A team of 16 Western collaborators have been recognized for innovation in teaching and learning by the Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (STLHE). Their combined efforts created the Connecting for Climate Change Action course, which earn …
As the creator of ‘Step Back: Seeing History Sideways,’ a YouTube channel filled with unconventional, quirky and enlightening takes on the past, History PhD student Tristan Johnson enjoys tackling anything that spurs his interest.
Long before Tim Hain, BSc’04, PhD’16 (Biology), completed his dissertation, his work was gaining considerable traction. Hain successfully defended his PhD dissertation in December 2016. Four months earlier he had published four papers in peer-reviewed journals, which...
In some ways, the story of Teresa Harris, the youngest member in one of London’s first pioneer families, dovetails with that of Penn Kemp. “I see a direct parallel with my own life. Things have changed so much. When I was growing up, London was so white-bred, and, I...
Thanks to the backing of a United Nations (UN) grant and the efforts of a Western Law professor, the world will have a clearer understanding of sexual and gender-based violence in Sierra Leone in the 1990s and a blueprint for prosecuting these war crimes.
Joshua Schuster knows most would argue environmentalism, at least in its most activist of forms, is a relatively modern concern. Environmental issues weren’t prominent until the 1960s, when American conservationist Rachel Carson, widely credited for advancing the...
Next week, Western faculty and staff will again have their say about how satisfied they are at work. “It’s about an opportunity,” said Andrew Fuller, Director (Learning and Development), Human Resources. “It’s an opportunity for faculty and staff to give a voice to...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau brought his London Town Hall event to Western’s Alumni Hall last week after overwhelming...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will bring his London Town Hall event to Western’s Alumni Hall tonight after overwhelming demand from the community forced a late change of venue. Doors open at 6 p.m.
Jasmine Wang remembers the day in Grade 8, back home in Alberta, when she saw her local Tim Hortons toss out a box of perfectly good donuts. “It shocked me. I was taken aback,” said Wang, a first-year Computer Science and Arts & Humanities student. “Why isn’t that...
For Karissa French and her family, education is a lifeline amid the damaging ripple effects of residential schools, substance abuse and inequality. Watching her parents return to school as mature students – overcoming personal challenges and eventually, earning their...
In a quiet corner of Robarts Research Institute, hidden behind a maze of cubicles and black curtains, researchers are pushing the boundaries of reality. It’s in this curious and creative space that PhD candidate Adam Rankin, BSc’07, MSc’09, is taking medical imaging...
What started as a grade school journal has now evolved into a larger effort by a Western Anthropology graduate student to help his community tell its stories in ways that are more creative. “I grew up with a passion for painting. By the time I was in Grade 12, it...
As the creator of ‘Step Back: Seeing History Sideways,’ a YouTube channel filled with unconventional, quirky and enlightening takes on the past, History PhD student Tristan Johnson enjoys tackling anything that spurs his interest.
Long before Tim Hain, BSc’04, PhD’16 (Biology), completed his dissertation, his work was gaining considerable traction. Hain successfully defended his PhD dissertation in December 2016. Four months earlier he had published four papers in peer-reviewed journals, which...
In some ways, the story of Teresa Harris, the youngest member in one of London’s first pioneer families, dovetails with that of Penn Kemp. “I see a direct parallel with my own life. Things have changed so much. When I was growing up, London was so white-bred, and, I...
Thanks to the backing of a United Nations (UN) grant and the efforts of a Western Law professor, the world will have a clearer understanding of sexual and gender-based violence in Sierra Leone in the 1990s and a blueprint for prosecuting these war crimes.
Joshua Schuster knows most would argue environmentalism, at least in its most activist of forms, is a relatively modern concern. Environmental issues weren’t prominent until the 1960s, when American conservationist Rachel Carson, widely credited for advancing the...
Next week, Western faculty and staff will again have their say about how satisfied they are at work. “It’s about an opportunity,” said Andrew Fuller, Director (Learning and Development), Human Resources. “It’s an opportunity for faculty and staff to give a voice to...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau brought his London Town Hall event to Western’s Alumni Hall last week after overwhelming...
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will bring his London Town Hall event to Western’s Alumni Hall tonight after overwhelming demand from the community forced a late change of venue. Doors open at 6 p.m.
Jasmine Wang remembers the day in Grade 8, back home in Alberta, when she saw her local Tim Hortons toss out a box of perfectly good donuts. “It shocked me. I was taken aback,” said Wang, a first-year Computer Science and Arts & Humanities student. “Why isn’t that...
For Karissa French and her family, education is a lifeline amid the damaging ripple effects of residential schools, substance abuse and inequality. Watching her parents return to school as mature students – overcoming personal challenges and eventually, earning their...
In a quiet corner of Robarts Research Institute, hidden behind a maze of cubicles and black curtains, researchers are pushing the boundaries of reality. It’s in this curious and creative space that PhD candidate Adam Rankin, BSc’07, MSc’09, is taking medical imaging...
What started as a grade school journal has now evolved into a larger effort by a Western Anthropology graduate student to help his community tell its stories in ways that are more creative. “I grew up with a passion for painting. By the time I was in Grade 12, it...