Western’s efforts to support a brighter future for medical innovation in Canada got an exciting shot in the arm, thanks to a Burroughs Wellcome Fund grant. The Medical Innovation Fellowship at Western immerses young scientists, engineers and clinician …
Month: June 2018
Researcher unboxing Canada’s climate history
A decade has passed since Alan MacEachern found himself in the basement of Environment Canada’s headquarters, amidst aisles upon aisles of historical weather reports.
Climate change clues rest in taking London’s temperature
Temperature research from Geography professor James Voogt will identify ‘hot spots’ city planners and politicians can focus on in designing strategies to reduce temperature – planting trees or increasing the surface reflectivity, for example.
Triggs: Take a swing at life’s curve balls
Donald Triggs, co-founder of Jackson-Triggs, the most powerful wine brand in Canada, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LLD) at the Tuesday morning session of Western’s 311th Convocation.
Otago Challenge win fueled by electric cars
A team of students from the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, has won the 2018 World’s Challenge Challenge.
Putting a region in the context of family history
His latest book – a “family history with a context” – places the lives of the author’s parents, John Hair and Alice Runnalls, at the centre of the narrative that explores the history and culture of Southwestern Ontario.
Starbucks and the impact of implicit bias training
More than 1,200 Starbucks in Canada will close this afternoon to provide its staff with implicit bias training, two weeks after all of the coffee company’s outlets in the United States did the same thing.
Determination drives adult learners
Fourteen learners from a variety of educational institutions and agencies received Adult Learner Awards from the London Council for Adult Education (LCAE) on May 17.
School tackles ‘big job’ of Indigenous health
Because there’s no time to lose, Vanessa Ambtman-Smith plans to explore an in-hospital medicine lodge on her way to join other scholars at the inaugural Indigenous Mentorship Network Summer School in Sudbury next week. “We have to hit the ground running because there...
Expert: Results not a surprise; future may be
Laura Stephenson isn’t surprised. The rest of the province, she thinks, shouldn’t be surprised, either.
Mars discovery adds life to further exploration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0gsz8EHiNc Mars may not be alive, but it’s not dead either. Curiosity rover has detected traces of methane at the planet’s surface, as well as organic molecules in powdered rock samples drilled from about five centimetres below the...
Western joins push for welcoming, inclusive city
Their message is simple – All are welcome in the Forest City. Under a program of that same name, a desire to amplify that message has brought together a number of local groups and organizations – including the International Student Centre, Equity and Human Rights...
Professor tracks medieval winds of (climate) change
While greed, pride and curiosity brought about some change in the The Middle Ages, one Western researcher argues food and climate change were also main drivers.
Researcher unboxing Canada’s climate history
A decade has passed since Alan MacEachern found himself in the basement of Environment Canada’s headquarters, amidst aisles upon aisles of historical weather reports.
Climate change clues rest in taking London’s temperature
Temperature research from Geography professor James Voogt will identify ‘hot spots’ city planners and politicians can focus on in designing strategies to reduce temperature – planting trees or increasing the surface reflectivity, for example.
Triggs: Take a swing at life’s curve balls
Donald Triggs, co-founder of Jackson-Triggs, the most powerful wine brand in Canada, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LLD) at the Tuesday morning session of Western’s 311th Convocation.
Otago Challenge win fueled by electric cars
A team of students from the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand, has won the 2018 World’s Challenge Challenge.
Putting a region in the context of family history
His latest book – a “family history with a context” – places the lives of the author’s parents, John Hair and Alice Runnalls, at the centre of the narrative that explores the history and culture of Southwestern Ontario.
Starbucks and the impact of implicit bias training
More than 1,200 Starbucks in Canada will close this afternoon to provide its staff with implicit bias training, two weeks after all of the coffee company’s outlets in the United States did the same thing.
Determination drives adult learners
Fourteen learners from a variety of educational institutions and agencies received Adult Learner Awards from the London Council for Adult Education (LCAE) on May 17.
School tackles ‘big job’ of Indigenous health
Because there’s no time to lose, Vanessa Ambtman-Smith plans to explore an in-hospital medicine lodge on her way to join other scholars at the inaugural Indigenous Mentorship Network Summer School in Sudbury next week. “We have to hit the ground running because there...
Expert: Results not a surprise; future may be
Laura Stephenson isn’t surprised. The rest of the province, she thinks, shouldn’t be surprised, either.
Mars discovery adds life to further exploration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0gsz8EHiNc Mars may not be alive, but it’s not dead either. Curiosity rover has detected traces of methane at the planet’s surface, as well as organic molecules in powdered rock samples drilled from about five centimetres below the...
Western joins push for welcoming, inclusive city
Their message is simple – All are welcome in the Forest City. Under a program of that same name, a desire to amplify that message has brought together a number of local groups and organizations – including the International Student Centre, Equity and Human Rights...
Professor tracks medieval winds of (climate) change
While greed, pride and curiosity brought about some change in the The Middle Ages, one Western researcher argues food and climate change were also main drivers.