of 9/11, when he was a Enigma being the shortest. Seven young lawyer articling at a Bay Street of the eight are set in Nova Scotia, firm. Huebert’s home. The remaining story At the time of the attacks on the is about a Nova Scotia expat living in Twin Towers, 38 planes were grounded Ottawa. at the airport near Gander, Nfld., with Having taken a brief hiatus from 6,579 passengers on board. Locals working on his dissertation to finish welcomed the passengers into their Peninsula Sinking, Huebert noted his homes to rest, gave them hot meals, academic work and his creative work offered showers and even entertained tend to go hand-in-hand. their guests. One of the stories in Peninsula Sink- Deeply moved by the outpouring of ing is forthcoming in Best Canadian kindness and humanity shown by the Stories. Another is forthcoming in Fid- people of Gander during such a fright- dlehead and yet another in Canadian ening time, Rubinoff felt others would Notes & Queries. respond to the story in a similar way. In November, the Mark Gordon Company said it will produce and finance a feature film adaptation of the show.
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ondon s argest ndependant epair entres ... We ix S artphones ight for ess With our on a pus lo ations ou an ha e our de i e repaired hile hen Christy Bressette, ou are BA’95 (Brescia), BEd’96, in lass PhD’08, first stepped onto Western’s campus * ree Par ing W more than two decades ago, it was o er e el a ross fro 11 5 Western d inside “an isolating experience.” Thankfully, this won’t be the case for an incoming the oo store 519 661 414 oo splus 6 4 9 57 student today. This past year, Bressette partnered with Alan Weedon, Special Advisor to the Provost and former Vice-Provost (Academic Planning, Policy & Faculty), as co-chairs of the university’s task force to implement its new Indigenous Strategic Plan. She is thrilled to play a role in ensuring a welcoming campus community for all Canadian students. “I believe my giftings have helped me bring awareness to these issues and support all Canadians, and that has brought me to this opportunity where I can lend that to help today’s Indigenous students walking a similar path,” she said. “Making it better for them makes all my work so worth- while.”
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he Western Mustangs ended a 23-year Vanier Cup drought with an T exclamation mark this year, knocking off the defending champion and No. 1 nationally ranked Laval Rouge et Or 39-17 in the Cana- dian university football championship game last month in Hamilton. It marked the seventh Vanier Cup for Western and served to avenge the Mustangs’ 2008 loss against Laval in the championship game, also played in Hamilton that year. Other outstanding efforts from stu- dent sport teams included: Men’s Ten- nis – Canadian University Tennis cham- pions; Women’s Softball – Canadian Collegiate Softball Association cham- pions; Men’s Lacrosse – Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association ADELA TALBOT // WESTERN NEWS champions; Women’s Rowing – Cana- dian University Rowing champions; and Cheerleading – PCA National Champions 2017. uan Luis Suárez knows when it comes to the arts, humanities and social sciences, universi- Student athletes representing ties are standing at an impasse. And it will take scholars from these fields to move towards Western’s championship teams are, progress, he said. from left, Jordan Im (Cheerleading), Named Associate Vice-President (Research) in 2017, Suárez stepped into the newly cre- Chris Merchant (Football), Nicole J ated position university officials envisioned providing unprecedented support for scholarship Baranow (Rowing), Cody Ward in the social sciences, arts and humanities. (Lacrosse), Rachael Jacques (Softball) The role presents a lot of possibilities for researchers at Western, noted Suárez, who holds a PhD in and Andre Szilvassy (Tennis). Hispanic Studies from McGill University, a PhD in Philosophy from the Universidad de Salamanca and has a number of other advanced degrees, including an executive MBA. While the portfolio is broad, he wants to see the position act as a bridge across disciplines on campus, supporting researchers on the ‘softer’ side of the academe, while simultaneously presenting them with opportunities to collaborate on larger projects. PAUL MAYNE // WESTERN NEWS 8 westernnews.ca Western News December 14, 2017 westernnews.ca Western News December 14, 2017 9
ohn A. Macdonald. Terry arlier this year, aviators Fox. Frederick Banting. Bob and Steve Dengler, Bryan Adams. The BA’93, were the first J Queen. Their likenesses E father/son team to cir- have all appeared on a Canadian cumnavigate the globe in a helicopter. stamp. The pair, along with seasoned pilot This year, Western alumna and Rob MacDuff, took off from Ottawa Canadian opera singer Adrianne July 1 in honour of Canada 150. They Pieczonka, BMus’85, DMus’12, joined made more than 100 stops in 14 coun- them. tries during their month-long jour- In her 30-year career, Pieczonka ney. has graced leading opera stages in Throughout the journey, which took Europe, North America and Asia. Dengler and his father through the Praised for being “luminous” and Canadian Arctic and remote loca- “radiant” on stage, in 2007 the tions in Greenland, Iceland and Russia, soprano was named an Officer of the they photographed and live streamed Order of Canada, an honour recogniz- what they saw, thanks to a helicop- ing a lifetime of outstanding achieve- ter equipped with broadband Inter- ment, dedication to the community net. They also brought VIP guests on and service to the nation. board for different legs of the journey, Her stamp is one of five Canada including hockey legend Guy Lafleur, Post issued in time for the 2017 opera astronaut Dave Williams and inter- season and is part of a collection that nationally renowned photojournalist celebrates two Canadian-penned Peter Bregg. operas and individuals credited with bringing modern Canadian opera tal- ent to the world stage.
