Called by London Police Chief Brad Duncan, and set to take place likely in November, the meeting will provide a stage to solicit the community’s input in generating a positive, proactive engagement strategy in the city’s student-laden neighbourhoods. …
Month: October 2013
Winders: Police open door for better relations; so don’t slam it on your foot
Now is your chance to prove everyone correct, students. So don’t blow it.
Beatty: Most important accountability is to yourself
Education must never stop or slow down, and it must encompass ethics and a sense of giving back to one’s community, said Perrin Beatty, president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
Innovation Grant targets breast cancer subset
They represent less than 15 per cent of women diagnosed with breast cancer. But for Dr. Shawn Li, continuing a search for solutions in this rarely diagnosed area of breast cancer has become his main mission.
Communities in Bloom wilts on Western
The old campus still looks great to us. No matter what those judges have to say.
Grant helps remind men work ends, life doesn’t
The idea of retirement has many men daydreaming of extra time with the grandkids and a few more rounds on the golf course. But for others, retirement can be a time of uncertainty and loss. Older men already have the highest suicide rate in Canada; that risk increases dramatically after retirement.
‘Masked Men’ serve as painter’s muse
Who is that maked man? Michael Slotwinski may have asked himself that question many times over the course of this past summer, while adding to his Hockey’s Masked Men oil painting series, now in its ‘second period’ touring Ontario Hockey League (OHL) arenas, including Budweiser Gardens this New Year’s Eve.
Abnormal brain activity points to damage in former players
Football is a rough game that takes a visible toll on the body. Now, researchers say that toll could have a serious mental impact as well.
Philip uses written word to spy on her life, world around her
M. NourbeSe Philip never wanted to be a poet. She didn’t really want to be a lawyer, either. She wanted to be a spy.
Book reviews, Oct. 31
Learning at the Ends of Life: Children, Elders and Literacies in Intergenerational Culture Rachel M. Heydon University of Toronto Press, 2013. 235 pages Making up for a critical deficit in studies pertaining to intergenerational curricula and pedagogy, Heydon’s...
Meighens encourage grads to help society, each other
Western honours Michael and Kelly Meighen for their generosity and dedication to philanthropy and public service.
Continuing a dogged pursuit of the canine mind
The idea of ‘the canine hero’ was, in some sense, the impetus for Western’s Dog Cognition Lab, supervised by Psychology professor emeritus William Roberts, and run by doctoral candidate Krista Macpherson.
Chakma: Own the experts
By many measures, Canada is falling behind in the highly competitive game of knowledge creation and adoption.
Winders: Police open door for better relations; so don’t slam it on your foot
Now is your chance to prove everyone correct, students. So don’t blow it.
Beatty: Most important accountability is to yourself
Education must never stop or slow down, and it must encompass ethics and a sense of giving back to one’s community, said Perrin Beatty, president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Chamber of Commerce.
Innovation Grant targets breast cancer subset
They represent less than 15 per cent of women diagnosed with breast cancer. But for Dr. Shawn Li, continuing a search for solutions in this rarely diagnosed area of breast cancer has become his main mission.
Communities in Bloom wilts on Western
The old campus still looks great to us. No matter what those judges have to say.
Grant helps remind men work ends, life doesn’t
The idea of retirement has many men daydreaming of extra time with the grandkids and a few more rounds on the golf course. But for others, retirement can be a time of uncertainty and loss. Older men already have the highest suicide rate in Canada; that risk increases dramatically after retirement.
‘Masked Men’ serve as painter’s muse
Who is that maked man? Michael Slotwinski may have asked himself that question many times over the course of this past summer, while adding to his Hockey’s Masked Men oil painting series, now in its ‘second period’ touring Ontario Hockey League (OHL) arenas, including Budweiser Gardens this New Year’s Eve.
Abnormal brain activity points to damage in former players
Football is a rough game that takes a visible toll on the body. Now, researchers say that toll could have a serious mental impact as well.
Philip uses written word to spy on her life, world around her
M. NourbeSe Philip never wanted to be a poet. She didn’t really want to be a lawyer, either. She wanted to be a spy.
Book reviews, Oct. 31
Learning at the Ends of Life: Children, Elders and Literacies in Intergenerational Culture Rachel M. Heydon University of Toronto Press, 2013. 235 pages Making up for a critical deficit in studies pertaining to intergenerational curricula and pedagogy, Heydon’s...
Meighens encourage grads to help society, each other
Western honours Michael and Kelly Meighen for their generosity and dedication to philanthropy and public service.
Continuing a dogged pursuit of the canine mind
The idea of ‘the canine hero’ was, in some sense, the impetus for Western’s Dog Cognition Lab, supervised by Psychology professor emeritus William Roberts, and run by doctoral candidate Krista Macpherson.
Chakma: Own the experts
By many measures, Canada is falling behind in the highly competitive game of knowledge creation and adoption.