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Top honours for graduate students

Top honours for graduate students

For more than 140 years, the Governor General’s Academic Medals have recognized outstanding students across Canada. The Gold Medals are awarded for academic excellence at the graduate level. Three Western graduates are among the recipients of Gold Medals this year....

Western faculty, alumnae among 2017 Women of Excellence

Western faculty, alumnae among 2017 Women of Excellence

Two members of the Western community are among eight honourees named by The YMCA of Western Ontario as 2017 Women of Excellence. Dr. Marina Salvadori, a faculty member in the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, is a provincial, national and international...

Funding bolsters Canada’s role in international justice

Funding bolsters Canada’s role in international justice

For almost two decades, Valerie Oosterveld has dedicated her work to gender-sensitive criminal justice – first as a lawyer with the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and now, as an academic. Oosterveld, associate dean in the Faculty of Law, along with 22 partners...

Western asks faculty, staff to ‘Speak’ up

Western asks faculty, staff to ‘Speak’ up

Next week, Western faculty and staff will again have their say about how satisfied they are at work. “It’s about an opportunity,” said Andrew Fuller, Director (Learning and Development), Human Resources. “It’s an opportunity for faculty and staff to give a voice to...

Invention takes a new spin on concussion prevention

Invention takes a new spin on concussion prevention

Some of the best ideas come from drinks at a bar with friends. Theo Versteegh’s revolutionary idea to mitigate concussion in sport was no different. Almost five years ago, around the time famed hockey player Sidney Crosby suffered his second career-altering...

Course  evaluations  going digital

Course evaluations going digital

Starting this term, students will be afforded more flexibility in evaluating their instructors and courses as Western goes digital with its end-of-term questionnaires. It’s a move, university officials say, that will provide deeper data and a better understanding of...

New Robarts head embraces ‘rich material’

New Robarts head embraces ‘rich material’

Marlys Koschinsky has an action plan at the ready as she begins a career-defining role at Robarts Research Institute. As the new Scientific and Executive Director, her approach is focused on what she considers to be the most integral factor for success: people. “I...

Board backs task force review, eyes next steps

Board backs task force review, eyes next steps

Although Western’s Board of Governors unanimously backed the Report of the Board Governance Review Task Force, the “make-or-break” test for the university governing body starts with what they do next, according to one of the review’s co-authors. “One of the things...

Western faculty, alumnae among 2017 Women of Excellence

Western faculty, alumnae among 2017 Women of Excellence

Two members of the Western community are among eight honourees named by The YMCA of Western Ontario as 2017 Women of Excellence. Dr. Marina Salvadori, a faculty member in the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, is a provincial, national and international...

Funding bolsters Canada’s role in international justice

Funding bolsters Canada’s role in international justice

For almost two decades, Valerie Oosterveld has dedicated her work to gender-sensitive criminal justice – first as a lawyer with the Canadian Department of Foreign Affairs and now, as an academic. Oosterveld, associate dean in the Faculty of Law, along with 22 partners...

Western asks faculty, staff to ‘Speak’ up

Western asks faculty, staff to ‘Speak’ up

Next week, Western faculty and staff will again have their say about how satisfied they are at work. “It’s about an opportunity,” said Andrew Fuller, Director (Learning and Development), Human Resources. “It’s an opportunity for faculty and staff to give a voice to...

Invention takes a new spin on concussion prevention

Invention takes a new spin on concussion prevention

Some of the best ideas come from drinks at a bar with friends. Theo Versteegh’s revolutionary idea to mitigate concussion in sport was no different. Almost five years ago, around the time famed hockey player Sidney Crosby suffered his second career-altering...

Course  evaluations  going digital

Course evaluations going digital

Starting this term, students will be afforded more flexibility in evaluating their instructors and courses as Western goes digital with its end-of-term questionnaires. It’s a move, university officials say, that will provide deeper data and a better understanding of...

New Robarts head embraces ‘rich material’

New Robarts head embraces ‘rich material’

Marlys Koschinsky has an action plan at the ready as she begins a career-defining role at Robarts Research Institute. As the new Scientific and Executive Director, her approach is focused on what she considers to be the most integral factor for success: people. “I...

Board backs task force review, eyes next steps

Board backs task force review, eyes next steps

Although Western’s Board of Governors unanimously backed the Report of the Board Governance Review Task Force, the “make-or-break” test for the university governing body starts with what they do next, according to one of the review’s co-authors. “One of the things...