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...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=twX38NPd8-A It may seem odd when Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry professors Lisa Saksida and Tim Bussey talk about rewarding their mice with strawberry milkshakes for using an iPad properly. Yet, this unique approach to...
Concerns about environmental sustainability and fossil fuel insecurity have convinced many countries to transition to solar, hydro, bioenergy, wind and other renewables. Since producing and distributing renewables is more labour-intensive than producing and...
Hawazin Alhawsaw, a master’s student in Nursing, feels a better understanding of the culture shock experienced by Arab refugees will lead to improved support for acculturating into Canada.
I read the article on the Canada Research Chair appointments in the recent alumni newsletter (“Six researchers named among nation’s elite,” Western News). I would like to congratulate the recipients on their success, but am compelled to express my concern over the...
Education professor Kathryn Hibbert recently travelled to Japan to work in collaboration with hospitals, governments and physician educators to ensure lessons learned at Fukushima find a way into future classrooms.
What started as a class assignment has turned into a call for a car-free campus to address what students describe as ‘a toxic mix’ of pedestrian and vehicle traffic.
Sometimes, as a team of Western students can attest, it takes a new set of eyes on a problem to find a solution for the ears. The five-person team, including four Western students and an alumnus, created a winning commercialization plan for OtoTrain, a 3D digital...
Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Marco Estrada needed to stay strong. And Josh Katz, BSc’11, saw exactly what needed to be done. Estrada shut down the Texas Rangers in a must-win Game 3 in the American League (AL) Division Series last October. He followed that...
While saving millions of dollars for the health-care system is important, improving quality of life for at-home dialysis patients is the utmost focus of a new study led by Department of Medicine professor Arsh Jain.
Federal Deputy Minister of Natural Resources Bob Hamilton spoke to students, staff and faculty earlier this week at the Physics and Astronomy Building. Hamilton, who received his Honours BA and Master’s degrees in Economics from Western, discussed how his department...
Western recently partnered with the University of Waterloo to streamline research ethics processes and shorten turnaround times for multi-site research. The new process currently applies to collaborative research projects with Waterloo. Researchers are to submit one...
A Western Public History program looking looking for a way to commemorate the centennial of the First World War has been recognized for their work with a Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Awards, presented recently in Toronto. The awards recognize individuals,...