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 …
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Eleven professors are receiving Western’s highest honours for inspiring active and deep learning in their students.
Trish Tucker, a professor in the School of Occupational Therapy, is currently working on a study that aims to increase the physical activity levels of preschoolers during childcare hours.
With walking tours, trivia nights, food tasting events and art programming, this goes beyond your average book club experience. Aiming to engage readers from all corners of the city, while celebrating Canada’s sesquicentennial, the London Public Library (LPL) recently...
Representing a major overhaul of Western’s security framework, the university effected a new Computing, Technology and Information Resources Policy earlier this week. The last substantive policy changes were implemented almost 10 years ago. “The new information...
Innovators, politicians, academics, an iconic Canadian author, a handful of industry titans and a former member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada highlight a lineup of honorary degrees recipients when Western hosts its 309th Convocation this spring....
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Eleven professors are receiving Western’s highest honours for inspiring active and deep learning in their students.
Trish Tucker, a professor in the School of Occupational Therapy, is currently working on a study that aims to increase the physical activity levels of preschoolers during childcare hours.
With walking tours, trivia nights, food tasting events and art programming, this goes beyond your average book club experience. Aiming to engage readers from all corners of the city, while celebrating Canada’s sesquicentennial, the London Public Library (LPL) recently...
Representing a major overhaul of Western’s security framework, the university effected a new Computing, Technology and Information Resources Policy earlier this week. The last substantive policy changes were implemented almost 10 years ago. “The new information...
Innovators, politicians, academics, an iconic Canadian author, a handful of industry titans and a former member of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada highlight a lineup of honorary degrees recipients when Western hosts its 309th Convocation this spring....