Tag: Western University
Western University group slams school’s handling of Muslim-LGBTQ furor
A group of “queer” Western University faculty and graduate students is slamming the administration’s decision to remove a social media post celebrating diversity and calling on them to reaffirm support of gay Muslims. “The Western Queer Caucus would like to express our dismay and disappointment over the decision on May 18 to remove the poster […]
Western University group slams school’s handling of Muslim-LGBTQ furor
A group of “queer” Western University faculty and graduate students is slamming the administration’s decision to remove a social media post celebrating diversity and calling on them to reaffirm support of gay Muslims. “The Western Queer Caucus would like to express our dismay and disappointment over the decision on May 18 to remove the poster […]
Alumnus gives $10M for new Western University campus building
Western University is getting a $10 million boost from an alumnus to support its new entrepreneurship and innovation building. The gift from Ron Schmeichel, chairperson of JJR Capital Corp., a Toronto-based private equity firm, will help support the creation of a new building that will house entrepreneurial education and programming for students from every faculty. […]
$10M donation will help future entrepreneurs at Western
The money donated by Canadian entrepreneur and financier Ron Schmeichel will be used to build a new entrepreneurship and innovation building on campus.
Muslim-LGBTQ poster clash ‘starting point of a conversation’: Pride London
The firestorm surrounding a Western University social media post that included two Muslim women wearing the hijab about to kiss presents an opportunity to start a dialogue around the “sensitive matter,” says a local leader with Pride London.