Faculty News

• FIMS Professor Nadine Wathen awarded a new Canada Research Chair

  Nadine Wathen was among nine newly named Western Canada Research Chairs announced, receiving a Tier 1 CRC in Mobilizing Knowledge on Gender-Based Violence. The CRC program invests millions each year to attract and retain accomplished researchers.

• HaakSaan Essay: Realities must be shared - thanks or no thanks

  In a crowded coffee shop in downtown London, I sat with a colleague interviewing a subject for an upcoming story. We hadn't known her for more than 10 minutes, and yet she spoke to us with the comfort and confidence of a long-time friend.

• Fighting Doug Ford's budget cuts to Ontario libraries

  By Samuel Trosow, The Conversation, May 13, 2019: Ontario's Doug Ford government recently tabled a budget imposing substantial cuts to the Southern Ontario Library Service (SOLS) and Ontario Library Service North (OLSN).

• Digging With a Small Shovel: Investigative Reporting in Shrinking Newsrooms

  Presented by award-winning journalist Randy Richmond (The London Free Press). Richmond is a Michener award-recipient and a five-time NNA nominee.