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Month: February 2017

Western mourning death of Ivey student

Western mourning death of Ivey student

The Western community is mourning the death of Francis Tardif, 29, a Masters of Business Administration student at the Ivey Business School, who died Sunday, Feb. 19, in London. The Tardif family will receive condolences at Complexe Funeraire Maison Gomin, Lépine...

Research marathon benefits cases for new refugees

Research marathon benefits cases for new refugees

It was no ordinary Saturday recently for more than 90 Western Law students who lent their time and talent – in light of the recent travel bans imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on seven majority-Muslim countries – to take part in a research marathon to assist the...

Exhibit gives +Positive voice to Aboriginal women

Exhibit gives +Positive voice to Aboriginal women

When her four grown children look at her, Nikki Peters hopes they see determination and that it’s never too late to start or accomplish something new. “I quit school at Grade 10. Life happened. I’m going to get my GED sooner or later. If my children see that I’ve...

Helping beginner readers learn to read, read to learn

Helping beginner readers learn to read, read to learn

If you are in the midst of teaching your child how to read, you might just be able to teach them something else in the process. A long-standing belief among academics, teachers and parents alike indicates in order to learn something new from a book, a child must first...

Remembering the need to forget

Remembering the need to forget

We are built to forget – it is a psychological necessity. But in a social media world that captures – and, more importantly, remembers – everything we say and do, forgetting is becoming a thing of the past. If we lose the ability to forget our past, we lose the...

Alumna’s Montessori legacy continues

Alumna’s Montessori legacy continues

For five decades, Maria Montessori’s words have echoed as inspiration and motivation in the back of Margaret Whitley’s mind. “Within the child lies the fate of the future.”

A rumour at rest: Western researcher clears a king’s reputation

A rumour at rest: Western researcher clears a king’s reputation

Robert the Bruce was a warrior-king, hero, champion of Scottish independence. And not a leper. For almost seven centuries, the Scots have endured taunts that Robert the Bruce had leprosy, a disease that until recently, held a stigma unlike any other. Now, thanks to...

Improved access to health information needed in rural communities

Improved access to health information needed in rural communities

Raised in a rural farming community, Brad Hiebert knows full well accessing health-care services and general health information can sometimes be a challenge. Hospitals are shutting down; doctors are leaving town and local health clinics – should a rural community be...

Reflecting on life, one column at a time

Reflecting on life, one column at a time

Paul Benedetti’s columns – in his view – are about nothing. They’re also about everything. For the past eight years, the Western Journalism instructor has penned a Saturday column for the Hamilton Spectator, garnering awards and praise with readers, authors and fellow...

Senate OK’s Fall Reading Week

Senate OK’s Fall Reading Week

With Reading Week in full swing, Western’s Senate approved a similar study break in October. Late last week, Senators unanimously voted in favour of a Fall Reading Week, replacing the current two-day study break. With the support of the University Students’ Council,...

Separating fact from fiction using a ‘fake news’ algorithm

Separating fact from fiction using a ‘fake news’ algorithm

The impetus behind Victoria Rubin’s research is a tip from Ernest Hemingway: “Develop a built-in bullshit detector.” Working with a team of graduate students in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS), Rubin has been studying deception detection since...

Research marathon benefits cases for new refugees

Research marathon benefits cases for new refugees

It was no ordinary Saturday recently for more than 90 Western Law students who lent their time and talent – in light of the recent travel bans imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump on seven majority-Muslim countries – to take part in a research marathon to assist the...

Exhibit gives +Positive voice to Aboriginal women

Exhibit gives +Positive voice to Aboriginal women

When her four grown children look at her, Nikki Peters hopes they see determination and that it’s never too late to start or accomplish something new. “I quit school at Grade 10. Life happened. I’m going to get my GED sooner or later. If my children see that I’ve...

Helping beginner readers learn to read, read to learn

Helping beginner readers learn to read, read to learn

If you are in the midst of teaching your child how to read, you might just be able to teach them something else in the process. A long-standing belief among academics, teachers and parents alike indicates in order to learn something new from a book, a child must first...

Remembering the need to forget

Remembering the need to forget

We are built to forget – it is a psychological necessity. But in a social media world that captures – and, more importantly, remembers – everything we say and do, forgetting is becoming a thing of the past. If we lose the ability to forget our past, we lose the...

Alumna’s Montessori legacy continues

Alumna’s Montessori legacy continues

For five decades, Maria Montessori’s words have echoed as inspiration and motivation in the back of Margaret Whitley’s mind. “Within the child lies the fate of the future.”

A rumour at rest: Western researcher clears a king’s reputation

A rumour at rest: Western researcher clears a king’s reputation

Robert the Bruce was a warrior-king, hero, champion of Scottish independence. And not a leper. For almost seven centuries, the Scots have endured taunts that Robert the Bruce had leprosy, a disease that until recently, held a stigma unlike any other. Now, thanks to...

Improved access to health information needed in rural communities

Improved access to health information needed in rural communities

Raised in a rural farming community, Brad Hiebert knows full well accessing health-care services and general health information can sometimes be a challenge. Hospitals are shutting down; doctors are leaving town and local health clinics – should a rural community be...

Reflecting on life, one column at a time

Reflecting on life, one column at a time

Paul Benedetti’s columns – in his view – are about nothing. They’re also about everything. For the past eight years, the Western Journalism instructor has penned a Saturday column for the Hamilton Spectator, garnering awards and praise with readers, authors and fellow...

Senate OK’s Fall Reading Week

Senate OK’s Fall Reading Week

With Reading Week in full swing, Western’s Senate approved a similar study break in October. Late last week, Senators unanimously voted in favour of a Fall Reading Week, replacing the current two-day study break. With the support of the University Students’ Council,...

Separating fact from fiction using a ‘fake news’ algorithm

Separating fact from fiction using a ‘fake news’ algorithm

The impetus behind Victoria Rubin’s research is a tip from Ernest Hemingway: “Develop a built-in bullshit detector.” Working with a team of graduate students in the Faculty of Information and Media Studies (FIMS), Rubin has been studying deception detection since...