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rik Mandawe, BA’17 amille Intson, a third- (Music), was named by year English and Theatre the London Arts Council and Performance Stud- E as its first Artist in Resi- C ies student, is an accom- dence in 2017. Like the music he cre- plished playwright whose works have ates, he is an ever-shifting landscape. been produced professionally across He studied anthropology in Siberia the country. Winner of a National Play- and Toronto, graduated with a music writing Contest, she is the co-founder degree from Western and is currently and director of ArtLaunch Theatre enrolled in the Schulich School of Company. Medicine & Dentistry, en route to a Already a published poet, ex-harp- career in medicine. ist and Hamilton Music Award-win- Mandawe became an avid and ning singer/songwriter, Intson, 20, was accomplished athlete in volleyball, named the winner of a National Play- basketball, climbing, marathon run- writing Contest in 2017 for a show she ning and ceremonial dancing. At the wrote and developed at the Grand same time, he developed an interest Theatre in London. in art with lessons in classical piano Following the production of her that morphed into classical and fla- first foray into theatre, Inston wrote menco guitar, as well as photography Road, an experimental, “expression- and filmmaking. ist-esque” show featuring four strang- But his art called him and he ers on a train who flow in and out enrolled at Western as a part-time of each other’s consciousness. On student while he also took on a staff a whim, she submitted the piece to role as Indigenous Liaison Admission the Grand Theatre, which annually Coordinator with Western Indigenous invites submissions from professional Services. He graduated this spring as and amateur writers in southwestern a Gold Medalist – the highest grade- Ontario, selecting choice pieces for point-average among students in the professional staging showcases. program – with a four-year Bachelor of Earlier this year, Road was selected Arts in Music (completed in two years). out of 300 plays worldwide to be He hopes to become a surgeon, staged in a professional setting at although he is aware of both the a festival in Vancouver. It also won push and pull that may lead him into the Newmarket National Play Festival becoming a community physician in competition in which 24 Canadian Indigenous communities. plays are performed over a weekend in July. SPECIAL TO WESTERN NEWS ADELA TALBOT // WESTERN NEWS 10 westernnews.ca Western News December 14, 2017 westernnews.ca Western News December 14, 2017 11
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ete McLeod, BA’07 (Economics), cannot remember a time when P he wasn’t flying while growing up in Red Lake, Ont. The 33-year old Londoner is an accomplished bush pilot, had his pilot’s license at 16, pursued aerial aer- obatics at 18 and earned his instructor rating in less than a year. This year, McLeod became the first Canadian to claim an overall podium in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship, taking third place at the season finale in October at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Following successes at the North American Collegiate Championship – all while earning his Economics degree at Western – McLeod com- peted in classical aerobatics interna- tionally, before switching his focus to racing. In 2009, he rewrote history when he became the World Cham- PAUL MAYNE // WESTERN NEWS pionship Series’ youngest pilot at 25 and became its youngest race winner ever at 30. ommissioned by Western’s Canada 150 Committee, Engineering student Ethan Kellough created and designed a one-of-a-kind time capsule to help the university celebrate Canada’s 150th birthday this past year. Soon on permanent display in the D.B. Weldon Library, the capsule will be opened on Canada’s 200th birthday in 2067. C Kellough was given few parametres by the Western’s Canada 150 Committee regarding the design – it had to last 50 years in direct sunlight, have a capacity of 1.2 cubic feet and cost less than $1,867. Beyond that, he was free to do what he wanted with the overall look. While the time capsule has a sleek aluminum finish, Kellough initially made an effort to add a little ‘purple pride’ to the mix, but technology wouldn’t cooperate. Students, staff and faculty participated with personal messages, insights or reflections for future genera- BALAZS GARDI // RED BULL CONTENT POOL // SPECIAL TO WESTERN NEWS tions, to be included in the time capsule. 12 westernnews.ca Western News December 14, 2017 westernnews.ca Western News December 14, 2017 13
