We’d like to begin by thanking you for acknowledging the rise of student participation at Senate (Winders: Get a machete - Senate deep in weeds, Oct. 27). For too long, student voices had been an afterthought instead of being an integral and appreciated voice in the...
Year: 2016
Opinion: Sniper’s bullet raises questions for PhD candidate
Experiencing colonial violence is different from learning about it. Reading about precarious lives is one thing; being in a position where one’s life does not count is something else. It is a reality concealed behind a dark curtain of intertwined interests of states,...
Davenport: Relation to Relativity
Dear Professor Christopher J Smeenk, I greatly enjoyed your short piece in Western News, Empty out the drawer: Following Einstein’s path to General Relativity, and those of your colleagues, in the section last month which marked the 100th anniversary of the...
Garland takes helm of Health Sciences
Jayne Garland never really thought about Western’s motto – Veritas et Utilitas (truth and usefulness) – until her latest opportunity came along.
Expert cautiously applauds Paris Agreement
Western Political Science professor Radoslav Dimitrov saw “collective euphoria” – even though the agreement which closed the UN Climate Change Conference was far from perfect.
Ombudsman Ontario readies for university complaint oversight
Barbara Finlay sees the enormity of the task facing Ombudsman Ontario as its role rapidly expands in the New Year. Starting Jan. 1, the provincial watchdog now fields complaints about the province’s 21 publicly funded universities and 444 municipalities. This...
Winders: Sneak a peek at tomorrow’s headlines
As the last of the New Year’s Eve confetti gets swept away, like so many memories of 2015, here are seven issues that will define the New Year for Western and postsecondary education in 2016: Academic libraries. We don’t talk enough about libraries. But we will. And...
Tentative agreement reached with PSAC Local 610
Western and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) Local 610 reached a tentative two-year agreement on Tuesday, Jan. 5. PSAC Local 610 represents approximately 2,030 registered graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) engaged in supervised teaching-related activities...
Three alumni named to Order of Canada
Margaret Macmillan, Richard McLaren and P. Kim Sturgess were recently named among 69 new appointments to the Order of Canada.
Opinion: Sniper’s bullet raises questions for PhD candidate
Experiencing colonial violence is different from learning about it. Reading about precarious lives is one thing; being in a position where one’s life does not count is something else. It is a reality concealed behind a dark curtain of intertwined interests of states,...
Davenport: Relation to Relativity
Dear Professor Christopher J Smeenk, I greatly enjoyed your short piece in Western News, Empty out the drawer: Following Einstein’s path to General Relativity, and those of your colleagues, in the section last month which marked the 100th anniversary of the...
Garland takes helm of Health Sciences
Jayne Garland never really thought about Western’s motto – Veritas et Utilitas (truth and usefulness) – until her latest opportunity came along.
Expert cautiously applauds Paris Agreement
Western Political Science professor Radoslav Dimitrov saw “collective euphoria” – even though the agreement which closed the UN Climate Change Conference was far from perfect.
Ombudsman Ontario readies for university complaint oversight
Barbara Finlay sees the enormity of the task facing Ombudsman Ontario as its role rapidly expands in the New Year. Starting Jan. 1, the provincial watchdog now fields complaints about the province’s 21 publicly funded universities and 444 municipalities. This...
Winders: Sneak a peek at tomorrow’s headlines
As the last of the New Year’s Eve confetti gets swept away, like so many memories of 2015, here are seven issues that will define the New Year for Western and postsecondary education in 2016: Academic libraries. We don’t talk enough about libraries. But we will. And...
Tentative agreement reached with PSAC Local 610
Western and the Public Service Alliance of Canada (PSAC) Local 610 reached a tentative two-year agreement on Tuesday, Jan. 5. PSAC Local 610 represents approximately 2,030 registered graduate teaching assistants (GTAs) engaged in supervised teaching-related activities...
Three alumni named to Order of Canada
Margaret Macmillan, Richard McLaren and P. Kim Sturgess were recently named among 69 new appointments to the Order of Canada.