The super-fast, smart network enables new research and can help students thrive at Western.
Competition augments local reality with environmentalism
A new competition for Western students is designed to create an augmented-reality version of London locales, with an environmental twist.
Expert insights: ‘Relationship glasses’ colour our view of our partners
Our beliefs about our romantic partner colour our perceptions of who they are.
Black History Month a call to spark change
The month is an opportunity to ‘use the lessons of history as a force for change now and into the future.’
Western among top 50 Canadian workplaces: Forbes survey
Western has been named among Canada’s 50 best employers, based on an independent ranking conducted for Forbes.
Looking ahead: Plans for the current and upcoming academic terms
Update from Western President Alan Shepard
Art, up-close and from a distance
The pandemic prompted a show of ‘separate togetherness’ at Western’s Artlab.
Expert insights: Older caregivers struggle during pandemic
Many older people have become entirely responsible for the care of a frail spouse, in addition to running a household and caring for themselves.
Peers-for-Peers program offers support for physicians
As the pandemic wears on, a unique program at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry builds resiliency with mutual support.
More than words: Marking progress on Western’s Indigenous Strategic Plan
Candace Brunette-Debassige shares highlights from 2020 report
Indigenous Learning Fund recipients named
Four projects funded for fostering Indigenous learning and community partnerships
Ivan Coyote brings Active Voice to Western
Ivan Coyote, Western’s Alice Munro Chair in Creativity, launches a highly interactive senior-level class that is also a public performance series.
Shane Wang named top marketing scholar
Associate professor of marketing is first Ivey recipient of Marketing Science Institute Class of Young Scholars honour.
Activist author Desmond Cole challenges journalists, media and status quo
Advocacy and activism can be exhausting but it’s less soul-searing than the systemic racism endured every day by Canadians who are Black, Indigenous and People of Colour.
In-person classes delayed to February 21: COVID-19 update
Western delays in-person instruction to February 21, following Reading Week. Virtual classes go ahead as planned.
Scholarships launched in memory of Iranian students
Chemistry student Hadis Hayatdavoudi and three other Western students aboard Flight PS752 will be remembered through scholarships.
Notable Western researchers, scholars, alumni appointed to Orders of Canada and Ontario
A combat surgeon and English professor emeritus are among several Western-connected Canadians to be celebrated with top national and provincial honours.
Abe Oudshoorn, Betty Anne Younker, alumni make Mayor’s Honour List
More than half the recipients have Western connections
Province-wide shutdown for Ontario: COVID-19 update
What the province-wide shutdown – effective Saturday, December 26 – means for Western’s academic and campus operations.
Christy R. Bressette to lead Indigenous Initiatives at Western