RAs, dons filing for unionization

Liam J. Afonso, Martin Allen | Jan 31, 2019

Residence staff filed for unionization with the provincial government on Wednesday, spurring a decisive vote amongst members next week.

A press release from the Residence Staff for Unionization Organizing Committee states that over half of Western University’s 144 residence advisors, dons, community leaders and academic leadership programmers backed the move…

Phishing for students: Western’s battle with email scammers

Liam J. Afonso | Sept 11, 2018

Sierra Silva scrolls through her Western email account. As usual, the fourth-year media, information and technoculture student's inbox is flooded; emails telling her to apply for this internship and attend that lifechanging conference and sign up for intramurals because the deadline is fast approaching…

Classes, marking, buses at risk in strike

Liam J. Afonso | Nov 6, 2018

With a strike possibly approaching, Western and their faculty are determining what academic services will be available to students should a strike occur.

The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association and representatives of their employer, Western University, are negotiating their “strike protocol” as part of labour negotiations that began in June…