Western leaders see the Lunar Gateway project as a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Canadian universities to let their research expertise soar as Canada moved today to put ‘the final frontier’ first. Fifty years after the first Moon landing, Prime …
Month: February 2019
Challenge winners build bridges to better lives
Civil Engineering students Karn Kalra, Jackson Chin and Andrew Bebnowski form the winning team of the Western World’s Challenge Challenge for their idea for building bridges to link isolated communities in rural Bolivia.
Embracing duty, honour and Country Thursdays
Find out how leadership boils down to a combination of honour, duty, teamwork and Country Thursdays when Greg Marshall, Head Coach of the Mustangs Football Team, takes a turn on Read. Watch. Listen.
Funding backs healthy relationships program
High-risk youth from across Canada will soon receive much-needed support around healthy relationships as researchers simultaneously gain a better...
Project serves up a hot cup of London history
With the help of Western Public History student Katie Anderson, Pour Over London aims to bring local heritage into Londoners’ everyday lives – one cup at a time.
Study: Primary-care proximity equitable in city
Proximity to primary health-care providers does not seem to be an issue for London’s most vulnerable populations, according to a Western-led study. These findings, researchers say, point to a system working well when it comes to geographic equity.
Western returns to regular schedule Wednesday
Western will be open and operating on a regular schedule Wednesday morning. All Environment Canada weather warnings have now ended.
Pearson named among nation’s classroom elite
For Western professor Wendy Pearson, teaching excellence is about valuing people as much as pedagogy. It is a lifelong commitment that has earned her recognition among the national classroom elite.
Spinal cords contribute to complex hand function
We often think of our brains as the centre of complex motor function and control, but how ‘smart’ is your spinal cord? Turns out, it is smarter than we think.
Trosow: Time to do some things differently
Sam Trosow is “walking on air” following news of his appointment to Western’s Board of Governors. Yet, having served as a member of Senate for two terms, he is well aware of the occasional moments of tension between the university’s bicameral governing bodies.
New journal gets young scholars ‘through the door’
In an environment often associated with ‘publish or perish’ pressures, emerging scholars face the highest barriers. In response, a trio of Western Kinesiology PhD candidates recently took publication matters into their own hands with the launch of The Journal of Emerging Sport Studies.
Campus running on normal schedule, UPDATED 6:19 a.m.
Western is operating on a regular schedule today (Thursday, Feb. 7). All classes, exams, and scheduled activities will be held.
Campus leads #LetsTalk conversation
Western talked – and listened – in record numbers on social media during Bell Let’s Talk Day on Jan. 30. But the 2,600 tweets and retweets from a variety of university-affiliated accounts represented just a fraction of the deeper discussions that took place.
Challenge winners build bridges to better lives
Civil Engineering students Karn Kalra, Jackson Chin and Andrew Bebnowski form the winning team of the Western World’s Challenge Challenge for their idea for building bridges to link isolated communities in rural Bolivia.
Embracing duty, honour and Country Thursdays
Find out how leadership boils down to a combination of honour, duty, teamwork and Country Thursdays when Greg Marshall, Head Coach of the Mustangs Football Team, takes a turn on Read. Watch. Listen.
Funding backs healthy relationships program
High-risk youth from across Canada will soon receive much-needed support around healthy relationships as researchers simultaneously gain a better...
Project serves up a hot cup of London history
With the help of Western Public History student Katie Anderson, Pour Over London aims to bring local heritage into Londoners’ everyday lives – one cup at a time.
Study: Primary-care proximity equitable in city
Proximity to primary health-care providers does not seem to be an issue for London’s most vulnerable populations, according to a Western-led study. These findings, researchers say, point to a system working well when it comes to geographic equity.
Western returns to regular schedule Wednesday
Western will be open and operating on a regular schedule Wednesday morning. All Environment Canada weather warnings have now ended.
Pearson named among nation’s classroom elite
For Western professor Wendy Pearson, teaching excellence is about valuing people as much as pedagogy. It is a lifelong commitment that has earned her recognition among the national classroom elite.
Spinal cords contribute to complex hand function
We often think of our brains as the centre of complex motor function and control, but how ‘smart’ is your spinal cord? Turns out, it is smarter than we think.
Trosow: Time to do some things differently
Sam Trosow is “walking on air” following news of his appointment to Western’s Board of Governors. Yet, having served as a member of Senate for two terms, he is well aware of the occasional moments of tension between the university’s bicameral governing bodies.
New journal gets young scholars ‘through the door’
In an environment often associated with ‘publish or perish’ pressures, emerging scholars face the highest barriers. In response, a trio of Western Kinesiology PhD candidates recently took publication matters into their own hands with the launch of The Journal of Emerging Sport Studies.
Campus running on normal schedule, UPDATED 6:19 a.m.
Western is operating on a regular schedule today (Thursday, Feb. 7). All classes, exams, and scheduled activities will be held.
Campus leads #LetsTalk conversation
Western talked – and listened – in record numbers on social media during Bell Let’s Talk Day on Jan. 30. But the 2,600 tweets and retweets from a variety of university-affiliated accounts represented just a fraction of the deeper discussions that took place.