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Month: November 2011

A ‘Vision’ for World AIDS Day 2011

A ‘Vision’ for World AIDS Day 2011

A number of awareness and fundraising campaigns have been planned as The University of Western Ontario prepares to commemorate World AIDS Day 2011 on Thursday, Dec. 1. What started out as a class assignment designed by Faculty of Information and Media Stud …

Western rolls out refocused campaign

The University of Western Ontario highlighted a refocused fundraising campaign this week with hopes of raising $750 million by 2018 toward a new series of realigned goals.

Book calls male teacher push into question

Book calls male teacher push into question

Desperate attempts by school systems to recruit male teachers, especially at the elementary level, do not necessarily pay off in improved student performance, a new book by Western researchers suggests.

Spider mite finds itself in Western’s sites

If the thought of dust mites in your mattress or a spider on your ceiling is enough to make your skin crawl, just think: pesticide-resistant spider mites might also be in your home, burrowing in your house plants or slowly destroying your garden.

Summers delivers Beattie Lecture

Summers delivers Beattie Lecture

Lawrence H. Summers, one of the most influential and outspoken economists in the world today, spoke at Western Law on Tuesday, Nov. 22 as the Fourth Annual Beattie Family Business and Law Speaker.

Hammond: Don’t shrug off the power of the Occupy movement

London Mayor Joe Fontana’s rush to be the first Canadian mayor to trash and shut down an Occupy encampment betrays not only a failure to understand the message of the movement but also demonstrates an apparent failure to understand its impact on his own political future. Repression of this movement on behalf of the wealthy 1 per cent holds no long-term political rewards. In fact, he may have just dug his own political grave as his already spiraling public career comes to a close.

Law students issue challenge for donating blood

Law students issue challenge for donating blood

Three student groups at The University of Western Ontario’s Faculty of Law have joined forces to announce their membership in Canadian Blood Services’ Partners for Life Program, and issued a challenge to all other law schools in Canada.

Western rolls out refocused campaign

The University of Western Ontario highlighted a refocused fundraising campaign this week with hopes of raising $750 million by 2018 toward a new series of realigned goals.

Book calls male teacher push into question

Book calls male teacher push into question

Desperate attempts by school systems to recruit male teachers, especially at the elementary level, do not necessarily pay off in improved student performance, a new book by Western researchers suggests.

Spider mite finds itself in Western’s sites

If the thought of dust mites in your mattress or a spider on your ceiling is enough to make your skin crawl, just think: pesticide-resistant spider mites might also be in your home, burrowing in your house plants or slowly destroying your garden.

Summers delivers Beattie Lecture

Summers delivers Beattie Lecture

Lawrence H. Summers, one of the most influential and outspoken economists in the world today, spoke at Western Law on Tuesday, Nov. 22 as the Fourth Annual Beattie Family Business and Law Speaker.

Hammond: Don’t shrug off the power of the Occupy movement

London Mayor Joe Fontana’s rush to be the first Canadian mayor to trash and shut down an Occupy encampment betrays not only a failure to understand the message of the movement but also demonstrates an apparent failure to understand its impact on his own political future. Repression of this movement on behalf of the wealthy 1 per cent holds no long-term political rewards. In fact, he may have just dug his own political grave as his already spiraling public career comes to a close.

Law students issue challenge for donating blood

Law students issue challenge for donating blood

Three student groups at The University of Western Ontario’s Faculty of Law have joined forces to announce their membership in Canadian Blood Services’ Partners for Life Program, and issued a challenge to all other law schools in Canada.