A $5-million donation to Western from The Joyce Foundation will offer students facing adversity hope for a promising future. The gift will provide financial and educational support to students who may not otherwise have envisioned attending university. A portion of...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjJR4jnLk0M Kim Gibson’s husband would often sit outside her workplace and call her boss to complain. He was an annoyance, but no one, not even Gibson, saw it as a dangerous situation. Later that day, when she left work, Gibson was...
We know many employers remain baffled at the link between domestic violence and the workplace. In Canada, despite some high-profile tragedies, we know little about the scope of domestic violence in the workplace. Studies show costs to the workplace as a result of...
When Neil Thompson was looking for a semi-retirement job about seven years ago, he wanted something simple with flexible hours. A friend recommended working as a parking lot attendant at Western. “Little did I know just how un-simple this job would be,” said Thompson...
Health-care providers must fight a two-front war if there is any hope of stopping the spread of HIV, according to one Western researcher. William Fisher, cross-appointed between Psychology and Obstetrics and Gynecology, recently published a paper outlining the...
Western shot for the STARS and landed on Gold. The Sustainability Tracking Assessment and Rating System (STARS) recently awarded Western a Gold rating for its sustainability on campus. The university is one of three in Canada with a Gold rating under STARS 2.0, the...
Two years ago, Pauline Turgeon was in a dark place. Struggling with mental health issues, suicide had come to mind. “I didn’t see a way out,” said the 35-year-old mother of four. She sought help in the London community and, slowly, began to see light. “I reached out...
Editor’s Note: Western News publishes submitted In Memoriam pieces on members of the Western community. For information, or to submit and article, contact Jason Winders, Western News editor, at jason.winders@uwo.ca. Richard Macmillan Stingle, a former Western English...
London-based Trojan Technologies, a world leader water treatment technologies including ultraviolet (UV) and filtration, recently received the Mitacs Award for Exceptional Leadership in the Industry Category. The award was presented by Mitacs, a national...
Western Epidemiology and Biostatistics professor Allen Donner will deliver his lecture, Current Issues in the Design & Analysis of Cluster Randomization Trials, as the annual Carol Buck Lecture at 1:30-3:30 p.m. Friday, Dec. 5, in the Kresge Building K106. The...
The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) handed out the association’s annual scholarships Wednesday to outstanding students from across all 11 faculties. These awards are funded by UWOFA members, reflecting their commitment to students and to the...
London West MP Ed Holder, centre, joined a team of London mascots at London Hall last week, including Rory the Dragon of Storybook Gardens, left, and Western University's JW, in a grocery shopping spree event to kick off the 2014 Business Cares Food Drive. Heading...
This weekend, we remember 14 young women who lost their lives 25 years ago. On this day, known now as the ‘Montreal Massacre,’ an enraged gunman roamed the corridors of Montreal’s École Polytechnique and killed 14 women, 12 of whom were engineering students.