London and Western will play host to over 20 countries and 300 high-performance student-athletes in 2026 as the FISU World University Rowing Championships come to Canada for the first time. The biennial event, one of several university championships org …
Following an extensive ground and aerial survey led by wind engineering experts at Western, it has been determined that the tornado outbreak of June 18, 2017 in southern Québec is officially the largest recorded in the province’s history and, consequently, one of the largest ever recorded in Canada.
As the two-year renovation project to the interior of University College comes to a close this spring, construction will begin to revitalize the surrounding outdoor space.
By Alison Hearn, Western Communications Senator Alison Hearn submitted the following notice of motion that she intends to ask Senate to speed up implementing revisions to the governing body's representation, at Senate's regular meeting April 13: I am disappointed to...
Find out why Nick Shalagan doesn’t mind a little heavy German opera echoing around the house as he cleans.
Western and the Public Service Alliance of Canada, Local 610, have reached a tentative deal which the negotiating teams have jointly agreed to recommend to their respective parties. Representatives of the university and the union met with a mediator this week and...
It was a performance Colleen Richardson never expected.
Read. Watch. Listen. introduces you the personal side of our faculty, staff and alumni. Participants are asked to answer three simple questions about their reading, viewing and listening habits – what one book or newspaper/magazine article is grabbing your attention;...
Four professors are the latest recipients of Distinguished University Professorships (DUP) awards, recognized for exceptional scholarly careers.
I’m on parental leave and spending way too much time scanning online news sites while bouncing my 4-month-old son on an exercise ball. My head is all shook up. Every day brings another barrage of social media shaming, undoubtedly some of which is well warranted.
In keeping with the Public Sector Disclosure Act, Western has released an annual list of employees whose 2017 income met or exceeded $100,000, as reflected on their T4 slips. Also outlined on the list are taxable benefits for the year 2017.
Educators have long aspired to create innovative pedagogical methods to improve the instruction of languages to non-native speakers. But the reliance on emphasizing grammatical rules, without capturing the attention or stimulating the enthusiasm of the students, has failed to create deeper understanding. Therefore, I propose presenting language to learners in a new way – through song.
Jennifer Stranges first heard about cystic fibrosis (CF) as a frosh at Western during the Shinerama. Today, she is part of a dedicated corporate communications team at Cystic Fibrosis Canada, one of the world’s top charitable organizations committed to finding a cure for the disease.