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Western to bestow honorary degrees on 14 outstanding leaders

Western to bestow honorary degrees on 14 outstanding leaders

Western is conferring honorary degrees on 14 eminent individuals during spring convocation, celebrating and honouring their contributions across a wide range of endeavours. Convocation ceremonies, taking place at Alumni Hall throughout June, feature ad …

Study: Domestic violence affects victims, offenders in the workplace

Study: Domestic violence affects victims, offenders in the workplace

Employers cannot ignore violence spilling out of the home and into the workplace and must move to offer supports for both victims and offenders, according to a Western researcher at the centre of a study looking into domestic violence’s impact in the workplace....

New clinic to support mental health in kids

New clinic to support mental health in kids

The numbers aren’t pretty, but the future may be brighter for families with children experiencing learning or mental-health issues, thanks to a new initiative led by Western Education. According to Children’s Mental Health Ontario, as many as 1-in-5 children and youth...

Lazaridis: Education conquers fear

Lazaridis: Education conquers fear

  For his accomplished career in business, Michael Lazaridis, founder of Blackberry, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws,...

The Walrus talked; London listened

The Walrus talked; London listened

Powerful, thought provoking and just a little bit teary. On Oct. 17, Western Alumni and the Faculty of Arts & Humanities welcomed the community to a packed London Music Hall for The Walrus Talks: Belonging. As the unofficial kick-off to a full weekend of...

Hachinski gets the call from the Hall

Hachinski gets the call from the Hall

World-renowned neurologist Dr. Vladimir Hachinski, who has transformed the understanding, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of the two greatest threats to the brain – stroke and dementia – has been named one of six physicians to be inducted into the Canadian Medical...

Let’s move what we know forward

Let’s move what we know forward

Reconciliation is defined in many sources as an act of healing through bringing parties together after adverse actions. On Oct. 4, the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and Western Law partnered to present an afternoon education session for students, focused...

Mustang football tradition now a family affair

Mustang football tradition now a family affair

It wasn’t a hard decision for Bruce Lamb, HBA’85, and his daughter Tori, HBA’14, when the idea was floated: Come out to all the Mustangs home football games and, while you’re at it, why not bring along your horses?

Study: Aging alone could strain individual, system

Study: Aging alone could strain individual, system

As more and more adults face old age alone, society needs to rethink its approach to health and elder care before this demographic shift puts further strain on an already taxed system, according to one Western researcher. For most of human history, adults have...

Database eyes human role in earthquakes

Database eyes human role in earthquakes

A new database showcasing hundreds of examples of human-triggered earthquakes should shake up policy-makers, regulators and industry executives looking to mitigate these unacceptable hazards caused by our own actions, according to a Western Earth Sciences professor....

New UWOFA president ready to serve

New UWOFA president ready to serve

The timing wasn’t right when Stephen Pitel was first asked to serve as President of the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA). Approaching a sabbatical, he was unable to dedicate the three consecutive years the bargaining unit requires for its...

Once star finds magic at Western

Once star finds magic at Western

Jeff Hamacher recalls strolling into his San Jose, Calif., music class as a 9-year-old, wondering what instrument he was going to choose. The guitar. The drums. Maybe the saxophone. Nope. How about that cello? “I cannot explain it very well. I recall grabbing a bow...

Study: Domestic violence affects victims, offenders in the workplace

Study: Domestic violence affects victims, offenders in the workplace

Employers cannot ignore violence spilling out of the home and into the workplace and must move to offer supports for both victims and offenders, according to a Western researcher at the centre of a study looking into domestic violence’s impact in the workplace....

New clinic to support mental health in kids

New clinic to support mental health in kids

The numbers aren’t pretty, but the future may be brighter for families with children experiencing learning or mental-health issues, thanks to a new initiative led by Western Education. According to Children’s Mental Health Ontario, as many as 1-in-5 children and youth...

Lazaridis: Education conquers fear

Lazaridis: Education conquers fear

  For his accomplished career in business, Michael Lazaridis, founder of Blackberry, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws,...

The Walrus talked; London listened

The Walrus talked; London listened

Powerful, thought provoking and just a little bit teary. On Oct. 17, Western Alumni and the Faculty of Arts & Humanities welcomed the community to a packed London Music Hall for The Walrus Talks: Belonging. As the unofficial kick-off to a full weekend of...

Hachinski gets the call from the Hall

Hachinski gets the call from the Hall

World-renowned neurologist Dr. Vladimir Hachinski, who has transformed the understanding, diagnosis, treatment and prevention of the two greatest threats to the brain – stroke and dementia – has been named one of six physicians to be inducted into the Canadian Medical...

Let’s move what we know forward

Let’s move what we know forward

Reconciliation is defined in many sources as an act of healing through bringing parties together after adverse actions. On Oct. 4, the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and Western Law partnered to present an afternoon education session for students, focused...

Mustang football tradition now a family affair

Mustang football tradition now a family affair

It wasn’t a hard decision for Bruce Lamb, HBA’85, and his daughter Tori, HBA’14, when the idea was floated: Come out to all the Mustangs home football games and, while you’re at it, why not bring along your horses?

Study: Aging alone could strain individual, system

Study: Aging alone could strain individual, system

As more and more adults face old age alone, society needs to rethink its approach to health and elder care before this demographic shift puts further strain on an already taxed system, according to one Western researcher. For most of human history, adults have...

Database eyes human role in earthquakes

Database eyes human role in earthquakes

A new database showcasing hundreds of examples of human-triggered earthquakes should shake up policy-makers, regulators and industry executives looking to mitigate these unacceptable hazards caused by our own actions, according to a Western Earth Sciences professor....

New UWOFA president ready to serve

New UWOFA president ready to serve

The timing wasn’t right when Stephen Pitel was first asked to serve as President of the University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA). Approaching a sabbatical, he was unable to dedicate the three consecutive years the bargaining unit requires for its...

Once star finds magic at Western

Once star finds magic at Western

Jeff Hamacher recalls strolling into his San Jose, Calif., music class as a 9-year-old, wondering what instrument he was going to choose. The guitar. The drums. Maybe the saxophone. Nope. How about that cello? “I cannot explain it very well. I recall grabbing a bow...