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 Weste …
Year: 2013
Teaching Support Centre offers a wide range of sessions in May
The Teaching Support Centre is offering the following upcoming events for faculty. Registration and program details can be found the TSC website:
Pope receives Distinguished Investigator Award
Dr. Janet Pope, chair/chief of the Rheumatology Centre at St. Joseph’s Hospital, received this year’s Canadian Rheumatology Association’s Distinguished Investigator Award.
Tuition framework caps hikes at 3 per cent
While the provincial government announced last week it would cap tuition hikes over the next four years at 3 per cent, all sides agree there’s work to be done still.
Cechetto presented with 2013 Western Humanitarian Award
For his selfless work in rebuilding Rwanda’s shattered health-care system, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor David Cechetto has been presented with Western’s 2013 Humanitarian Award.
Letters may be jumbled, but findings getting clearer
When reading this sentence, you are identifying the letters that form the words. You are also coding the position of those letters to be able to distinguish between words like ‘form’ and ‘from’. But, then again, it’s also interesting that you can stilil raed words when the lettres are jmbuled up and not in thier corerct psotiions.
Student embraces ‘hardest thing I’d done in my life’
Music student Sarah Bell wanted to teach, until she spent some time living beside a sweatshop in Bangladesh.
New course expands Holocaust into literature
Teaching the Holocaust doesn’t boil down to a history lecture alone. A literature class is a necessary supplement to the subject, according to Alain Goldschläger, director of the Holocaust Research Institute at Western.
Campus Digest: Ivey evolves its name, logo
On Tuesday, the Ivey Business School announced an evolution of the name and look of the iconic business school brand.
Raising the Bars: Professor recounts teaching inside the prison system
Most professors don’t aspire to work in a maximum security prison. Most secondary teachers don’t either. Admittedly, it was a little weird, but the prospect held a certain unique appeal.
Alumnus brings a little ‘humour’ to the novel
It’s not your typical tale of time travel.
Allure of new class hopefully irresistible to some
Christine Roulston hopes teaching sex, seduction and romance – as manifested in French novels – will teach students a little more about French history and culture.
Long-run considerations at heart of antibiotic warning
When it comes to a recent Ontario Medical Association (OMA) recommendation to ban the use of antibiotics in livestock feed, it’s a matter of considering what will cost more in the long run, according to a Western researcher.
Teaching Support Centre offers a wide range of sessions in May
The Teaching Support Centre is offering the following upcoming events for faculty. Registration and program details can be found the TSC website:
Pope receives Distinguished Investigator Award
Dr. Janet Pope, chair/chief of the Rheumatology Centre at St. Joseph’s Hospital, received this year’s Canadian Rheumatology Association’s Distinguished Investigator Award.
Tuition framework caps hikes at 3 per cent
While the provincial government announced last week it would cap tuition hikes over the next four years at 3 per cent, all sides agree there’s work to be done still.
Cechetto presented with 2013 Western Humanitarian Award
For his selfless work in rebuilding Rwanda’s shattered health-care system, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professor David Cechetto has been presented with Western’s 2013 Humanitarian Award.
Letters may be jumbled, but findings getting clearer
When reading this sentence, you are identifying the letters that form the words. You are also coding the position of those letters to be able to distinguish between words like ‘form’ and ‘from’. But, then again, it’s also interesting that you can stilil raed words when the lettres are jmbuled up and not in thier corerct psotiions.
Student embraces ‘hardest thing I’d done in my life’
Music student Sarah Bell wanted to teach, until she spent some time living beside a sweatshop in Bangladesh.
New course expands Holocaust into literature
Teaching the Holocaust doesn’t boil down to a history lecture alone. A literature class is a necessary supplement to the subject, according to Alain Goldschläger, director of the Holocaust Research Institute at Western.
Campus Digest: Ivey evolves its name, logo
On Tuesday, the Ivey Business School announced an evolution of the name and look of the iconic business school brand.
Raising the Bars: Professor recounts teaching inside the prison system
Most professors don’t aspire to work in a maximum security prison. Most secondary teachers don’t either. Admittedly, it was a little weird, but the prospect held a certain unique appeal.
Alumnus brings a little ‘humour’ to the novel
It’s not your typical tale of time travel.
Allure of new class hopefully irresistible to some
Christine Roulston hopes teaching sex, seduction and romance – as manifested in French novels – will teach students a little more about French history and culture.
Long-run considerations at heart of antibiotic warning
When it comes to a recent Ontario Medical Association (OMA) recommendation to ban the use of antibiotics in livestock feed, it’s a matter of considering what will cost more in the long run, according to a Western researcher.