Western President Amit Chakma’s name was noticeably absent last week when the university released its annual list of employees whose 2015 income met or exceeded $100,000, as reflected on their T4 slips. It was a predictable end to yearlong saga, said Hanny Hassan,...
What if the touch of a button was enough to reduce the alienating speech symptoms of Parkinson’s? Health Sciences graduate student Thea Knowles is seeking just that kind of ‘better button.’ Affecting more than 3 per cent of the population over the age of 60,...
I recently had a life-altering experience – one I am lucky to have survived to tell the tale. It happened a few months ago while I was in the final preparations for a science conference in Singapore. My bags were packed and waiting patiently by the front door for the...
Nobody built bridges better than Imran Jaffer. And now his family is continuing their...
With their most recent title earlier this year, the Western Mustangs men’s squash now hold the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) record for most consecutive championships in any sport.
Everyone has a role to play in Angela Treglia’s job. “It’s all of our responsibilities to look at ways we can educate ourselves, and each other, on prevention,” said the university’s Sexual Violence Prevention Education Co-ordinator. “Sexual violence is not a woman’s...
Health Studies professor Aleksandra Zecevic decided to take a risk with her Aging Body course. In order to realize the impact of the physiological changes of aging, she challenged her third-year students to create a mobile simulation lab.
In recent films involving space travel, such as Interstellar, Gravity and The Martian, several female characters have been portrayed as astronauts, commanders and specialists with the capability to endure the same missions as their male counterparts. However, in...
Even if you have nothing to hide, Sarah Roberts believes everyone has a right to use the Internet without being concerned about over-reaching governments, censorship or companies mining data on your search history. To get around the threat of digital surveillance,...
Physics and Astronomy professor Shantanu Basu feels the next generation of university graduates should be primed to answer the call for highly educated and creative thinkers to address the challenges facing the developing world. As the former chair of Physics and...
Sixteen distinguished individuals will receive honorary degrees when Western hosts its 307th Convocation this spring. The ceremonies, featuring addresses by the honorary degree recipients, are scheduled for the following days: Dr. Harold Merskey Schulich School of...
Five more professors can add their name to Western’s Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching list, co-presented by the University Students’ Council, The Bank of Nova Scotia and the university’s Alumni Association. Honoured as the best in the classroom this year...
Beverley McLachlin, Chief Justice of Canada, will deliver the 2016 Pensa Lecture at 7:30 p.m. Thursday in Western Law, Room 38. McLachlin will speak on Canadian Constitutionalism and the Ethic of Inclusion and Accommodation. McLachlin was sworn in as a Justice of the...