Hailey Guertin’s passion for medicine, dedication to learning, and commitment to the community has shaped her journey throughout medical school. Now Guertin is a graduate of Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry’s class of 2023 and was selected …
Campus & Community
Blended courses to offer ‘best of both worlds’
Launched in the fall of 2016 as part of Western’s Blended Learning Strategy, the Supported Course Redesign (SCoRe) program – which supports faculty members in the transformation of fully face-to-face large-enrollment courses into blended offerings – will see its first...
Study shows link between food insecurity and poor mental health
While a lack of access to safe and nutritious food can contribute to malnutrition, and a whole host of other physical effects, what, if any, are the effects on mental health? According to Geography PhD candidate Kilian Atuoye, MA’16, heads of households who experience...
Western gets WISE about sustainability
Reducing meat and dairy consumption, clean energy and food sharing were among the innovative ideas shared at Western’s Ideas for Sustainability and the Environment competition.
Free Press, Western Archives showcase London 50 years ago
A lot has changed in the 50 years since Canada’s centennial – from fashion and sports to architecture and technology. In London, Ont. and the surrounding region, a collection of nearly 8,000 images from the centennial year, captured by London Free Press photographers,...
Workshopping Samuels’ ‘Because I Am Your Queen’
More than a dozen students and faculty had the opportunity to work alongside a playwright last month, workshopping Because I am Your Queen, a new play by New York City author and playwright Mina Samuels. Joined by dancer and choreographer Jacqueline Dugal, the...
Study finds entrepreneurship training better for women, minorities
Women and minorities are more likely to benefit from entrepreneurship training programs when compared to Caucasian men, according to recent research conducted by an Ivey Business School professor. “The study was motivated by the idea that over the past decade, there...
Alumna to embark on Antarctica trip for climate change research, leadership training
It’s the trip of a lifetime. More than 70 women with a background in science will embark on a three-week excursion to Antarctica where they will network, learn about climate change research and engage in leadership training. The ship departs from Ushuaia, Argentina in...
Revenge of the big ‘bots at Western
More than 1,000 high school students, forming 35 teams, were on campus last weekend, with robots they built and programmed as part of the inaugural FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC) – Western University District event, hosted by the Faculty of Engineering. The event...
Western releases annual salary disclosures
In keeping with the Public Sector Disclosure Act, Western released an annual list of employees whose 2016 income met or exceeded $100,000, as reflected on their T4 slips, university officials announced today. The list also includes taxable benefits for 2016. Most of...
Alexis, ‘Fifteen Dogs’ win Canada Reads
André Alexis, the 2010-11 Writer-In-Residence in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, and his book Fifteen Dogs were named the winner of this year’s Canada Reads, after writer and rapper Humble The Poet successfully defended the book in the CBC program’s finale...
Students nab innovation awards
Three Western students reflected their best work in developing a winning commercialization strategy for a mirror box used in lower-extremity therapy, earning them one of the top spots in the annual Proteus Innovation Competition. The competition – a partnership...
Researchers target mindfulness in children, parents
It starts with the ringing of a chime. Immediately, a kindergarten classroom falls silent as 30 students sit intently, each one waiting to raise a hand the second he or she can no longer hear the chime’s resonating tone. The sound continues to abate and one by one,...
Blended courses to offer ‘best of both worlds’
Launched in the fall of 2016 as part of Western’s Blended Learning Strategy, the Supported Course Redesign (SCoRe) program – which supports faculty members in the transformation of fully face-to-face large-enrollment courses into blended offerings – will see its first...
Study shows link between food insecurity and poor mental health
While a lack of access to safe and nutritious food can contribute to malnutrition, and a whole host of other physical effects, what, if any, are the effects on mental health? According to Geography PhD candidate Kilian Atuoye, MA’16, heads of households who experience...
Western gets WISE about sustainability
Reducing meat and dairy consumption, clean energy and food sharing were among the innovative ideas shared at Western’s Ideas for Sustainability and the Environment competition.
Free Press, Western Archives showcase London 50 years ago
A lot has changed in the 50 years since Canada’s centennial – from fashion and sports to architecture and technology. In London, Ont. and the surrounding region, a collection of nearly 8,000 images from the centennial year, captured by London Free Press photographers,...
Workshopping Samuels’ ‘Because I Am Your Queen’
More than a dozen students and faculty had the opportunity to work alongside a playwright last month, workshopping Because I am Your Queen, a new play by New York City author and playwright Mina Samuels. Joined by dancer and choreographer Jacqueline Dugal, the...
Study finds entrepreneurship training better for women, minorities
Women and minorities are more likely to benefit from entrepreneurship training programs when compared to Caucasian men, according to recent research conducted by an Ivey Business School professor. “The study was motivated by the idea that over the past decade, there...
Alumna to embark on Antarctica trip for climate change research, leadership training
It’s the trip of a lifetime. More than 70 women with a background in science will embark on a three-week excursion to Antarctica where they will network, learn about climate change research and engage in leadership training. The ship departs from Ushuaia, Argentina in...
Revenge of the big ‘bots at Western
More than 1,000 high school students, forming 35 teams, were on campus last weekend, with robots they built and programmed as part of the inaugural FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC) – Western University District event, hosted by the Faculty of Engineering. The event...
Western releases annual salary disclosures
In keeping with the Public Sector Disclosure Act, Western released an annual list of employees whose 2016 income met or exceeded $100,000, as reflected on their T4 slips, university officials announced today. The list also includes taxable benefits for 2016. Most of...
Alexis, ‘Fifteen Dogs’ win Canada Reads
André Alexis, the 2010-11 Writer-In-Residence in the Faculty of Arts & Humanities, and his book Fifteen Dogs were named the winner of this year’s Canada Reads, after writer and rapper Humble The Poet successfully defended the book in the CBC program’s finale...
Students nab innovation awards
Three Western students reflected their best work in developing a winning commercialization strategy for a mirror box used in lower-extremity therapy, earning them one of the top spots in the annual Proteus Innovation Competition. The competition – a partnership...
Researchers target mindfulness in children, parents
It starts with the ringing of a chime. Immediately, a kindergarten classroom falls silent as 30 students sit intently, each one waiting to raise a hand the second he or she can no longer hear the chime’s resonating tone. The sound continues to abate and one by one,...