Sydney, 11, loves animals. “In particular, giraffes and lemurs are her two favorites,” her dad says with a chuckle. Sydney is living with cystic fibrosis, a lifelong respiratory condition which affects about one in 4,000 children in Canada. Her one wish was to visit...
A wave of purple pride washed over the 2015 Women of Excellence announcement Tuesday morning as six of eight winners of the biennial award were members of the Western community.
Dr. Michael Strong has been re-appointed to a second term as Dean of Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, beginning July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2021. “Dean Strong provides extraordinary leadership and has invoked substantive positive...
Jana Luker has been appointed to a five-year term as Western University’s Associate Vice-President (Student Experience), beginning June 1. Luker is currently Executive Director (Services for Students) at McGill University, a portfolio she has led since 2007. Prior to...
Western Nursing professor Marilyn Ford-Gilboe is heading up the Ontario portion of a national iCAN Plan 4 Safety study, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The project seeks to assist women affected by relationship violence who may be more willing,...
The Ontario government is into the clinical business more competitively – and Western is on board as the only Canadian university. Clinical Trials Ontario (CTO) is an independent not-for-profit organization mandated to provide a streamlined approach to conducting...
When he worked for the Associated Press (AP), as a journalist at the outlet’s New Delhi bureau in India, Saumava Mitra got a call for a story – there was a riot underway. Riots in India generally mean one thing, explained the Media Studies PhD student at Western. It’s...
Rachel Chau didn’t want to deal with anyone. “When you’re going through some serious issues, the last thing you want to do is function within normal society,” she said. “When you’re forced to mature earlier than you should, you really can’t go back and handle that...
Western’s Continuing Studies has teamed up with Fanshawe College to strengthen the impact of the London’s non-profit sector through enhanced training and education. With a $5,000 contribution from each postsecondary institution, the partnership will co-sponsor...
Macdonald at 200:New Reflections and Legacies, co-edited by Western History professor emeritus Roger Hall and Ryerson University professor Patrice Dutil, marks the bicentennial of the 1815 birth of Canada’s founding Prime Minister, John A. Macdonald. The essay...
Yom Nhial might seem to many the typical Western freshman, working to discover her passions within the university community. But in truth, her road to Western was far different than most. After having difficulty in high school, missing long stretches of school at a...
With the closing of the Mary J. Wright University Laboratory School on June 30, Western Education officials are now working on a new opportunity to benefit children in the London community and to build on the legacy of the school’s legendary namesake. “I am so...
A wave of purple pride washed over the 2015 Women of Excellence announcement Tuesday morning as six of eight winners of the biennial award were members of the Western community.
Dr. Michael Strong has been re-appointed to a second term as Dean of Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, beginning July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2021. “Dean Strong provides extraordinary leadership and has invoked substantive positive...
Jana Luker has been appointed to a five-year term as Western University’s Associate Vice-President (Student Experience), beginning June 1. Luker is currently Executive Director (Services for Students) at McGill University, a portfolio she has led since 2007. Prior to...
Western Nursing professor Marilyn Ford-Gilboe is heading up the Ontario portion of a national iCAN Plan 4 Safety study, funded by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. The project seeks to assist women affected by relationship violence who may be more willing,...
The Ontario government is into the clinical business more competitively – and Western is on board as the only Canadian university. Clinical Trials Ontario (CTO) is an independent not-for-profit organization mandated to provide a streamlined approach to conducting...
When he worked for the Associated Press (AP), as a journalist at the outlet’s New Delhi bureau in India, Saumava Mitra got a call for a story – there was a riot underway. Riots in India generally mean one thing, explained the Media Studies PhD student at Western. It’s...
Rachel Chau didn’t want to deal with anyone. “When you’re going through some serious issues, the last thing you want to do is function within normal society,” she said. “When you’re forced to mature earlier than you should, you really can’t go back and handle that...
Western’s Continuing Studies has teamed up with Fanshawe College to strengthen the impact of the London’s non-profit sector through enhanced training and education. With a $5,000 contribution from each postsecondary institution, the partnership will co-sponsor...
Macdonald at 200:New Reflections and Legacies, co-edited by Western History professor emeritus Roger Hall and Ryerson University professor Patrice Dutil, marks the bicentennial of the 1815 birth of Canada’s founding Prime Minister, John A. Macdonald. The essay...
Yom Nhial might seem to many the typical Western freshman, working to discover her passions within the university community. But in truth, her road to Western was far different than most. After having difficulty in high school, missing long stretches of school at a...
With the closing of the Mary J. Wright University Laboratory School on June 30, Western Education officials are now working on a new opportunity to benefit children in the London community and to build on the legacy of the school’s legendary namesake. “I am so...