Tag: community

  • ChicksCLIC will return in fall

    ChicksCLIC will return in fall

    Jennifer Choy has found more free time opening up in her agenda this year even with a heavier class schedule. This is Choy’s second year as a member of the ChicksCLIC program at Western University, except this year things with ChicksCLIC are very different. This year, the club is not operating. ChicksCLIC is an on-campus…

  • Old churches and new realities

    Old churches and new realities

    On the corner of Hyatt Avenue and Hamilton Road sits the 108-year-old Hyatt Avenue United Church. But the fading front sign and black metal fence erected across the entrance signal that the church has closed. It is a church only in form, not in function. Two blocks west of Hyatt Avenue, at Adelaide and Little…

  • HIV-AIDS not part of the conversation, recent study shows

    HIV-AIDS not part of the conversation, recent study shows

    Canada is a multicultural country, but Canadian health care may not be reflecting multicultural values. A recent study done at Western University found that people within the African, Caribbean, and black population—termed the ACB community—face unique social barriers that hinder access to health care and contribute to increased vulnerability to such diseases as HIV-AIDS. “We…

  • Druidry alive and well in London

    Druidry alive and well in London

    As the night falls and the snow swirls in a suburban London backyard, the Druids are gathering for their ritual. They form a circle around the fire pit. “Gatekeeper, accept my sacrifice. Open the gates, part the mists and show us the way,” intones chief liturgist Kevin Silverstag. “May the well open as a gate.…