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Remembering the Montreal 14

Remembering the Montreal 14

Students, faculty and staff gathered solemnly at different places on campus Thursday to commemorate the National Day of Remembrance and Action on Violence Against Women.

Case studies skew women leaders’ roles: study

Case studies skew women leaders’ roles: study

Despite the strong presence of women students in university business programs, women leaders are portrayed stereotypically – or not at all – in many business case studies, new research shows.

Kind Mail eases exam stress

Kind Mail eases exam stress

More than 1,800 on- and off-campus students preparing for exams will be receiving postcards with personal messages from alumni as Western delivers its third year of Kind Mail.

Adoptive parents seek longer leave

Adoptive parents seek longer leave

Western researchers are leading a national push for 15 more weeks of work leave for adoptive parents as an important way to strengthen the bond between parents and their adopted children.

Idea aims for available, affordable meds

Idea aims for available, affordable meds

The solution to a widespread shortage of certain antibiotics, painkillers and anesthetics is to declare national pharmacopoeia an issue of national security, says the editor-in-chief of the Canadian Journal of Surgery.

‘Escape box’ teaches teamwork

‘Escape box’ teaches teamwork

An ‘escape box’, developed by Nicole Campbell and John Kelly at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, helps students work together to solve its puzzles within puzzles.