Week 5

This week, I spoke with ReForest London’s Dean Sheppard about “treecycling”; I learned from Andrew Hrymack, Western’s Dean of Engineering, about how a $3-million donation would be used to improve the engineering program; I heard from London Fringe spokesperson Kathy Navackas about the theatre festival; I spoke with London Food Bank manager Glen Pearson about the Curbside Food Drive; I learned from Ann Pigott, who works in the Arts Program at Parkwood Hospital, about the significance of D-Day; I spoke with Unity Project development associate Amanda Hickey about the issue of homelessness in London; I heard from the London Abused Women’s Centre’s Fabienne Haller about Purple in the Park; and I spoke with Our Street London organizer Ryan Craven about the downtown street festival. Find out more below:

• “ReForest London Wants Your Trees”
• “Western Receives $3M Donation”
• “London Fringe Theatre Festival Begins”
• “Curbside Food Drive Begins”
• “Parkwood Hospital Remembers D-Day”
• “United Way Day of Caring”
• “Purple in the Park”
• “Dundas to Close for Block Party”