Read. Watch. Listen. introduces you to the personal side of our faculty, staff and alumni. Participants are asked to answer three simple questions about their reading, viewing and listening habits – what one book or newspaper/magazine article is grabbing …
As an anti-stigma advocate, storyteller and researcher, I am inspired by the people who share their personal stories, and by those who call on corporations like Bell to do more for people living with mental illness.
Nursing professor Abe Oudshoorn is planning to swim, cycle and run one triathlon each day for a month to raise money for Atlohsa’s homelessness relief efforts.
Western has started to receive questions regarding the Novel Coronavirus from students, faculty and staff.
The University is monitoring the situation and working closely with our on-campus medical professionals as well as the Middlesex-London Health Unit who provided the following directive on January 24:
Individuals should stay home and contact the Health Unit at 519-663-5317 if they have a fever (38° Celsius or higher) and are sick with symptoms such as coughing, difficulty breathing, congestion, aches, pains AND any of the following:
• Travel to Wuhan, China within 14 days of becoming ill; OR
• Close contact with a person who is sick and has been to Wuhan, China within 14 days of becoming ill; OR
• Close contact with someone who has been diagnosed with Novel Coronavirus 2019
If you have any of the conditions above, stay home and do not go to work, school or other public areas until you are no longer sick. If it is necessary to go out while you are ill (for example, to attend a medical appointment), please wear a surgical mask over your nose and mouth, and use a private vehicle for any necessary travel.
If you experience severe symptoms such as chest pains or shortness of breath, call 9-1-1 immediately or visit your nearest hospital emergency department.
If you do not have a fever or are not sick, but you travelled to Wuhan, China recently, there is no need to visit a doctor at this time. However, if you develop fever, cough, or difficulty breathing in the next 14 days, call the Health Unit at 519-663-5317 and tell them you were travelling in Wuhan, China.
Travel Safety
Western International has also provided a communications update for any students, faculty, or staff planning to travel to China.
As always, when travelling internationally, we encourage all members of the Western community (students, faculty and staff) to closely follow the safety steps on our Safety Abroad website, and check back regularly for updates and information on specific regions.
Cold and Flu Season
All Western community members and visitors are reminded that this is cold and flu season and we encourage the following preventative measures:
Individuals 6 months of age and older should get the flu shot
Wash your hands frequently and use hand sanitizer when needed
Cough or sneeze into your elbow
If you have a severe cold or the flu, stay home
Who should I contact at Western if I have questions?
Contacts for Western students
Health-related inquiries:
Student Health & Wellness, Western Student Experience
519-661-3030
health@uwo.ca
Non-health related inquiries:
Student Support & Case Management, Western Student Experience
519-661-2111 x89152
sscm@uwo.ca
Contacts for Western employees
Health-related inquiries:
Contact your family doctor, Telehealth Ontario at 1-866-797-0000, or Workplace Health at Western at 519-661-2047
Non-health related inquiries:
Workplace Health at Western
519-661-2047
True crime. Quick wits. And a whole lot of modern classic grooves by Gorillaz when Nursing professor Panagiota Tryphonopoulos takes a turn on Read. Watch. Listen.
Injection drug users prescribed controlled-release hydromorphone are three times more likely to develop endocarditis, a serious bacterial heart infection, when compared to those prescribed other opioids, according to a new study from Western, Lawson Health Research Institute and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES).
A doubling of the investment in one of the country’s most elite scholarship programs will mean double the opportunity for Canadian students.
The university’s anti-racism working group is expected to begin its meeting this month as it works to identify policy gaps and to counter racism on campus, members of Western’s Board of Governors were told Thursday.
A new program will expand Western’s experiential-learning courses to offer students a broader range of hands-on, for-credit experiences.
Four-legged friends will no longer be allowed inside Western buildings, unless approved as service/therapy animals or belonging to faculty members, according to a policy approved by Western’s Board of Governors at its regular meeting Thursday.
Recognition of the roles that microbes play has led to the purposeful development of microbes (probiotics) that aim to restore and maintain health in humans and other life forms.
With six months until the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Kinesiology professor Angela Schneider is ready to light a cauldron of change at Western as the Director of the International Centre for Olympic Studies.
