When Vanessa Ambtman-Smith first arrived at Western, she recalls feeling “the gloom and doom of the statistics around Indigenous Peoples having the poorest health of any population in Canada.” She credits professor and Canada Research Chair Chantell …
With Environment Canada advising that London may experience total rainfall amounts of 40-70mm between today and tomorrow, there is potential for flooding, including the Medway Parking Lot (located behind Elgin Hall) and Talbot Parking Lot (located across from Talbot...
Western’s Alumni Hall will glow green this week, part of the Canadian Mental Health Association’s initiative to Shine Green for Mental Health Week. While other universities, including McMaster, Toronto and Lakehead, are also taking part, Western is the only...
An 18-year-old Western student was sent to a London hospital for assessment following an incident on campus this afternoon. London Police Services (LPS) are continuing their investigation, with support of Campus Community Police Services. This is an isolated incident;...
The flag on University College will be lower to half-mast today for Worker’s Memorial Day, an international day of remembrance and action for workers who died or were injured on the job. Worker’s Memorial Day also encourages members of the community to think of ways...
A smile is a simple form of social interaction. Yet, there are absolutely no two the same, says Erin Heerey. “If I give you a genuine smile, you’ll give me a genuine smile back. If I give you a polite smile, you’ll give me a polite smile back and we do this in real...
Led by a team of Western students, a new social enterprise focused on providing affordable and accessible breast milk to mothers and children in need hopes to improve infant mortality rates and empower families worldwide, according to the organization’s founders....
Summer will soon be here, and that means construction season will kick off again, featuring three capital projects, a renovation, several medium-sized projects, as well as hundreds of maintenance, repairs and infrastructure upgrade projects already underway across...
The university will spend $759.1 million in 2017-18 – an increase of 4.3 per cent over last year – on infrastructure to address parking, scholarships to assist students and research initiatives to help faculty. In particular, $1 million will be added in base funding...
With declining enrolment numbers and a structural deficit of roughly $3 million, the Faculty of Arts & Humanities is at a crux. To move forward, collective support across the faculty is needed, according to Western administrators and faculty leadership. “We’ve...
The recent release of the Naylor Report marked an important landmark in the development of the Canadian research ‘ecosystem,’ and it is appropriate for Western to “applaud federal re-investment in scientific research.” (Seize the moment: Western applauds federal...
Business networking events just didn’t cut it for an introvert like Sean Ho Lung. Too much small talk. Too little opportunity to gauge a connection. He wanted to establish a professional network – but on his terms. Enter Club Recess. “When networking, especially as a...
The detailed analysis of Western’s financial decisions and priorities issued by University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) in 2014 (Every Budget is a Choice) concluded that “Western’s coffers are actually stuffed,” and decisions to not spend more on...
With Environment Canada advising that London may experience total rainfall amounts of 40-70mm between today and tomorrow, there is potential for flooding, including the Medway Parking Lot (located behind Elgin Hall) and Talbot Parking Lot (located across from Talbot...
Western’s Alumni Hall will glow green this week, part of the Canadian Mental Health Association’s initiative to Shine Green for Mental Health Week. While other universities, including McMaster, Toronto and Lakehead, are also taking part, Western is the only...
An 18-year-old Western student was sent to a London hospital for assessment following an incident on campus this afternoon. London Police Services (LPS) are continuing their investigation, with support of Campus Community Police Services. This is an isolated incident;...
The flag on University College will be lower to half-mast today for Worker’s Memorial Day, an international day of remembrance and action for workers who died or were injured on the job. Worker’s Memorial Day also encourages members of the community to think of ways...
A smile is a simple form of social interaction. Yet, there are absolutely no two the same, says Erin Heerey. “If I give you a genuine smile, you’ll give me a genuine smile back. If I give you a polite smile, you’ll give me a polite smile back and we do this in real...
Led by a team of Western students, a new social enterprise focused on providing affordable and accessible breast milk to mothers and children in need hopes to improve infant mortality rates and empower families worldwide, according to the organization’s founders....
Summer will soon be here, and that means construction season will kick off again, featuring three capital projects, a renovation, several medium-sized projects, as well as hundreds of maintenance, repairs and infrastructure upgrade projects already underway across...
The university will spend $759.1 million in 2017-18 – an increase of 4.3 per cent over last year – on infrastructure to address parking, scholarships to assist students and research initiatives to help faculty. In particular, $1 million will be added in base funding...
With declining enrolment numbers and a structural deficit of roughly $3 million, the Faculty of Arts & Humanities is at a crux. To move forward, collective support across the faculty is needed, according to Western administrators and faculty leadership. “We’ve...
The recent release of the Naylor Report marked an important landmark in the development of the Canadian research ‘ecosystem,’ and it is appropriate for Western to “applaud federal re-investment in scientific research.” (Seize the moment: Western applauds federal...
Business networking events just didn’t cut it for an introvert like Sean Ho Lung. Too much small talk. Too little opportunity to gauge a connection. He wanted to establish a professional network – but on his terms. Enter Club Recess. “When networking, especially as a...
The detailed analysis of Western’s financial decisions and priorities issued by University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) in 2014 (Every Budget is a Choice) concluded that “Western’s coffers are actually stuffed,” and decisions to not spend more on...