A combat surgeon and English professor emeritus are among several Western-connected Canadians to be celebrated with top national and provincial honours.
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Abe Oudshoorn, Betty Anne Younker, alumni make Mayor’s Honour List
More than half the recipients have Western connections
Province-wide shutdown for Ontario: COVID-19 update
What the province-wide shutdown – effective Saturday, December 26 – means for Western’s academic and campus operations.
Report tells stories of Indigenous resilience through COVID-19
Narratives of strength and hope during COVID-19 are the focus of a new report on Indigenous health.
Christy R. Bressette to lead Indigenous Initiatives at Western
New research underscores the importance of the measles vaccine
Study shows the measles virus can potentially compromise the body’s ability to fight other infections.
The year that was … completely unpredictable
2020 at Western will forever be known as a watershed.
Year in review: Western research addresses One Big Problem
Every faculty at Western brought some new research insight to the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic.
Year in review: Faster-than-fast research capability
We are speed. Western became the first Canadian university with a 5G research network.
Year in review: Addressing and redressing racism, colonialism
Western shone an unblinking spotlight on the scourge of racism and the shadows of colonialism.
Year in review: A community mourns four Iranian students
The graduate students’ Western home became a focal point for a community remembering their lives and grieving their loss.
Year in review: Parr, partnerships, pace-setters
A raft of gifts and investments showed faith in the quality and support of Western and its people.
Year in review: Western sustainability, version 2.020
Western’s renewed and renewable commitment to sustainability is far more than a (phosphate-free) laundry list of activities.
Year in review: Western Space looking for life in all the right places
In its first full year, Western Space explored, discovered, dreamed – and became recognized as one of the leading authorities for all things terrestrial and extra-.
Year in review: The new language of COVID
“Because of COVID” became shorthand for the myriad ways we became experts in the art of the pivot.
Year in review: Let me count the ways
Turns out, relationship success has little to do with your personal awesomeness, and even less to do with fairy-tale love potions and Puccini arias.
Year in review: The birds and the bees (and other beasts)
This was a year of quirky critter news in international headlines, from ancient beavers to murder hornets.
Western helps employers address domestic violence in the workplace
The Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children is providing domestic violence training for federally regulated employers and their employees.
Letters and smiles: Western students reach out to local seniors
Two projects, one mission: Spreading messages of cheer
Western students help stroke patients feeling the absence of in-person care
Ganathyashan Chelliahpillai and Varunaavee Sivashanmugathas create stroke rehabilitation kits to mitigate the loss of in-person programs.