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Month: October 2018

Adventure draws alumnus to Ukraine

Adventure draws alumnus to Ukraine

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Felix Tam, BA’77, was never one who answered, ‘I want to be a police officer’ when asked what he wanted to be when he grew up. But the Sociology graduate, now 64 and a profess …

Symposium to focus on impact of sport on society

Symposium to focus on impact of sport on society

An elite lineup of athletes, officials and academics will come together next week to provide an in-depth discussion on the milestones, events and people that have shaped human rights in Canada with respect to sport.

Embracing the power of the human experience

Embracing the power of the human experience

A commentary on life, death and the depth of the human experience. A story about a risky friendship in a tense racial atmosphere. And a ‘Monopoly on Sorrow.’ Erica S. Lawson has a powerful lineup of recommendations – just don’t expect a lot of show tunes and dance numbers.

Expert: E-voting no way to run a democracy

Expert: E-voting no way to run a democracy

Take it from an engineer. You don’t want technology to fulfill a need other than the need you’re building that technology for – especially if democracy is at stake.

Study: Leader style can stem workplace bullying

Study: Leader style can stem workplace bullying

When it comes to addressing workplace bullying, the solution might rest in training bosses to be more in tune with how their management styles impact colleagues, according to a recent study by Western PhD Nursing student Edmund Walsh.

Campuswide test set for Alert WesternU

Campuswide test set for Alert WesternU

Western will conduct its initial campuswide test of the university’s new mass emergency notification tool – Alert WesternU – at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.

New network confronts ‘real issues in real world’

New network confronts ‘real issues in real world’

As our world experiences unprecedented social and economic changes, policy-makers will increasingly turn to world-class research institutions in search of ways to understand and address those changes. Enter NEST.

Symposium to focus on impact of sport on society

Symposium to focus on impact of sport on society

An elite lineup of athletes, officials and academics will come together next week to provide an in-depth discussion on the milestones, events and people that have shaped human rights in Canada with respect to sport.

Embracing the power of the human experience

Embracing the power of the human experience

A commentary on life, death and the depth of the human experience. A story about a risky friendship in a tense racial atmosphere. And a ‘Monopoly on Sorrow.’ Erica S. Lawson has a powerful lineup of recommendations – just don’t expect a lot of show tunes and dance numbers.

Expert: E-voting no way to run a democracy

Expert: E-voting no way to run a democracy

Take it from an engineer. You don’t want technology to fulfill a need other than the need you’re building that technology for – especially if democracy is at stake.

Study: Leader style can stem workplace bullying

Study: Leader style can stem workplace bullying

When it comes to addressing workplace bullying, the solution might rest in training bosses to be more in tune with how their management styles impact colleagues, according to a recent study by Western PhD Nursing student Edmund Walsh.

Campuswide test set for Alert WesternU

Campuswide test set for Alert WesternU

Western will conduct its initial campuswide test of the university’s new mass emergency notification tool – Alert WesternU – at 12:30 p.m. Wednesday.

New network confronts ‘real issues in real world’

New network confronts ‘real issues in real world’

As our world experiences unprecedented social and economic changes, policy-makers will increasingly turn to world-class research institutions in search of ways to understand and address those changes. Enter NEST.