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Month: February 2019

Research has place in putting ‘final frontier’ first

Research has place in putting ‘final frontier’ first

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 …

Challenge winners build bridges to better lives

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

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.

Study: Primary-care proximity equitable in city

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.

Pearson named among nation’s classroom elite

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.

Trosow: Time to do some things differently

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’

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 leads #LetsTalk conversation

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

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

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.

Study: Primary-care proximity equitable in city

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.

Pearson named among nation’s classroom elite

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.

Trosow: Time to do some things differently

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’

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 leads #LetsTalk conversation

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.