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Western Alumni Magazine is published twice a year in the fall and spring by Western Communications in partnership with University Advancement.

ISSN 2817-8327 (Print)
ISSN 2817-8335 (Online)

 

Fonts used: Monument Grotesk & Gravity (Dinamo), Tiempos (Klim), Spot mono (Schick Toikka), Screamer (Florian Karsten)

Masthead Spring 2024

 
Publisher

Althea Blackburn-Evans

Editor-in-chief

Marcia Steyaert

Senior Editor

Paul Fraumeni

Design / Art Direction

Raj Grainger

Website Design

Matthew Warland

Assistant Editors

Amanda Jackman

Siddhartha Sarma

Trista Walker

 
Contributors

Steven Anderson

Jacklyn Atlas

Patchen Barss

Keri Ferguson

Ameena Gupta

Dr. Rebekah Jacques

Melinda Josie

Dr. Tarun Katapally

Christopher Kindratsky

Kurt Kleiner

Crystal Mackay

Alanna McArdle

Kim McCready

Scott Norsworthy

Luke Pauw

Jeff Renaud

Ryan Snook

Megan Stacey

Alice Taylor

Paul Weeks

Nation Wong

Land Acknowledgement

Western University is located on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak and Attawandaron peoples, on lands connected with the London Township and Sombra Treaties of 1796 and the Dish with One Spoon Covenant Wampum.

This land continues to be home to diverse Indigenous Peoples (First Nations, Métis and Inuit) whom we recognize as contemporary stewards of the land and vital contributors of our society. Their distinct rights are an important part of our institutional responsibility to Reconciliation, and they are essential partners as we continue our commitment to increasing Indigenous voices and presence across all levels of community life, work, study and research.

Moss wall detail in the Wampum Learning Lodge at Western. The wall serves as a poignant symbol of the Indigenous worldview that all of creation is connected. Photo by Steven Anderson

Back Cover


Birds are the most visible indicators of biodiversity and environ­mental quality. The timing and patterns of their movements are changing along with the climate.

Christopher Guglielmoo, Biology professor and Director of Western’s Centre for Animals on the Move

From Alarm Call