Alert WesternU, the university’s mass communications tool for relaying campus emergency information, is expanding its reach to include an opt-in by visitors.
As an anti-stigma advocate, storyteller and researcher, I am inspired by the people who share their personal stories, and by those who call on corporations like Bell to do more for people living with mental illness.
Nursing professor Abe Oudshoorn is planning to swim, cycle and run one triathlon each day for a month to raise money for Atlohsa’s homelessness relief efforts.
Western has started to receive questions regarding the Novel Coronavirus from students, faculty and staff.
The University is monitoring the situation and working closely with our on-campus medical professionals as well as the Middlesex-London Health Unit who provided the following directive on January 24:
Individuals should stay home and contact the Health Unit at 519-663-5317 if they have a fever (38° Celsius or higher) and are sick with symptoms such as coughing, difficulty breathing, congestion, aches, pains AND any of the following:
• Travel to Wuhan, China within 14 days of becoming ill; OR
• Close contact with a person who is sick and has been to Wuhan, China within 14 days of becoming ill; OR
• Close contact with someone who has been diagnosed with Novel Coronavirus 2019
If you have any of the conditions above, stay home and do not go to work, school or other public areas until you are no longer sick. If it is necessary to go out while you are ill (for example, to attend a medical appointment), please wear a surgical mask over your nose and mouth, and use a private vehicle for any necessary travel.
If you experience severe symptoms such as chest pains or shortness of breath, call 9-1-1 immediately or visit your nearest hospital emergency department.
If you do not have a fever or are not sick, but you travelled to Wuhan, China recently, there is no need to visit a doctor at this time. However, if you develop fever, cough, or difficulty breathing in the next 14 days, call the Health Unit at 519-663-5317 and tell them you were travelling in Wuhan, China.
Travel Safety
Western International has also provided a communications update for any students, faculty, or staff planning to travel to China.
As always, when travelling internationally, we encourage all members of the Western community (students, faculty and staff) to closely follow the safety steps on our Safety Abroad website, and check back regularly for updates and information on specific regions.
Cold and Flu Season
All Western community members and visitors are reminded that this is cold and flu season and we encourage the following preventative measures:
Individuals 6 months of age and older should get the flu shot
Wash your hands frequently and use hand sanitizer when needed
Cough or sneeze into your elbow
If you have a severe cold or the flu, stay home
Who should I contact at Western if I have questions?
Contacts for Western students
Health-related inquiries:
Student Health & Wellness, Western Student Experience
519-661-3030
health@uwo.ca
Non-health related inquiries:
Student Support & Case Management, Western Student Experience
519-661-2111 x89152
sscm@uwo.ca
Contacts for Western employees
Health-related inquiries:
Contact your family doctor, Telehealth Ontario at 1-866-797-0000, or Workplace Health at Western at 519-661-2047
Non-health related inquiries:
Workplace Health at Western
519-661-2047
True crime. Quick wits. And a whole lot of modern classic grooves by Gorillaz when Nursing professor Panagiota Tryphonopoulos takes a turn on Read. Watch. Listen.
Injection drug users prescribed controlled-release hydromorphone are three times more likely to develop endocarditis, a serious bacterial heart infection, when compared to those prescribed other opioids, according to a new study from Western, Lawson Health Research Institute and the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES).
A doubling of the investment in one of the country’s most elite scholarship programs will mean double the opportunity for Canadian students.
The university’s anti-racism working group is expected to begin its meeting this month as it works to identify policy gaps and to counter racism on campus, members of Western’s Board of Governors were told Thursday.
A new program will expand Western’s experiential-learning courses to offer students a broader range of hands-on, for-credit experiences.
Four-legged friends will no longer be allowed inside Western buildings, unless approved as service/therapy animals or belonging to faculty members, according to a policy approved by Western’s Board of Governors at its regular meeting Thursday.
Recognition of the roles that microbes play has led to the purposeful development of microbes (probiotics) that aim to restore and maintain health in humans and other life forms.
With six months until the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Kinesiology professor Angela Schneider is ready to light a cauldron of change at Western as the Director of the International Centre for Olympic Studies.
Alert WesternU, the university’s mass communications tool for relaying campus emergency information, is expanding its reach to include an opt-in by visitors.