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Month: April 2012

Distinguished University Professors take centre stage

Distinguished University Professors take centre stage

From primary health care and biochemistry to engineering and military history, Western’s latest Distinguished University Professorship (DUP) winners emulate the motivation behind why the award was created. In honouring faculty who have built a record of  …

Lecture to focus on ‘Education Matters’

One of the world’s best-known cognitive neuroscientists, Stanislas Dehaene, will visit Western on Monday, May 7, where he will deliver a public lecture, “Education Matters: Literacy, Numeracy and the Developing Brain.”

Study: ‘Undecideds’ not necessarily impartial

Study: ‘Undecideds’ not necessarily impartial

New research by a team of psychologists from Canada, Italy and Switzerland shows undecided voters are not impartial, but instead reveal a preference for information that confirms their gut reactions.

University of Manitoba visitors on campus

University of Manitoba visitors on campus

Staff members from the University of Manitoba are touring Western today, meeting with university counterparts who do similar jobs, to share information and learn about Western’s approach to support services.

Faucher: Capturing the captive market

Faucher: Capturing the captive market

A U.S. literary publisher once showed me a query letter from a prospective author who also happened to be a professor in a master’s of fine arts program.

Ready, set, defend

Ready, set, defend

Western’s Three Minute Thesis Competition culminates at 3 p.m. today, April 26 in the McKellar Room, University Community Centre.

Expansion good news for teachers

Expansion good news for teachers

Consider, for a moment, Ontario’s newly certified teachers and, if you don’t already, you’ll soon realize there’s an imbalance in the system.

Despite numbers, non-traditional options abound

Despite numbers, non-traditional options abound

In the latest issue of Professionally Speaking, the magazine of the Ontario College of Teachers, Frank McIntyre explores the options – or perhaps, a lack thereof – available to new and recent graduates of Ontario’s teacher education programs.

Windsor program celebrates first class

WINDSOR – There were definitely quite a few ‘doctors in the house’ Saturday afternoon at the University of Windsor’s Ambassador Room. But the spotlight was shining the brightest on 24 of the newest members to Canada’s family of physicians.

Read All Over reviews, April

Read All Over reviews, April

For King and Kanata: Canadian Indians and the First World War Timothy C. Winegard University of Manitoba Press, 2012. 224 pgs. Although they fought with loyalty and distinction in the First World War, the engagement of Indians in the European theatre is perplexingly...

Lecture to focus on ‘Education Matters’

One of the world’s best-known cognitive neuroscientists, Stanislas Dehaene, will visit Western on Monday, May 7, where he will deliver a public lecture, “Education Matters: Literacy, Numeracy and the Developing Brain.”

Study: ‘Undecideds’ not necessarily impartial

Study: ‘Undecideds’ not necessarily impartial

New research by a team of psychologists from Canada, Italy and Switzerland shows undecided voters are not impartial, but instead reveal a preference for information that confirms their gut reactions.

University of Manitoba visitors on campus

University of Manitoba visitors on campus

Staff members from the University of Manitoba are touring Western today, meeting with university counterparts who do similar jobs, to share information and learn about Western’s approach to support services.

Faucher: Capturing the captive market

Faucher: Capturing the captive market

A U.S. literary publisher once showed me a query letter from a prospective author who also happened to be a professor in a master’s of fine arts program.

Ready, set, defend

Ready, set, defend

Western’s Three Minute Thesis Competition culminates at 3 p.m. today, April 26 in the McKellar Room, University Community Centre.

Expansion good news for teachers

Expansion good news for teachers

Consider, for a moment, Ontario’s newly certified teachers and, if you don’t already, you’ll soon realize there’s an imbalance in the system.

Despite numbers, non-traditional options abound

Despite numbers, non-traditional options abound

In the latest issue of Professionally Speaking, the magazine of the Ontario College of Teachers, Frank McIntyre explores the options – or perhaps, a lack thereof – available to new and recent graduates of Ontario’s teacher education programs.

Windsor program celebrates first class

WINDSOR – There were definitely quite a few ‘doctors in the house’ Saturday afternoon at the University of Windsor’s Ambassador Room. But the spotlight was shining the brightest on 24 of the newest members to Canada’s family of physicians.

Read All Over reviews, April

Read All Over reviews, April

For King and Kanata: Canadian Indians and the First World War Timothy C. Winegard University of Manitoba Press, 2012. 224 pgs. Although they fought with loyalty and distinction in the First World War, the engagement of Indians in the European theatre is perplexingly...