From neuroscience to renewable energy, Western researchers are being recognized for their scholarship and the solutions they’re developing to challenges around the world. The 2024 Western Research Excellence Awards honoured six leading scholars for “exc …
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Endnotes: 23 highlights from 2023
A brief look back at milestones and stories from the past year
Thirteen Western alumni make Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women list
Leaders in private, public sectors honoured for leadership, vision
Western makes new safe sport commitments
Senior Advisor on Safe Sport appointment, semi-annual student-athlete surveys among measures
Program aims to help first-year Indigenous students thrive and connect with language, culture
Grants from Parr Centre for Thriving to also support new students’ mental health, wellness
Long-term care COVID restrictions took toll on families’ mental health, reveals study
Family members felt sadness, grief at seeing decline in health of older adults due to social distancing
In pictures: Autumn 2023 convocation
Highlights from Western’s 322nd convocation ceremonies
Sarah Polley advises new Western graduates to ‘run towards the danger’
Academy Award winner receives honorary degree at autumn convocation
Staggering rise in opioid-related deaths among unhoused people: study
One in six deaths from opioids in Ontario in 2021 were of people experiencing homelessness, find researchers
Five outstanding leaders to receive honorary degrees
Academy Award winner Sarah Polley among those being honoured at autumn convocation ceremonies
Researchers earn Canadian Academy of Health Sciences honours
From work on the brain to children’s mental health, research recognized for impact on patient care
Behind the Research: Western looks at the final frontier
President Alan Shepard in conversation with professors Sarah Gallagher and Jan Cami on Canada’s role in space exploration and research
Western observes National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Campus community is encouraged to reflect on its meaning and significance
Endnotes: 23 highlights from 2023
A brief look back at milestones and stories from the past year
Thirteen Western alumni make Canada’s 100 Most Powerful Women list
Leaders in private, public sectors honoured for leadership, vision
Western makes new safe sport commitments
Senior Advisor on Safe Sport appointment, semi-annual student-athlete surveys among measures
Program aims to help first-year Indigenous students thrive and connect with language, culture
Grants from Parr Centre for Thriving to also support new students’ mental health, wellness
Long-term care COVID restrictions took toll on families’ mental health, reveals study
Family members felt sadness, grief at seeing decline in health of older adults due to social distancing
In pictures: Autumn 2023 convocation
Highlights from Western’s 322nd convocation ceremonies
Sarah Polley advises new Western graduates to ‘run towards the danger’
Academy Award winner receives honorary degree at autumn convocation
Staggering rise in opioid-related deaths among unhoused people: study
One in six deaths from opioids in Ontario in 2021 were of people experiencing homelessness, find researchers
Five outstanding leaders to receive honorary degrees
Academy Award winner Sarah Polley among those being honoured at autumn convocation ceremonies
Researchers earn Canadian Academy of Health Sciences honours
From work on the brain to children’s mental health, research recognized for impact on patient care
Behind the Research: Western looks at the final frontier
President Alan Shepard in conversation with professors Sarah Gallagher and Jan Cami on Canada’s role in space exploration and research
Western observes National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
Campus community is encouraged to reflect on its meaning and significance