Vicki Schwean would be happy with one. But she knows it will be many, many more than that. “If just one kid comes out of here a whole lot healthier, with much more promise for the future, then that would be awesome,” said Schwean, Dean of Western’s Faculty of...
While reason for celebration, accreditation isn’t the finish line for the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, stressed Dean Michael Strong. It is only an important stop along the way. “We don’t see this accreditation process as once every few years we’re...
Ask Jerry Minler how long he’s been at Western and the answer you’ll likely get is, “More than 30 years.” It’s actually been more than 40. But that number is a little daunting.
Students, consider the Western Smartphone Film Festival (WSFF), coming in January, your chance to take more than a selfie.
Now is the time, Rachel Griffin told a Great Hall audience earlier this week. Now is the time to speak up and speak out, on behalf of all women, living in a world in which violence against women has become mundane. It’s time to offer compassion to all survivors of...
Papua New Guinea is suffering a drought that may impact the Oceania country worse than a similar devastation in 1997, its worst drought on record. Located just south of the equator, about 160 kilometres north of Australia, almost 1.8 million Papua New Guinea people...
Don’t tell Elizabeth Krische we have always done things a certain way around here. “I love change,” said a smiling Krische, Director of Procurement Services at Western. Almost everything the university purchases, from pencils to MRIs, is under her watchful eye. And...
What’s in a name? Quite a bit, when it comes to academic research in Canada, says Western Psychology professor Marc Joanisse. This summer, Joanisse was named chair of the Panel on Responsible Conduct of Research (PRCR), an interdisciplinary review and advisory body...
As a child growing up in an Assyrian community in Etobicoke, Ramina Adam was encouraged by her parents to pursue higher education and follow her passion and interests. They never replaced Adam’s books with dolls or makeup, or hinted that the disciplines of science,...
Jeff Gardiner, Western’s Central Information Security Officer, recently received the inaugural Canadian University Council of Chief Information Officers (CUCCIO) Community Award, presented at the Canadian Higher Education Information Technology Conference. Through...
King’s University College recently released two new coordinated websites – kings.uwo.ca and futurestudents.kings.uwo.ca. “We are excited for everyone to experience the many new features and flexibility of the new main site, including all-new faculty department pages,...
Kevin Newman, left, award-winning anchorman and journalist with CTV, joined his son, Alex, on campus earlier this week to discuss their new book, All Out: A Father and Son Confront the Hard Truths That...
I wasn’t talented enough to be a ‘band geek’ – but I am not tone deaf to the historic and continued importance of the Western Mustang Band to this university. Members of the Western Mustang Band, the oldest marching-style group in Canada, go to competitions, tour and...
While reason for celebration, accreditation isn’t the finish line for the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, stressed Dean Michael Strong. It is only an important stop along the way. “We don’t see this accreditation process as once every few years we’re...
Ask Jerry Minler how long he’s been at Western and the answer you’ll likely get is, “More than 30 years.” It’s actually been more than 40. But that number is a little daunting.
Students, consider the Western Smartphone Film Festival (WSFF), coming in January, your chance to take more than a selfie.
Now is the time, Rachel Griffin told a Great Hall audience earlier this week. Now is the time to speak up and speak out, on behalf of all women, living in a world in which violence against women has become mundane. It’s time to offer compassion to all survivors of...
Papua New Guinea is suffering a drought that may impact the Oceania country worse than a similar devastation in 1997, its worst drought on record. Located just south of the equator, about 160 kilometres north of Australia, almost 1.8 million Papua New Guinea people...
Don’t tell Elizabeth Krische we have always done things a certain way around here. “I love change,” said a smiling Krische, Director of Procurement Services at Western. Almost everything the university purchases, from pencils to MRIs, is under her watchful eye. And...
What’s in a name? Quite a bit, when it comes to academic research in Canada, says Western Psychology professor Marc Joanisse. This summer, Joanisse was named chair of the Panel on Responsible Conduct of Research (PRCR), an interdisciplinary review and advisory body...
As a child growing up in an Assyrian community in Etobicoke, Ramina Adam was encouraged by her parents to pursue higher education and follow her passion and interests. They never replaced Adam’s books with dolls or makeup, or hinted that the disciplines of science,...
Jeff Gardiner, Western’s Central Information Security Officer, recently received the inaugural Canadian University Council of Chief Information Officers (CUCCIO) Community Award, presented at the Canadian Higher Education Information Technology Conference. Through...
King’s University College recently released two new coordinated websites – kings.uwo.ca and futurestudents.kings.uwo.ca. “We are excited for everyone to experience the many new features and flexibility of the new main site, including all-new faculty department pages,...
Kevin Newman, left, award-winning anchorman and journalist with CTV, joined his son, Alex, on campus earlier this week to discuss their new book, All Out: A Father and Son Confront the Hard Truths That...
I wasn’t talented enough to be a ‘band geek’ – but I am not tone deaf to the historic and continued importance of the Western Mustang Band to this university. Members of the Western Mustang Band, the oldest marching-style group in Canada, go to competitions, tour and...