For 25 years, medical students at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry have “discovered” first-hand what life and medical practice in Southwestern Ontario have to offer through Discovery Week. The first-of-its-kind mandatory program immerses …
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Ratcliffe: You can’t have it both ways
“Study in a Faculty with one of the lowest student-to-faculty ratios in Canada. This means more personalized attention from our world-class professors and researchers,” the Faculty of Arts and Humanities advertises to incoming students. Western President Amit Chakma...
Conference to address solutions, forge connections on issues of inequality
When faculty first gathered, more than a year ago, to discuss issues of inequality, in preparation for a conference at Western, no one anticipated the political climate 2016 would establish. Brexit. The election of Donald Trump and the ensuing socio-economic...
A formula for smoothing rising Ontario hydro bills
Public angst about rising electricity bills in Ontario has intensified recently as the cost of new investment in generation capacity becomes clear. Over the past decade, the government has contracted for more than 20,000 megawatts of generation capacity, including...
Engineering students flip for bottle craze
For some, the bottle flipping craze was a silly kid’s game. Aidan Sabourin saw it as an opportunity. In just a few short months, with three of his friends – Justin Lam, Danny Loo and Armin Gurdic – Sabourin created an app that attracted millions of downloads, becoming...
Thousands access campus tour thanks to live-stream app
The first thing Ewan Macpherson asked when the suggestion came to use Periscope to showcase research at the National Centre for Audiology (NCA) – in particular the anechoic chamber – was, “What’s Periscope?” A professor in the School of Communication Sciences and...
UN honours student’s efforts to empower women in Pakistan
Faculty of Information and Media Studies student Shoaib Rizvi is one of three youth worldwide to receive an Outstanding Youth Delegate Award from the United Nations.
Sports offers historic insight beyond games
Zinon Papakonstantinou likes to tell the story of the original super fan. In the first century AD, a Northern Greek baker attended 12 Olympic Games. That was quite an investment for a regular man during the Ancient Games – time, money, not to mention the trip to...
Input sought in strategic mandate renewal process
What is it that sets Western apart from institutions across the province? As Western joins Ontario postsecondary institutions in ongoing Strategic Mandate Agreement (SMA) renewal discussions with the provincial government, members of the campus community are invited...
Beyond sound: Looking at the shape of music to understand composition
When you sing “Happy Birthday,” chances are you aren’t thinking much about the “shape” of the cheerful song. Music Theory PhD student Kristen Wallentinsen most definitely is. Her research is focused on mathematical representations of melodic contour, or shape, in...
Provincial funding boosts eLearning at Western
Western has received more than $1.4 million from eCampusOntario to help promote access, collaboration and innovation in online and technology-enabled learning, boosting learning and development opportunities in this ever-growing field, said Western’s eLearning...
Professors’ feminist fitness blog named among top health influencers
Feminist thinkers at Western are giving women in fitness a voice – and now, they’re receiving recognition for it, too. Western professors Tracy Isaacs and Samantha Brennan were recently nominated as one of OptiMYz magazine’s Top 100 Health Influencers. Their blog, Fit...
Western celebrates excellence in teaching
Eleven professors are receiving Western’s highest honours for inspiring active and deep learning in their students.
Ratcliffe: You can’t have it both ways
“Study in a Faculty with one of the lowest student-to-faculty ratios in Canada. This means more personalized attention from our world-class professors and researchers,” the Faculty of Arts and Humanities advertises to incoming students. Western President Amit Chakma...
Conference to address solutions, forge connections on issues of inequality
When faculty first gathered, more than a year ago, to discuss issues of inequality, in preparation for a conference at Western, no one anticipated the political climate 2016 would establish. Brexit. The election of Donald Trump and the ensuing socio-economic...
A formula for smoothing rising Ontario hydro bills
Public angst about rising electricity bills in Ontario has intensified recently as the cost of new investment in generation capacity becomes clear. Over the past decade, the government has contracted for more than 20,000 megawatts of generation capacity, including...
Engineering students flip for bottle craze
For some, the bottle flipping craze was a silly kid’s game. Aidan Sabourin saw it as an opportunity. In just a few short months, with three of his friends – Justin Lam, Danny Loo and Armin Gurdic – Sabourin created an app that attracted millions of downloads, becoming...
Thousands access campus tour thanks to live-stream app
The first thing Ewan Macpherson asked when the suggestion came to use Periscope to showcase research at the National Centre for Audiology (NCA) – in particular the anechoic chamber – was, “What’s Periscope?” A professor in the School of Communication Sciences and...
UN honours student’s efforts to empower women in Pakistan
Faculty of Information and Media Studies student Shoaib Rizvi is one of three youth worldwide to receive an Outstanding Youth Delegate Award from the United Nations.
Sports offers historic insight beyond games
Zinon Papakonstantinou likes to tell the story of the original super fan. In the first century AD, a Northern Greek baker attended 12 Olympic Games. That was quite an investment for a regular man during the Ancient Games – time, money, not to mention the trip to...
Input sought in strategic mandate renewal process
What is it that sets Western apart from institutions across the province? As Western joins Ontario postsecondary institutions in ongoing Strategic Mandate Agreement (SMA) renewal discussions with the provincial government, members of the campus community are invited...
Beyond sound: Looking at the shape of music to understand composition
When you sing “Happy Birthday,” chances are you aren’t thinking much about the “shape” of the cheerful song. Music Theory PhD student Kristen Wallentinsen most definitely is. Her research is focused on mathematical representations of melodic contour, or shape, in...
Provincial funding boosts eLearning at Western
Western has received more than $1.4 million from eCampusOntario to help promote access, collaboration and innovation in online and technology-enabled learning, boosting learning and development opportunities in this ever-growing field, said Western’s eLearning...
Professors’ feminist fitness blog named among top health influencers
Feminist thinkers at Western are giving women in fitness a voice – and now, they’re receiving recognition for it, too. Western professors Tracy Isaacs and Samantha Brennan were recently nominated as one of OptiMYz magazine’s Top 100 Health Influencers. Their blog, Fit...
Western celebrates excellence in teaching
Eleven professors are receiving Western’s highest honours for inspiring active and deep learning in their students.