Homeless individuals in rural areas are offered few options when it comes to assistance in their communities, frequently forcing them into urban centres in search of help. With many of those same individuals living with mental-health or substance-use is …
Month: August 2019
Music alumna heads Ontario Youth Choir
It may have sounded perfect to an untrained ear, but to Western alumna Vicki St. Pierre, her young choir still needed polish.
Business turns one-time wear into lasting impact
Sisters Jenessa and Madison Olson were running their business long before they even had a business to run.
Student delivers homes to ‘unloved’ fruits, veggies
You see a misshapen pepper, an undersized peach or an oddly coloured apple. Divyansh Ojha sees opportunity.
Art exhibition helps inspire action on addiction
A recent art exhibition curated by a Western alumnus was one of several community catalysts credited with leading to one Ontario city to open a residential addiction withdrawal and treatment centre this fall.
Study eyes role of ‘translator’ in disease
While errors in the genetic code dominate disease study, even a properly written code might lead to complications thanks to information getting ‘lost in translation’ as the body constructs its basic building blocks.
New homes built upon Western research
A new pilot project looks to increase the resilience of 100 new-build homes against high winds, even tornadoes, in St. Thomas, Ont., putting into practise more than two decades of Western research.
Six Western projects earn CFI backing
From hearing loss and brain activity, to cancer and joints, to sustainable energy and social cues, six Western-led projects, involving 10 researchers within four faculties, received more than $1 million through the CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund.
Programs showcase grad student skills to employers
A pair of new programs look to play matchmaker between Western graduate students and employers who may offer an alternative career path outside traditional academia.
Project adds Indigenous voice into textbook
A sociology textbook used by universities across Canada received an Indigenous-focused update in hopes of exposing young scholars to the ongoing issues facing many communities – all thanks to a new Western summer research program.
See the Line turns attention to concussion
This year, See the Line, an annual concussion education symposium, features experts working towards making change in the concussion realm, including policy implementation, rule changes, and athlete training, all in an effort to prevent the devastating effects of sports-related concussion.
Inspiration, insights and slow jams
If you are ready to draw inspiration coaching legends, insight from political heavyweights or heed warnings to avoid giving your love to ‘Scrubs’ then join Mustangs Women’s Basketball head coach Nathan McKibbon when he takes a turn on Read. Watch. Listen.
Survey explores trans, non-binary population
Researchers hope findings from a new nationwide survey will offer greater insights into trans and non-binary communities where little data currently exist – doing for Canada what a similar survey did for Ontario a decade ago.
Music alumna heads Ontario Youth Choir
It may have sounded perfect to an untrained ear, but to Western alumna Vicki St. Pierre, her young choir still needed polish.
Business turns one-time wear into lasting impact
Sisters Jenessa and Madison Olson were running their business long before they even had a business to run.
Student delivers homes to ‘unloved’ fruits, veggies
You see a misshapen pepper, an undersized peach or an oddly coloured apple. Divyansh Ojha sees opportunity.
Art exhibition helps inspire action on addiction
A recent art exhibition curated by a Western alumnus was one of several community catalysts credited with leading to one Ontario city to open a residential addiction withdrawal and treatment centre this fall.
Study eyes role of ‘translator’ in disease
While errors in the genetic code dominate disease study, even a properly written code might lead to complications thanks to information getting ‘lost in translation’ as the body constructs its basic building blocks.
New homes built upon Western research
A new pilot project looks to increase the resilience of 100 new-build homes against high winds, even tornadoes, in St. Thomas, Ont., putting into practise more than two decades of Western research.
Six Western projects earn CFI backing
From hearing loss and brain activity, to cancer and joints, to sustainable energy and social cues, six Western-led projects, involving 10 researchers within four faculties, received more than $1 million through the CFI John R. Evans Leaders Fund.
Programs showcase grad student skills to employers
A pair of new programs look to play matchmaker between Western graduate students and employers who may offer an alternative career path outside traditional academia.
Project adds Indigenous voice into textbook
A sociology textbook used by universities across Canada received an Indigenous-focused update in hopes of exposing young scholars to the ongoing issues facing many communities – all thanks to a new Western summer research program.
See the Line turns attention to concussion
This year, See the Line, an annual concussion education symposium, features experts working towards making change in the concussion realm, including policy implementation, rule changes, and athlete training, all in an effort to prevent the devastating effects of sports-related concussion.
Inspiration, insights and slow jams
If you are ready to draw inspiration coaching legends, insight from political heavyweights or heed warnings to avoid giving your love to ‘Scrubs’ then join Mustangs Women’s Basketball head coach Nathan McKibbon when he takes a turn on Read. Watch. Listen.
Survey explores trans, non-binary population
Researchers hope findings from a new nationwide survey will offer greater insights into trans and non-binary communities where little data currently exist – doing for Canada what a similar survey did for Ontario a decade ago.