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Mushroom hunter: A summer spent searching for rare macrofungi

Mushroom hunter: A summer spent searching for rare macrofungi

Biology graduate student William Van Hemessen is spending his summer hunting in the wilds of southern Ontario, on the lookout for macrofungi. Perhaps the most recognizable form of fungi to humans, macrofungi, such as mushrooms, toadstools and puffballs  …

Western awarded funding for cannabis education

Western awarded funding for cannabis education

The Faculty of Education has received $99,000 from the Public Health Agency of Canada to inform educators about the health and safety risks associated with cannabis use, prevent problematic substance use and promote healthy choices for Canadian youth.

Study: School cliques don’t always click

Study: School cliques don’t always click

Psychology professor Lynne Zarbatany, along with colleagues, are exploring how peer groups of children shape the behaviour and personality of each individual member of the group.

Landscape Services gets charge from new tools

Landscape Services gets charge from new tools

This summer, Landscape Services takes its first foray into battery-powered equipment. Two grass trimmers, a push mower and two leaf blowers have been added to the team’s tool crib.

Putting a region in the context of family history

Putting a region in the context of family history

His latest book – a “family history with a context” – places the lives of the author’s parents, John Hair and Alice Runnalls, at the centre of the narrative that explores the history and culture of Southwestern Ontario.

Starbucks and the impact of implicit bias training

Starbucks and the impact of implicit bias training

More than 1,200 Starbucks in Canada will close this afternoon to provide its staff with implicit bias training, two weeks after all of the coffee company’s outlets in the United States did the same thing.

Determination drives adult learners

Determination drives adult learners

Fourteen learners from a variety of educational institutions and agencies received Adult Learner Awards from the London Council for Adult Education (LCAE) on May 17.

School tackles ‘big job’ of Indigenous health

School tackles ‘big job’ of Indigenous health

Because there’s no time to lose, Vanessa Ambtman-Smith plans to explore an in-hospital medicine lodge on her way to join other scholars at the inaugural Indigenous Mentorship Network Summer School in Sudbury next week. “We have to hit the ground running because there...

Western awarded funding for cannabis education

Western awarded funding for cannabis education

The Faculty of Education has received $99,000 from the Public Health Agency of Canada to inform educators about the health and safety risks associated with cannabis use, prevent problematic substance use and promote healthy choices for Canadian youth.

Study: School cliques don’t always click

Study: School cliques don’t always click

Psychology professor Lynne Zarbatany, along with colleagues, are exploring how peer groups of children shape the behaviour and personality of each individual member of the group.

Landscape Services gets charge from new tools

Landscape Services gets charge from new tools

This summer, Landscape Services takes its first foray into battery-powered equipment. Two grass trimmers, a push mower and two leaf blowers have been added to the team’s tool crib.

Putting a region in the context of family history

Putting a region in the context of family history

His latest book – a “family history with a context” – places the lives of the author’s parents, John Hair and Alice Runnalls, at the centre of the narrative that explores the history and culture of Southwestern Ontario.

Starbucks and the impact of implicit bias training

Starbucks and the impact of implicit bias training

More than 1,200 Starbucks in Canada will close this afternoon to provide its staff with implicit bias training, two weeks after all of the coffee company’s outlets in the United States did the same thing.

Determination drives adult learners

Determination drives adult learners

Fourteen learners from a variety of educational institutions and agencies received Adult Learner Awards from the London Council for Adult Education (LCAE) on May 17.

School tackles ‘big job’ of Indigenous health

School tackles ‘big job’ of Indigenous health

Because there’s no time to lose, Vanessa Ambtman-Smith plans to explore an in-hospital medicine lodge on her way to join other scholars at the inaugural Indigenous Mentorship Network Summer School in Sudbury next week. “We have to hit the ground running because there...