A world through words

By Amanda Jackman
October 2022

Catherine Ross’ closest friends can easily picture her curled up in her most comfortable jeans and a cozy sweater reading in dim light. It’s an easy image to conjure simply because she did it so often. An avid reader and award-winning author, Catherine had a passion for literature. Her motto was ‘just read’. It didn’t matter what. Just read.

The spirited Western professor was well loved by her family, students and faculty and her death was a tremendous loss for FIMS and the Western community. It was no secret how much Catherine appreciated Western (her alma mater) and her role there. She loved being a teacher, a Dean, and one of the faculty’s first founders (continue reading).