A pan-Canadian partnership which includes a Western Law professor and students, and which has been helping victims of international human rights violations, has been honoured with the 2022 Partnership Award by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Co …
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Four scholars named among nation’s elite
Four Western researchers have been named Canada Research Chairs (CRC), a program which recognizes the country’s best scholars across disciplines. Two additional researchers also had their existing Chairs renewed for an additional five years, while another saw a...
Pair named to Royal Society of Canada
Two Western scholars have been named among the new Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). They have been elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic achievement. Election to the academies of the Royal Society of...
CFI backs hope for Huntington’s patients
Working with a yeast model of Huntington’s, Patrick Lajoie is uncovering some of the mystery associated with Huntington’s disease. His work was one of four Western projects sharing in nearly $1 million in CFI funding.
Four Western projects earn CFI backing
From delving into the modeling neurodegenerative diseases to looking into digital philosophy, four Western researchers will share in nearly $1 million in funding through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund.
New book revives classic Canadian hitmakers
Best-selling Canadian authors Mark Kearney and Randy Ray are celebrating Canada’s sesquicentennial with a new book looking back at Canadian musicians who chased stardom in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
Western assists Vindolanda in revealing its past
Classical Studies students and researchers from Western were part of an international team that recently discovered a cache of 25 Roman letters at Vindolanda, a first century Roman fort located one mile south of Hadrian’s Wall in Northern England.
Written word bridges gap in understanding
In September, fourth-year Arts & Humanities student Sydney Brooman begins her term as the 2017 Student Writer-in-Residence, a unique to North America position developed by the University Students’ Council and Department of English and Writing Studies.
Honouring a quarter century of service
Western honoured its long-serving employees (both full and part-time) at recent celebrations for faculty and staff who have been working at the university for 25 years or more. While spending a quarter of a century at a single institution might seem like an anomaly...
Renos to reveal long-hidden beauty of University College
The $34-million overhaul of University College started from the inside out. As of next month, with a lull in traffic on campus, the exterior changes to the iconic Western building will start to take shape.
The problem with framing as ‘non-STEM’
I read with interest two recent Western News articles about Juan-Luis Suárez’s new role as Associate Vice-President (Research) for arts, humanities and social sciences (“Suárez tapped to lead non-STEM efforts,” May 2 and “Suárez: Time of retreat is over for...
Hill: Stories guide us, console us, show us the way
In celebration of his accomplished career as a novelist, essayist and memoirist, as well as his passion for social justice, Lawrence Hill was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters (DLITT), honoris causa, at the Monday morning session of Western’s 309th Convocation.
Grad lands where she is ‘supposed to be’
Haley Everitt, BA’17 Age: 23 Faculty: Arts & Humanities (School for Advanced Studies in the Arts & Humanities) Specialization: Creative Writing & English Language & Literature Haley Everitt might know Western’s campus better than anyone. A campus tour...
Four scholars named among nation’s elite
Four Western researchers have been named Canada Research Chairs (CRC), a program which recognizes the country’s best scholars across disciplines. Two additional researchers also had their existing Chairs renewed for an additional five years, while another saw a...
Pair named to Royal Society of Canada
Two Western scholars have been named among the new Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). They have been elected by their peers in recognition of outstanding scholarly, scientific and artistic achievement. Election to the academies of the Royal Society of...
CFI backs hope for Huntington’s patients
Working with a yeast model of Huntington’s, Patrick Lajoie is uncovering some of the mystery associated with Huntington’s disease. His work was one of four Western projects sharing in nearly $1 million in CFI funding.
Four Western projects earn CFI backing
From delving into the modeling neurodegenerative diseases to looking into digital philosophy, four Western researchers will share in nearly $1 million in funding through the Canada Foundation for Innovation’s John R. Evans Leaders Fund.
New book revives classic Canadian hitmakers
Best-selling Canadian authors Mark Kearney and Randy Ray are celebrating Canada’s sesquicentennial with a new book looking back at Canadian musicians who chased stardom in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
Western assists Vindolanda in revealing its past
Classical Studies students and researchers from Western were part of an international team that recently discovered a cache of 25 Roman letters at Vindolanda, a first century Roman fort located one mile south of Hadrian’s Wall in Northern England.
Written word bridges gap in understanding
In September, fourth-year Arts & Humanities student Sydney Brooman begins her term as the 2017 Student Writer-in-Residence, a unique to North America position developed by the University Students’ Council and Department of English and Writing Studies.
Honouring a quarter century of service
Western honoured its long-serving employees (both full and part-time) at recent celebrations for faculty and staff who have been working at the university for 25 years or more. While spending a quarter of a century at a single institution might seem like an anomaly...
Renos to reveal long-hidden beauty of University College
The $34-million overhaul of University College started from the inside out. As of next month, with a lull in traffic on campus, the exterior changes to the iconic Western building will start to take shape.
The problem with framing as ‘non-STEM’
I read with interest two recent Western News articles about Juan-Luis Suárez’s new role as Associate Vice-President (Research) for arts, humanities and social sciences (“Suárez tapped to lead non-STEM efforts,” May 2 and “Suárez: Time of retreat is over for...
Hill: Stories guide us, console us, show us the way
In celebration of his accomplished career as a novelist, essayist and memoirist, as well as his passion for social justice, Lawrence Hill was awarded an honorary Doctor of Letters (DLITT), honoris causa, at the Monday morning session of Western’s 309th Convocation.
Grad lands where she is ‘supposed to be’
Haley Everitt, BA’17 Age: 23 Faculty: Arts & Humanities (School for Advanced Studies in the Arts & Humanities) Specialization: Creative Writing & English Language & Literature Haley Everitt might know Western’s campus better than anyone. A campus tour...