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Goudge Report targets an end to monetized administrative leave
A recently released independent investigation into Western’s presidential compensation practices calls for, among other items, an end to monetizing administrative leave for university presidents. That practice, and the process by which it came about for Western...
Everett-Green: Finding my French connection: One student’s lessons from Trois-Pistoles
Our bus arrived half an hour early. The four or five of us who had separately traveled there for the same purpose gathered on the steps of the gas station that doubled as a bus stop, and waited like orphans for our adoptive families. Surely, they would come soon, to...
In Pictures: Homecoming 2015 pumped up the volume
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Board of Governors releases statement on Goudge Review
Western’s Board of Governors released the following statement today in conjunction with the release of the Goudge Review of Presidential Compensation Practices.
Capretz shortlisted for Airbus Diversity Award
Western Engineering professor Luiz Fernando Capretz has been named one of 10 candidates shortlisted for this year’s Global Engineering Deans Council (GEDC) Airbus Diversity Award. The award recognizes people and projects worldwide which have encouraged students of all...
Schulich can handle residency cuts; larger issues remain
About every decade, the province goes through a cycle of readdressing the number of physicians needed to be trained and they “never get it right,” said Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry Dean Michael Strong. Announced last month, the Ontario Ministry of...
Scholars named among emerging generation of leaders
Four Western professors and a King’s University College professor have been named among the 48 new members of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
Forchuk, Menon tapped for CAHS Fellowship by peers
Western researchers Cheryl Forchuk and Ravi Menon were recognized last week by their peers as fellows of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS) at the CAHS 2015 Forum and Annual General Meeting in Ottawa. The CAHS Fellowship recognizes the pair’s international...
Time to celebrate Postdoc Appreciation Week
Who doesn’t love a postdoctoral scholar? Well, now is your opportunity to show it. This week, marks National Postdoctoral Appreciation Week, a celebration devoted to the contributions of postdoctoral scholars across Canada and the United States. Both Western’s School...
Apologies, task force talk dominate Senate
The first signs of the future for the university Senate had a lot to do with signs from the past. Prompted by a question from Senator Kelly Olson, Janice Deakin, Western Provost and Vice-President (Academic), apologized to faculty for campus security seizing protest...
‘People are now ready to do something.’
Western professor Victoria Esses stressed that our nature is to help. “People want to do something, but they need a solution,” said the Director of Western’s Centre for Research on Migration and Ethnic Relations. “Sometimes, if you’re bombarded with information and,...
Music Librarian’s life celebrated in song
Family and friends of former Western staff member Jane Baldwin will celebrate her life this weekend in the best way possible – through music. Baldwin began her career at Western Libraries as a cataloguer in the Music Library, then became the Music Reference Librarian....