Western is launching a new global engagement strategy to guide its efforts to drive positive change around the world. The internationalization plan, called Western in the World, seeks to increase Western’s international reach and research throug …
Campus & Community
Bringing holistic health to the community
There’s more to being a doctor than recognizing and treating an illness. There’s more to the patient, too, than the illness that needs treatment. A newly developed integrative Social Medicine course within the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry aims to tackle...
Bringing urban farming to the community
They are unlikely farmers, sure. But armed with a vision of making a social and sustainable impact in London, a lawyer, writer, business instructor and social service worker are rolling up their sleeves and making it work. Urban Roots, co-founded by Heather and Graham...
Bringing volunteerism to the community
They serve with willing hands and see the world through new eyes. Since Western’s Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program began in 2003, its tagline has been Be the change. Participants have taken it to heart, through the experiences they have had, the people they have...
Bringing coding for girls to the community
For adults, playing can be a break from life. For young girls in grade school, playing might just be the first step to a fulfilling career. This month, 60 young women aged 12 to 17 had fun and gained digital skills at Go CODE Girl – an annual ‘Just for Girls’ coding...
Bringing career development to the community
Ira Timothy, communications co-ordinator with the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians in London, turned his passion for film-making into a post-degree diploma through Western Continuing Studies.
Bringing child literacy to the community
English spelling is often described as absurd. For apparent proof, consider the words tough, dough, and through; or meat, great, and threat. At Western’s Child and Youth Development Clinic, we are saying enough to this myth of illogical spelling. In our Wise Words...
Bringing student service to the community
For one frenetic, blue-sky day last September, 2,500 Western students planted trees, cleaned parks, organized a picnic for newcomers and washed cars to introduce themselves to the London community. The relationships launched that inaugural Orientation Serves Day have...
Bringing tutoring to the community
It was 2003 and a small group of Western students got to thinking: how could they, as postsecondary students, give back to younger students needing help with their education? What about tutoring – for free? With that unselfish yet simple idea, Hope for Relief was...
Bringing activism to the community
The shift from being a nurse, being a front-line service provider in our community, to a full-time academic was a difficult one for me. I suddenly felt disconnected, disengaged, that I was walking away from some of the very spaces and relationships that drove me...
Bringing business expertise to the community
Community organizations work hard at improving our collective well-being and bringing about positive social change. But these groups sometimes face challenges that lie outside their expertise. That’s where the Ivey School of Business steps up. The Community Consulting...
Bringing empathetic healing to the community
Your story isn’t over yet; That message on a simple plaque – intentionally continuing its thought via a semi-colon – is the first thing visitors see when they enter Rebecca Machado’s office at Daya Counselling Centre in downtown London. The plaque was a gift from a...
Bringing inter-generational music to the community
The atonal clatter of utensils on plates falls away to near-silence when Kristal Daniels, accompanying herself on grand piano, begins to sing a soulful Verdi love song. One elderly diner whispers to her table partner, “It is so lovely to have our own lunchtime...
Bringing holistic health to the community
There’s more to being a doctor than recognizing and treating an illness. There’s more to the patient, too, than the illness that needs treatment. A newly developed integrative Social Medicine course within the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry aims to tackle...
Bringing urban farming to the community
They are unlikely farmers, sure. But armed with a vision of making a social and sustainable impact in London, a lawyer, writer, business instructor and social service worker are rolling up their sleeves and making it work. Urban Roots, co-founded by Heather and Graham...
Bringing volunteerism to the community
They serve with willing hands and see the world through new eyes. Since Western’s Alternative Spring Break (ASB) program began in 2003, its tagline has been Be the change. Participants have taken it to heart, through the experiences they have had, the people they have...
Bringing coding for girls to the community
For adults, playing can be a break from life. For young girls in grade school, playing might just be the first step to a fulfilling career. This month, 60 young women aged 12 to 17 had fun and gained digital skills at Go CODE Girl – an annual ‘Just for Girls’ coding...
Bringing career development to the community
Ira Timothy, communications co-ordinator with the Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians in London, turned his passion for film-making into a post-degree diploma through Western Continuing Studies.
Bringing child literacy to the community
English spelling is often described as absurd. For apparent proof, consider the words tough, dough, and through; or meat, great, and threat. At Western’s Child and Youth Development Clinic, we are saying enough to this myth of illogical spelling. In our Wise Words...
Bringing student service to the community
For one frenetic, blue-sky day last September, 2,500 Western students planted trees, cleaned parks, organized a picnic for newcomers and washed cars to introduce themselves to the London community. The relationships launched that inaugural Orientation Serves Day have...
Bringing tutoring to the community
It was 2003 and a small group of Western students got to thinking: how could they, as postsecondary students, give back to younger students needing help with their education? What about tutoring – for free? With that unselfish yet simple idea, Hope for Relief was...
Bringing activism to the community
The shift from being a nurse, being a front-line service provider in our community, to a full-time academic was a difficult one for me. I suddenly felt disconnected, disengaged, that I was walking away from some of the very spaces and relationships that drove me...
Bringing business expertise to the community
Community organizations work hard at improving our collective well-being and bringing about positive social change. But these groups sometimes face challenges that lie outside their expertise. That’s where the Ivey School of Business steps up. The Community Consulting...
Bringing empathetic healing to the community
Your story isn’t over yet; That message on a simple plaque – intentionally continuing its thought via a semi-colon – is the first thing visitors see when they enter Rebecca Machado’s office at Daya Counselling Centre in downtown London. The plaque was a gift from a...
Bringing inter-generational music to the community
The atonal clatter of utensils on plates falls away to near-silence when Kristal Daniels, accompanying herself on grand piano, begins to sing a soulful Verdi love song. One elderly diner whispers to her table partner, “It is so lovely to have our own lunchtime...