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Year: 2017

Halifax Explosion still resonates a century later

Halifax Explosion still resonates a century later

Ken Cuthbertson grew up hearing the stories. With roots running deep into Nova Scotia, the veteran journalist spent countless summers as a boy on the coast visiting his mother’s side of the family. He was fascinated by their tales of ‘The Explosion …

Moving on: Humanities school graduates first cohort

Moving on: Humanities school graduates first cohort

Four years have passed since Western welcomed the first round of 25 undergraduate students to its School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities (SASAH), a unique-to-Canada program that offers interdisciplinary study options, new language skills, experiential...

Preserving history with a high-tech lens

Preserving history with a high-tech lens

Western researcher Madalena Kozachuk is bringing 200-year-old ghosts back to life. The Western PhD student and a team of interdisciplinary researchers have together developed a novel and non-invasive way to recover ‘vanished’ images from the earliest historical...

Ontario’s attempt to curb opioid addiction a ‘knee-jerk move’

Ontario’s attempt to curb opioid addiction a ‘knee-jerk move’

Calling the Ontario government’s answer to the growing concern of painkiller addiction and overdose problems a “knee-jerk move,” one Western researcher said it’s likely to create more problems than the provincial solution hopes to solve. As of Jan. 31, the province...

Capone tapped for two-year extension

Capone tapped for two-year extension

John Capone, Vice-President (Research), received a two-year extension to his term, now expiring June 30, 2019, university officials announced late last week. The Board of Governors approved the move Jan. 26, following a recommendation from the Review/Selection...

Change is in the hair

Change is in the hair

Western’s web development team recently rolled out a small change in its Cascade web content management system. If you’re working on – or visiting – one of Western’s staff listing pages, the team hopes you take notice. Western staff listing pages frequently have...

Alumnus finds his calling behind the camera

Alumnus finds his calling behind the camera

Michael Jari Davidson, BA’08, reckons himself a maverick. And based on the choices, the award-winning filmmaker has made in not one, but two, entertainment industries, you’d be hard-pressed to argue.

Law program brings Indigenous issues to light

Law program brings Indigenous issues to light

Rachel Phillips’ time at the Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation (NAN Legal) in Timmins, Ont., was a definite eye-opener – both good and bad. The second-year Law student recently spent three months in the northern Ontario Indigenous community, focusing on...

Medical student chases international dreams at Universiade

Medical student chases international dreams at Universiade

Kyla Vanderzwet will be trading in her backpack and textbooks for ski goggles and poles this week as she represents Canada in Nordic Skiing at the 2017 Winter Universiade (Winter University Games) in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The Universiade is a multi-sport event that...

Personality key in predicting medical school success

Personality key in predicting medical school success

We may be putting an “unhealthy emphasis” on Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) results and grade point averages (GPA) when it comes to picking the next best physician, according to one Western researcher. High marks are one thing, but they’re not a solid predictor...

Moving on: Humanities school graduates first cohort

Moving on: Humanities school graduates first cohort

Four years have passed since Western welcomed the first round of 25 undergraduate students to its School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities (SASAH), a unique-to-Canada program that offers interdisciplinary study options, new language skills, experiential...

Preserving history with a high-tech lens

Preserving history with a high-tech lens

Western researcher Madalena Kozachuk is bringing 200-year-old ghosts back to life. The Western PhD student and a team of interdisciplinary researchers have together developed a novel and non-invasive way to recover ‘vanished’ images from the earliest historical...

Ontario’s attempt to curb opioid addiction a ‘knee-jerk move’

Ontario’s attempt to curb opioid addiction a ‘knee-jerk move’

Calling the Ontario government’s answer to the growing concern of painkiller addiction and overdose problems a “knee-jerk move,” one Western researcher said it’s likely to create more problems than the provincial solution hopes to solve. As of Jan. 31, the province...

Capone tapped for two-year extension

Capone tapped for two-year extension

John Capone, Vice-President (Research), received a two-year extension to his term, now expiring June 30, 2019, university officials announced late last week. The Board of Governors approved the move Jan. 26, following a recommendation from the Review/Selection...

Change is in the hair

Change is in the hair

Western’s web development team recently rolled out a small change in its Cascade web content management system. If you’re working on – or visiting – one of Western’s staff listing pages, the team hopes you take notice. Western staff listing pages frequently have...

Alumnus finds his calling behind the camera

Alumnus finds his calling behind the camera

Michael Jari Davidson, BA’08, reckons himself a maverick. And based on the choices, the award-winning filmmaker has made in not one, but two, entertainment industries, you’d be hard-pressed to argue.

Law program brings Indigenous issues to light

Law program brings Indigenous issues to light

Rachel Phillips’ time at the Nishnawbe-Aski Legal Services Corporation (NAN Legal) in Timmins, Ont., was a definite eye-opener – both good and bad. The second-year Law student recently spent three months in the northern Ontario Indigenous community, focusing on...

Medical student chases international dreams at Universiade

Medical student chases international dreams at Universiade

Kyla Vanderzwet will be trading in her backpack and textbooks for ski goggles and poles this week as she represents Canada in Nordic Skiing at the 2017 Winter Universiade (Winter University Games) in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The Universiade is a multi-sport event that...

Personality key in predicting medical school success

Personality key in predicting medical school success

We may be putting an “unhealthy emphasis” on Medical College Admission Test (MCAT) results and grade point averages (GPA) when it comes to picking the next best physician, according to one Western researcher. High marks are one thing, but they’re not a solid predictor...