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Congratulations to our Award-Winning Students |
We are pleased to announced the recipients of the 2025-2026 SASAH Scholarship Program! First-year Students Andrew Liu Thalia MacLean-Valenzeula Carter Norman Bridget Olds Jasiah Tahrim
Second-year Students Helia Bahasadri Nishtha Bains Jane Obiyan
These students are recognized as SASAH leaders: each was selected based on their community engagement, entrepreneurial endeavors and contributions in the classroom. We look forward to sharing more information about each of them in the near future!
These scholarships are made possible thanks to a generous donation from The John Dobson Foundation, which enables one of Western’s signature Arts & Humanities programs to grow its enrollment and strengthen its defining experiences. Each recipient receives $5,000 per year to offset tuition costs during their studies. They will also receive an additional $5,000 of support as they obtain real-world experience in an internship, or to put towards educational travel opportunities. Keep an eye on our social media for more news about each of these SASAH Leaders! In the meantime, read a profile of the inaugural 2023-2024 recipients of the SASAH Scholarship Program here!
We are also delighted to announce the following scholarship recipients among our SASAH students for the 2025-2026 academic year.
🎖️Celia MacDonald - Department of Classical Studies Scholarship for Honours Specialization Second Year, and the Rogers Family Award In Arts
🎖️Karen Wen - Diana Beattie Exchange Scholarship, the Kathleen V. Pearce Scholarship, and the Rhoda Ann Rinn Scholarship in English Literature
🎖️Jadyn Smith - Earl Arscott Memorial Scholarships
🎖️Levi Macleod - Marguerite Torney Scholarship
🎖️Fiona McAllister - Pauline Brooks and Christopher Armitage Scholarship in English Literature
🎖️Rowen Wells - William Wyatt Scholarship in English Language and Literature Students, we are so proud of all you have achieved, and of this well-deserved recognition. Congratulations! |
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Kristen Case, "Thoreau's Temporal Imagination"Tuesday, November 182PM, UC 2110 and via Zoom |
The SASAH Speakers' Series is pleased to welcome Kristen Case. Kristen will discuss her recently published transcriptions of Henry David Thoreau's late-life natural history charts in her book Henry David Thoreau’s Kalendar - Charts and Observations of Natural Phenomena (Milkweed Editions). The talk will foreground the ways that Thoreau's temporal creativity can help us reimagine our increasingly time-famished lives. If you aren't able to join us in person, then join us via Zoom (link above)! 💫 And a special extra event is on offer! 💫 Kristen will also appear at Little Wren Books (502 Adelaide Street North) on Monday, November 17th at 7PM for a reading and celebration of Thoreau’s Kalendar.
Kristen Case is a poet and scholar. In addition to Henry David Thoreau's Kalendar, she is the author of American Pragmatism and Poetic Practice: Crosscurrents from Emerson to Susan Howe and three books of poetry, most recently, Daphne. She lives in Maine, where she is executive director of The Monson Seminar, a residential program for Pell-eligible and first-generation college students.
Kristen is a guest of Professor Kate Stanley's first-year SASAH class, "Climate Conversations: Finding Common Ground for the 21st Century." |
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Lunch Meet-and-Greet with Michael Tamblyn, CEO of Kobo We're very excited to be hosting Michael Tamblyn of Rakuten Kobo for a student meet-and-greet and lunch on Thursday, November 20 from 10:30 - 12:30PM. This event is open to all SASAH students. Michael combines a passion for books and reading with a deep focus on hardware and software experiences that can make reading lives better. In addition to leading Rakuten Kobo, the global digital bookseller, he is a Senior Executive Officer of Rakuten, the Japanese ecommerce giant. In his spare time, he advises start-ups focused on aging and technology as volunteer Chief Entrepreneur of Age-Well NCE, and is on the board of directors of the Law Commission of Ontario, Ontario’s law reform body. Michael has been a part of Rakuten Kobo’s executive team since its founding in 2009. He holds a Master’s in Business Administration from the University of Western Ontario. This event is an exciting opportunity to speak with a professional from the publishing world who also happens to be a Western alum. Check your email for more details, and RSVP to join us!
