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  • Dr. Preston expresses concern over scaling back of snow removal services Jan 24, 2023

    Dr. Preston expresses concern over scaling back of snow removal services

    Dr. Jeff Preston, Associate Professor of Disability Studies, spoke to CTV London about his concerns over City of London staff recommendations to reverse a policy that exceeds the provincial mandate for sidewalk snow removal. 
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  • Dr. Preston calls for immediate changes to London's paratransit system Jan 12, 2023

    Dr. Preston calls for immediate changes to London's paratransit system

    Dr. Jeff Preston, Associate Professor of Disability Studies, is one of several advocates discussing the issues with London's paratransit system and calling for immediate changes in a CBC article. 
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  • Dr. Cushing leads successful Order of Canada bid for a Sister of St. Joseph Nov 3, 2022

    Dr. Cushing leads successful Order of Canada bid for a Sister of St. Joseph

    Sister Sue Mosteller, SJ, has been named to the Order of Canada (Officer) after being nominated by Dr. Pamela Cushing.
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  • Graduating student with Alzheimer's thankful for support Oct 18, 2022

    Graduating student with Alzheimer's thankful for support

    Ron Robert, who came to King’s in 2018 as part of his strategy to fight the effects of Alzheimer’s disease, will graduate during the Fall Convocation on October 19, 2022.
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  • Dr. Preston's words remembered in Free Press article Oct 12, 2022

    Dr. Preston's words remembered in Free Press article

    The words of Dr. Jeff Preston. Associate Professor and Acting Chair of Disability Studies, in a 2020 CBC interview about the effects of Bill C-7, were recalled in a London Free Press article about the medically assisted death of Sathya Kovac, a woman with ALS.
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  • 2022 King's Alumni Award Recipients Aug 17, 2022

    2022 King's Alumni Award Recipients

    Author and Activist recognized as this year's Alumni Award Recipients.

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  • Dr. Preston speaks to Chatelaine on changing attitudes toward people with disabilities Jul 13, 2022

    Dr. Preston speaks to Chatelaine on changing attitudes toward people with disabilities

    In a Chatelaine article on how medical debts have led some Canadians to consider medical assistance in dying, Dr. Jeff Preston, Assistant Professor of Disability Studies, says that Canada needs "a sea change in attitudes" and to grant people with disabilities the right to the resources they need. 
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  • 2021-2022 Board of Directors' gold medal award winners Jun 24, 2022

    2021-2022 Board of Directors' gold medal award winners

    King's celebrates academic excellence by bestowing the 2021-2022 Board of Directors’ Gold Medal Awards on 13 deserving graduates of the Class of 2022.
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  • Program offers students a day in the life of their dream careers Apr 7, 2022

    Program offers students a day in the life of their dream careers

    The King’s Job Shadow program offers students the opportunity to see what their future career might look like and gain experience to complement the skills they have learned in class.

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  • King's student-athlete receives Jeffrey Reed Courage Award Mar 4, 2022

    King's student-athlete receives Jeffrey Reed Courage Award

    King's congratulates Madison Wilson-Walker, Disability Studies student at King's and a student-athlete on Western's Track and Field team, for being the recipient of the 2022 Jeffrey Reed Courage Award. Western News has published a web story about Madison's achievement.
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  • Faculty mentorship encourages SSHRC scholarships for students Jan 17, 2022

    Faculty mentorship encourages SSHRC scholarships for students

    Eleven alumni of the King’s Class of 2021 have received SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarships.
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  • King's student-athletes honoured as All-Canadians Jan 11, 2022

    King's student-athletes honoured as All-Canadians

    Seven King’s athletes, members of the Western Mustangs football team, were named All-Canadians for 2021.
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  • Dr. Preston discusses media coverage of love for people with disabilities Jan 10, 2022

    Dr. Preston discusses media coverage of love for people with disabilities

    In this CBC article, Dr. Jeff Preston, Assistant Professor of Disability Studies, discusses how the media often views people who have disabilities as being asexual. The article focused on a London man with cerebral palsy who took to social media looking for love.

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  • Presenting King's Top News Stories of 2021 Dec 29, 2021

    Presenting King's Top News Stories of 2021

    The Communications and Media Relations department searched through the News archives to highlight some of the top news items from the past year.

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  • Students present solutions to local health care system navigation Dec 8, 2021

    Students present solutions to local health care system navigation

    At the Fall 2021 CityStudio London Hubbub, students from King’s Disability Studies will present their research into system navigation of health and social care systems in London.

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  • King's set to score in CFL Aug 16, 2021

    King's set to score in CFL

    Three former King’s student-athletes are now starting to make their names in the Canadian Football League.
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  • London Free Press shares John Sherratt's story of returning to King's Aug 3, 2021

    London Free Press shares John Sherratt's story of returning to King's

    The London Free Press has a news story on alumnus John Sherratt '21 and his journey to return to King's over 50 years later to complete his university degree.
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  • New alumnus says nothing should stand in the way of goals Jul 12, 2021

    New alumnus says nothing should stand in the way of goals

    It was an “incredible feeling” as John Sherratt ’21 received his Bachelor of Arts degree this June, over 50 years after originally coming to King’s in 1968.
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  • King's TikTok case study wins 2nd Communications Award Jun 29, 2021

    King's TikTok case study wins 2nd Communications Award

    A communication case study, which launched the King’s TikTok account, has received a Virtuoso Award of Excellence from International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) Virtuoso Awards, London chapter. It previously won a Silver Pinnacle Award from the Canadian Public Relations Society, Hamilton Chapter.

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  • King's celebrates gold medal recipients of the Class of 2021 Jun 17, 2021

    King's celebrates gold medal recipients of the Class of 2021

    King’s celebrates academic excellence by bestowing Gold Medal Awards on 12 deserving graduates of the Class of 2021.
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