Canada needs to rethink how it manages the role of formal care, as opposed to family care, for dementia patients in order to avoid caregiver burnout, one Western Nursing professor contends. “What I’m suggesting is we need to re-conceptualize and manag …
Legendary Western Mustangs head coach Larry Haylor has been named one of the members of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame’s Induction Class of 2014.
Western’s Board of Governors ratified agreements with the Public Service Alliance of Canada, Local 611 (postdoctoral associates) and the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Local 2361 (Facilities Management and Thompson Arena staff).
QUEBEC CITY – Western Mustangs linebacker Pawel Kruba was named the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) football defensive player of the year at the Sun Life Financial All-Canadian Banquet on Thursday night.
Imagine picking up a $500 gift certificate for Via Rail, a one night stay at the Intercontinental Hotel in Toronto, throw in a couple of Leafs tickets and you have the makings of a great weekend. The best part is you can bid on each of these items in Western’s Online United Way Auction. The auction runs until 4 p.m. Dec. 3, so check out the great deals on the auction page.
Four years ago, I started an organization called Feeding a Future, a non-profit group aimed at helping the children of the Philippines move from dumpsites into classroom.
I don’t want to hear any more lectures from you. Not one.
For the patient with laryngeal cancer – a cancer of the voice box – radiation therapy can be a lifeline. Alternately, it could be the thing that takes the patient’s voice, before the disease takes their life.
nfluential economist Gary Gorton, an expert in the global financial crisis from the Yale School of Management, delivered the 5th annual Beattie Family Lecture in Business Law at Western’s Faculty of Law on Wednesday.
While not as drastic as the Common Sense Revolution cuts of the early 1990s, this latest round of provincial cuts to postsecondary education is still akin to “death by 1,000 cuts,” Janice Deakin told university Senate members last week.
Jaxson Khan’s recent trip to Iqaluit was the start of a dialogue – one he hopes brings about positive change, not only in Canada’s Great North, but across the nation.
Andrew Hrymak sees the challenges ahead; now he gets the chance to tackle them. Hrymak was re-appointed last week to a five-year term as dean of the Faculty of Engineering. His first term concludes June 30, 2014.
Actor and activist Martin Sheen toured Robarts Research Institute Tuesday afternoon, prior to his appearance at the Leaders in Innovation dinner, organized by the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry. While at Robarts, Sheen tried his hand at a tele-robotic system used for remote manipulation of a catheter, under the watchful eye of Schulich professor Dr. Geoffrey Pickering. The first of its kind system has been developed by Western graduate students Ali Tavallaei and Daniel Gelman.