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Year: 2016

Further feedback sought on Policy on Sexual Violence

Further feedback sought on Policy on Sexual Violence

Western officials are seeking community feedback on an updated version of the Policy on Sexual Violence as the university continues to fine tune its procedures relating to sexual violence and harassment. In September 2014, Western adopted its first standalone Policy...

Invention takes a new spin on concussion prevention

Invention takes a new spin on concussion prevention

Some of the best ideas come from drinks at a bar with friends. Theo Versteegh’s revolutionary idea to mitigate concussion in sport was no different. Almost five years ago, around the time famed hockey player Sidney Crosby suffered his second career-altering...

Speaker puts segregation in the spotlight

Speaker puts segregation in the spotlight

If campaign promises and early moves hold true, the incoming Trump administration will be a clear step backward on civil rights and desegregation in the United States, according to a Princeton University professor, who will bring his cautionary message to campus...

Accolades show Dr. J still at the top of her game

Accolades show Dr. J still at the top of her game

When Marjorie Johnson first stepped in front of a room full of university students more than two decades ago, she had no idea what she was doing. She didn’t know what pedagogy meant. She was given a textbook, told when and where to show up and to simply “go forth and...

Team looks to rescue, reunite refugees with their history

Team looks to rescue, reunite refugees with their history

With a historically heavy focus on the protagonists of the Salvadoran civil war, the stories of tens of thousands of refugees have fallen by the wayside. But now, thanks to the efforts of Western researchers and their colleagues, that history is being rescued and...

Book cracks case on crime coverage

Book cracks case on crime coverage

When Romayne Smith Fullerton and Chris Richardson first came up with the idea of compiling a collection of essays on crime coverage in Canada, both saw it as an opportunity. Not only could they showcase the challenges that exist in a popular part of the media...

Answering Summit’s call to global action

Answering Summit’s call to global action

Currently, there is a lack of awareness on how to impact the world around us. However, we all have the potential to be aware of our impact. As Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammed Yunus told the One Young World Summit, “We all have creative force within us.” It is easy...

Project turns Focus to mental health

Project turns Focus to mental health

One Western student’s passion for photography is now helping some of the country’s most vulnerable kids capture a crystal-clear snapshot of their own mental health. Gabrielle Foss, a National Scholar pursuing a dual degree in Health Science and Business at Western, is...

Researchers: Time to rebuild trust in decision-making

Researchers: Time to rebuild trust in decision-making

Hundreds upon hundreds of professors, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students from across the country, including dozens at Western, are calling on the federal government to reassess its regulatory decision-making processes concerning environmental assessments. They...

Board takes ‘important step,’ OKs Indigenous plan

Board takes ‘important step,’ OKs Indigenous plan

Today, Candace Brunette is thinking of her great-grandmother who lived on a trap line. She is thinking of her grandmother who didn’t have the right to vote in Canada. She is thinking of her mother who had a Grade 10 education. And, as she looks back on challenges she...

Year in photos: Frank Neufeld

Year in photos: Frank Neufeld

As planning began for the special Shakespeare 400 issue in April, my mind started swarming with images of skulls, swords, Elizabethan Era attire and dramatic lighting. Knowing I was going to be shooting some of Western’s top scholars, I tried to replace this...

Year in photos: Paul Mayne

Year in photos: Paul Mayne

Everything seemed to be going the Mustangs’ way the afternoon of Nov. 12. The sun was shining; the fans were loud; Mustangs running back Alex Taylor had just scored his third rushing touchdown of the day to give the team a 33-19 lead heading into the fourth quarter....

Invention takes a new spin on concussion prevention

Invention takes a new spin on concussion prevention

Some of the best ideas come from drinks at a bar with friends. Theo Versteegh’s revolutionary idea to mitigate concussion in sport was no different. Almost five years ago, around the time famed hockey player Sidney Crosby suffered his second career-altering...

Speaker puts segregation in the spotlight

Speaker puts segregation in the spotlight

If campaign promises and early moves hold true, the incoming Trump administration will be a clear step backward on civil rights and desegregation in the United States, according to a Princeton University professor, who will bring his cautionary message to campus...

Accolades show Dr. J still at the top of her game

Accolades show Dr. J still at the top of her game

When Marjorie Johnson first stepped in front of a room full of university students more than two decades ago, she had no idea what she was doing. She didn’t know what pedagogy meant. She was given a textbook, told when and where to show up and to simply “go forth and...

Team looks to rescue, reunite refugees with their history

Team looks to rescue, reunite refugees with their history

With a historically heavy focus on the protagonists of the Salvadoran civil war, the stories of tens of thousands of refugees have fallen by the wayside. But now, thanks to the efforts of Western researchers and their colleagues, that history is being rescued and...

Book cracks case on crime coverage

Book cracks case on crime coverage

When Romayne Smith Fullerton and Chris Richardson first came up with the idea of compiling a collection of essays on crime coverage in Canada, both saw it as an opportunity. Not only could they showcase the challenges that exist in a popular part of the media...

Answering Summit’s call to global action

Answering Summit’s call to global action

Currently, there is a lack of awareness on how to impact the world around us. However, we all have the potential to be aware of our impact. As Nobel Peace Prize winner Mohammed Yunus told the One Young World Summit, “We all have creative force within us.” It is easy...

Project turns Focus to mental health

Project turns Focus to mental health

One Western student’s passion for photography is now helping some of the country’s most vulnerable kids capture a crystal-clear snapshot of their own mental health. Gabrielle Foss, a National Scholar pursuing a dual degree in Health Science and Business at Western, is...

Researchers: Time to rebuild trust in decision-making

Researchers: Time to rebuild trust in decision-making

Hundreds upon hundreds of professors, postdoctoral fellows and graduate students from across the country, including dozens at Western, are calling on the federal government to reassess its regulatory decision-making processes concerning environmental assessments. They...

Board takes ‘important step,’ OKs Indigenous plan

Board takes ‘important step,’ OKs Indigenous plan

Today, Candace Brunette is thinking of her great-grandmother who lived on a trap line. She is thinking of her grandmother who didn’t have the right to vote in Canada. She is thinking of her mother who had a Grade 10 education. And, as she looks back on challenges she...

Year in photos: Frank Neufeld

Year in photos: Frank Neufeld

As planning began for the special Shakespeare 400 issue in April, my mind started swarming with images of skulls, swords, Elizabethan Era attire and dramatic lighting. Knowing I was going to be shooting some of Western’s top scholars, I tried to replace this...

Year in photos: Paul Mayne

Year in photos: Paul Mayne

Everything seemed to be going the Mustangs’ way the afternoon of Nov. 12. The sun was shining; the fans were loud; Mustangs running back Alex Taylor had just scored his third rushing touchdown of the day to give the team a 33-19 lead heading into the fourth quarter....