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Purple and proud, in motion

OWeek turns the first days of term into a shared vocabulary of welcome, play and service.

In photos: Western University's OWeek 2026. Official Western News image.
Campus & cultureIn photos: Western University's OWeek 2026. Official Western News image.Photo: Western News / official source page

The first days of a university year are made from small signals: a route across campus, a new name remembered, a team finding its rhythm. Western's OWeek photographs hold those signals in motion.

For alumni, the images are a reminder that belonging is not an abstract value. It is built through repeated invitations to take part.

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  1. Original reporting · news.westernu.ca
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