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Social Science
Western celebrates excellence in teaching
Eleven professors are receiving Western’s highest honours for inspiring active and deep learning in their students.
Personality key in predicting medical school success
We may be putting an “unhealthy emphasis” on Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) results and grade point averages (GPA) when it comes to picking the next best physician, according to one Western researcher. High marks are one thing, but they’re not a solid predictor...
Western professor wants you to share your WorkStory
As a Psychology professor, Natalie Allen knows the top concern for many students is what they are going to do after they graduate. As an Industrial/Organizational psychologist, she knows people have a narrow view of what jobs are available. It was this combined...
Trump’s unpredictability, anti-intellectualism raise red flags
Seven days have passed since Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States of America, assumed office. And while the world looks on with numerous concerns over everything from accessible healthcare for Americans, women’s rights, immigration, minority and...
Grad student steps back from regular history
As the creator of ‘Step Back: Seeing History Sideways,’ a YouTube channel filled with unconventional, quirky and enlightening takes on the past, History PhD student Tristan Johnson enjoys tackling anything that spurs his interest.
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...
Reading Room to help relieve student space pressure
On any given day, Western’s Social Science Centre (SSC) is bursting at the seams. Home to the largest student, staff and faculty population on campus, the building currently accommodates two-to-three times the number of bodies it was originally designed for, said Dan...
Off the trail and in transition
The U.S. presidential election is finally over and close to half of those who voted decided to place their faith – not to mention the future of their country – in the hands of Donald Trump, a billionaire real estate mogul and reality TV star. On Jan. 20, 2017, he will...
For true reconciliation, all Canadians must join the conversation
It is easy for most Canadians to think of colonialism as long ago and far away. Indigenous Canadians, though, face the realities of colonialism every day. Now 140 years old, The Indian Act still controls almost every facet of life for Indigenous Canadians, effectively...
Polo team mounts up for new season
So, how does C.J. Sifton explain polo to Canadians? “Think of it as hockey on horseback,” said the fourth-year Business Management and Organizational Studies (BMOS) student. “The most common question I get is, ‘You mean on a horse?’” added Kingsley Ward, an Ivey...
Think for yourselves, shape the future
Today’s graduates are stepping out into a world where the economic landscape seemingly has more problems than solutions – a world in which graduates will play an important role in advancing growth for the future.
Nölke: Knowledge is power, use it
In what economists have called a “post-factual era,” university graduates have a responsibility to use their education.
Western celebrates excellence in teaching
Eleven professors are receiving Western’s highest honours for inspiring active and deep learning in their students.
Personality key in predicting medical school success
We may be putting an “unhealthy emphasis” on Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) results and grade point averages (GPA) when it comes to picking the next best physician, according to one Western researcher. High marks are one thing, but they’re not a solid predictor...
Western professor wants you to share your WorkStory
As a Psychology professor, Natalie Allen knows the top concern for many students is what they are going to do after they graduate. As an Industrial/Organizational psychologist, she knows people have a narrow view of what jobs are available. It was this combined...
Trump’s unpredictability, anti-intellectualism raise red flags
Seven days have passed since Donald Trump, the 45th President of the United States of America, assumed office. And while the world looks on with numerous concerns over everything from accessible healthcare for Americans, women’s rights, immigration, minority and...
Grad student steps back from regular history
As the creator of ‘Step Back: Seeing History Sideways,’ a YouTube channel filled with unconventional, quirky and enlightening takes on the past, History PhD student Tristan Johnson enjoys tackling anything that spurs his interest.
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...
Reading Room to help relieve student space pressure
On any given day, Western’s Social Science Centre (SSC) is bursting at the seams. Home to the largest student, staff and faculty population on campus, the building currently accommodates two-to-three times the number of bodies it was originally designed for, said Dan...
Off the trail and in transition
The U.S. presidential election is finally over and close to half of those who voted decided to place their faith – not to mention the future of their country – in the hands of Donald Trump, a billionaire real estate mogul and reality TV star. On Jan. 20, 2017, he will...
For true reconciliation, all Canadians must join the conversation
It is easy for most Canadians to think of colonialism as long ago and far away. Indigenous Canadians, though, face the realities of colonialism every day. Now 140 years old, The Indian Act still controls almost every facet of life for Indigenous Canadians, effectively...
Polo team mounts up for new season
So, how does C.J. Sifton explain polo to Canadians? “Think of it as hockey on horseback,” said the fourth-year Business Management and Organizational Studies (BMOS) student. “The most common question I get is, ‘You mean on a horse?’” added Kingsley Ward, an Ivey...
Think for yourselves, shape the future
Today’s graduates are stepping out into a world where the economic landscape seemingly has more problems than solutions – a world in which graduates will play an important role in advancing growth for the future.
Nölke: Knowledge is power, use it
In what economists have called a “post-factual era,” university graduates have a responsibility to use their education.