If you aren't able to make this lunch chat, note that Michael is also giving a public talk on November 20 from 2-4PM called "From Books to Breakthroughs." This talk is part of the Desjardins Speaker Series. |
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Looking for an internship to count toward your 1.0 credit EL requirement? |
Keep an eye on your email for updates from Dr. Bruce, and check Western Connect regularly for winter and summer internships posted by our partners and other organizations. Upcoming deadlines: Investing in Children, the London Heritage Council, STEAM Education, and Villager Publications: Monday, November 17 at 9:00 a.m. The Walrus (Digital and Marketing internships): Monday, November 24 at 9:00 a.m.
If you are interested in the Grand Theatre Education Internship but didn’t have time to apply, contact Dr. Bruce as soon as possible. Planning ahead? Summer internships are already being posted on Western Connect and other job boards, like LinkedIn and Indeed. Set a weekly reminder to check for new opportunities. You can also develop you own internship—a great way to shape an experience that fits your interests. Not sure where to start? Begin by looking up how to email an organization to inquire about internship possibilities. Questions? |
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Student Life: We All Have To SubmitFeaturing works by Western University + Fanshawe College students LAB 203, TAP Centre for Creativity
December 3, 2025 to December 20, 2025
Opening reception Thursday December 4, 6PM - 9PM |
Student artwork takes on a wide variety of forms, styles, and concepts. Inevitably it is underlined by its context; the turbulent world that surrounds it. In a world that is uncertain and rapidly evolving, what does it mean to be a student? What does it mean to create art in the face of personal turmoil, climate cataclysms, and political upheaval? Through this exhibition, student artists seek to reconcile their creative existence with the demands of a greater world. You are invited to witness how these pieces, though different in origin and conceptualization, are in conversation with each other, academia, and the juxtaposition of stagnancy and chaos on the global stage. Featuring work by Western University and Fanshawe College students, as a mobile project of SATELLiTE Project Space. Curated by Promise Chen, Ellie Smith, Steph Katchabaw, Alana Pielechaty, Maya Allison, Karam Bhuee, and Jasiah Tahrim.
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SASAH student uncovers poison books at Western! |
Karen Wen, a third-year English major in SASAH, identified 19th-century books in Western Libraries containing arsenic-based pigments once used in bookbinding. With support from librarian Deborah Meert-Williston and English and writing studies professor M.J. Kidnie, she explored how to balance the academic and historical value of the books with safety for those who use them. |
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Important Dates
Dec 1, 2025: Last day to withdraw from a Fall 12-week course resulting in a grade of ‘WDN’ (withdrawn, without academic penalty) Dec 9, 2025: Fall term classes end Dec 10, 2025: Study day Dec 11-22: Examination period
Image: Navigation image of the dwarf planet Ceres taken by NASA's Dawn spacecraft. Source: Wikimedia Commons. |
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The School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities (SASAH) offers an enriched undergraduate learning experience that is unique in Canada. Students gain practical experience in many career fields in a range of sectors—including arts and culture, non-profit, for-profit, education, and information technology—and undertake opportunities in the London community and beyond. We are grateful for our community: our students and alumni, our teaching fellows, our valued Advisory Council, our community partners and our supporters.
SASAH acknowledge that Western University is located on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak and Chonnonton Nations, on lands connected with the London Township and Sombra Treaties of 1796 and the Dish with One Spoon Covenant Wampum. With this, we respect the longstanding relationships that Indigenous Nations have to this land, as they are the original caretakers. We acknowledge historical and ongoing injustices that Indigenous Peoples (First Nations, Métis and Inuit) endure in Canada, and we accept responsibility as a public institution to contribute toward revealing and correcting miseducation as well as renewing respectful relationships with Indigenous communities through our teaching, research and community service.
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