or Madalena Kozachuk, atrick Mahon, an accom- it’s all about bringing plished artist and Visual history back into focus. Arts professor, named F And her attempts to do P among the new Fellows so garnered much attention earlier of the Royal Society of Canada earlier this year. this fall, is wrapping up the calen- The Western PhD student is work- dar year preparing to take the helm ing to preserve 19th-Century Cana- of Western’s School for Advanced dian artifacts by analyzing the chemi- Studies in the Arts and Humanities cal elements of daguerreotypes, the (SASAH), a unique-to-Canada pro- first commercially available photo- gram that offers an elite liberal arts graphs, which date back to the early education. 1840s. SASAH offers interdisciplinary study The daguerreotype is a singular options, new language skills, experi- image on a silvered copper plate ential learning, interaction with new which, in contrast to photographic technologies as well as international paper, is not flexible. Though very travel and exchange options – all fragile, the mirror-like surface of the under the same degree umbrella. The plate allowed for accurate, detailed program graduated its first cohort and sharp images. this year. Each image is delicate and unique, The specialized school, within the Kozachuk said, and each requires Faculty of Arts & Humanities, engages individual and specific needs when it students in a broader and more mean- comes to preservation. ingful way that allows them to see the To determine the chemical makeup relevance and impact of larger socio- of the daguerreotype, your everyday cultural issues and how they relate to microscope isn’t going to do the trick. academic study. Enter the Canadian Light Source in Saskatoon, which houses Canada’s only synchrotron-based research facil- ity. A synchrotron is a source of brilliant light that scientists can use to gather information about the structural and chemical properties of materials at the molecular level.
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n internationally recog- nized art historian and influential scholar of A medieval art, Kathryn PAUL MAYNE // WESTERN NEWS Brush’s focus on the histories, theories and practices of art history and visual culture in the 19th and 20th Centu- ries has made her one of the more remarkable and go-to researchers for everything medieval. BALLET, JAZZ, TAP, To say she had a big year would be an understatement. Brush was Nominate an outstanding Western alumnus ACRO, HIP HOP, LYRICAL awarded Western’s Distinguished Uni- versity Professorship, acknowledging Accepting registrations her sustained excellence in scholar- for a prestigious Alumni Award of Merit alumni.uwo.ca/travel ship over her substantial career, and for Preschool, Youth the Hellmuth Prize for Achievement and Adult programs. Educational travel for alumni, in Research, Western’s top research faculty, sta , family and friends. honour. Dance Steps Email [email protected] Brush’s sustained creativity and 275 Colborne St. to receive our mailings. leadership in both the scholarly and 519-645-8515 curatorial realms has significantly enlarged – and revised – the critical dancestepslondon.ca study of art and cultural history in Europe, United States and Canada. Taste our fusion of fresh Now Open at our new Japanese - Korean Cuisine Oxford & Hyde Park in our bold new setting. location! (formerly Gozen on Central & on Queens Ave) Please submit nominations by Friday, January 12, 2018. For more information email [email protected] Dine-In - Take-Out or call 519-661-2111 ext 85871 Fully licensed LLCO Past Winner - Best of London - LPFress PAUL MAYNE // WESTERN NEWS alumni.westernu.ca/connect/awards/merit.html 760 Hyde Park Road (at Oxford) - London - Telephone 519-657-2269 14 westernnews.ca Western News December 14, 2017 westernnews.ca Western News December 14, 2017 15
aculty of Information and Media Studies student Shoaib Rizvi spoke at the F Youth Assembly at the United Nations in New York earlier this year, mprovised explosive after being one of three youth worldwide devices are just as to receive an Outstanding Youth Delegate deadly in warfare as Award. landmines, according When he came to Canada in 2010, Rizvi I to a Western-led study experienced a culture in which women published this year. received support, resources, encourage- At one point in history, a soldier ment and were seen as a driving force in in combat would have been injured the country’s economic success. It was with a bow and arrow. That bow and something he didn’t see much of back arrow eventually became a bullet, home in Pakistan. and in the 1890s, that bullet evolved It was four years ago when Rizvi began MCALISTER SMITH into the ‘dum-dum bullet,’ designed waging an uphill battle against the conven- to expand on impact and inflict tional patriarchy in Pakistan by initiating his severe injury. Because of its potential ‘I Am an Entrepreneur’ campaign, which to gravely wound combatants, The provides microloans and mentorship train- Hague Convention of 1899 prohibited ing to skilled women who have the passion the use of the dum-dum bullet in inter- and drive to start their own ventures, but national warfare. lack the necessary resources. A century later, landmines, designed Rizvi has been a speaker at several high- to maim and injure, rather than kill, level conferences on sustainable develop- were deemed indiscriminate weapons ment including the Winter and the Summer with potential to inflict serious injury. Youth Assembly at the United Nations, the After a high-profile campaign waged World’s Challenge Challenge at Western by a coalition of non-governmental and was the youngest person to address organizations, 162 countries signed the Undergraduate Awards Global Summit the 1997 Ottawa Treaty pledging to in Dublin, Ireland. This past summer, Rizvi stop their production and use. was an intern at the United Nations World Today, a far more dangerous Tourism Organization and was also selected weapon in use on the battlefield – the from a worldwide cohort of over 10,000 improvised explosive device or IED – applicants to participate in UNLEASH Inno- needs to join the ranks of prohibited vation Lab 2017, a nine-day social innova- weapons, according to an interna- tion lab in Copenhagen, Denmark. tional research team led by Schul- PAUL MAYNE // WESTERN NEWS ich School of Medicine & Dentistry Surgery professors Shane Smith and Vivian McAlister. The group’s study of the weapon and its impact – Injury profile suffered by targets of antiper- sonnel improvised explosive devices: prospective cohort study – was pub- lished in September in the journal BMJ Open. IEDs have replaced landmines in modern warfare. While they are often portrayed as primitive and crude anice Forsyth is the weapons, they have evolved and are new Director of the sophisticated, directed and destruc- First Nations Studies tive, according to researchers. J program in the Faculty of Social Science. As the program undergoes review and looks toward CPL. TIMOTHY SOLANO // SPECIAL TO WESTERN NEWS attaining department status, Forsyth is excited by the momentum and institu- tional support generated by Western’s Indigenous Strategic Plan. She stepped into the role of FNS director from a position in the Faculty of Health Sciences, which she joined in January 2010, as Director of the Inter- Welcome to your London Home national Centre for Olympic Studies. the convenience of Apartment Living! Forsyth’s research focus is the his- • CLASSIFIED tory of Indigenous physical culture and Blossom Gate offers you varied fl oorplans in either our existing lowrise and highrise how it can be used to understand the Hyde Park Computers buildings OR one of our newer highrise buildings - rent varies accordingly. history of Indigenous-settler relations in Canada. She is currently working Virus removals, general cleanups, screen replacements, we have Win- lounge, indoor bicycle storage, keyless entry • Coin-less laundry facilities • Direct bus to downtown & Western Campus on a Social Sciences and Humanities • 2 appliances • Free outdoor parking • On-site variety store dows7 laptops for sale, service to tablets, • Individual heating & cooling system • On-site management offi ce • 1/2 block to shopping centre Research Council-funded project on desktops, laptops. 1890 Hyde Park Road, physical culture in the Indian Residen- London, ON N6H 5J9, 519-641-0248. tial School system.
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hristine Stapleton, a proven leader in athlet- ics at both the university C and national sport level, was named Western’s new Director (Sport and Recreation Services) in 2017. Stapleton came to Western with more than 30 years of experience in university sports, serving as an admin- istrator, coach and competing as a student-athlete. Since the fall of 2015, Stapleton was the Director of Athletics at the Univer- sity of Calgary, leading all elements of strategic planning and program development, as well as the day-to- day operations. Prior to this, Stapleton served as Associate Director – Athlet- ics, at the University of Waterloo. Prior to moving into an administra- tive role, Stapleton had a success- ful run as coach of the University of Regina’s women’s basketball program from 1993-2002, winning three confer- ence coach of the year awards, CIAU Coach of the Year in 1996 and 3M Canadian High Performance Coach of the Year in 2001.
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