Launched in 2012 through the Ubuntu Management Education Initiative, Ivey Business School’s Africa Service Learning (ASL) study trip is an elective course that sends HBA students to schools throughout Africa to demonstrate case teaching and develop n …
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Sharing her passion for the game with others
At 18, Lindsay Doxtator discovered her love for lacrosse at a later age than most. But just because she has graduated university and landed a full-time job, it doesn’t mean Doxtator, now 28, has hung up her lacrosse stick – or ever will.
Immigration defines Canada, not just its politics
At the height of the recent provincial election, the nation’s economic struggles were at the forefront of debate. When an ‘Us vs. Them’ mentality began to rear its head, one student couldn’t help but notice its impact on Canada’s longstanding multicultural identity.
Graduating class snapshot
Results are in for the latest Survey of Graduating Students, the annual questionnaire on satisfaction with various aspects of the university.
Student Success Centre hosts Graduate and Professional School Fair
The Student Success Centre at The University of Western Ontario will host a Graduate and Professional School Fair on Thursday, October 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Western Student Recreation Centre.
Ontario Trillium scholars named
Western students Frederick Armah, Sarbani Banerjee, Gleb Meirson, Mark-Shane Scale, Ahmed El Ansary and Yann Benetreau-Dupin have been named recipients of the Ontario Trillium Scholarships.
Western sets lofty United Way goal
The campus community has a lofty goal ahead of them as Western launched its United Way campaign this morning by announcing its $650,000 goal.
King’s gets into the ‘business’ of global recruitment
King’s University College is pitting high school students and their virtual companies against each other in an attempt to recruit international students.
Sharing her pain so others can avoid it
Ally Crich has had six concussions in her life and she just turned 19. Now, the second-year kinesiology student hopes to bring attention to concussions and post-concussion syndrome, so others do not go down the painful road she has been on. Six times.
Program aims to re-engage – one voter at a time
Samantha Fox cannot recall the last time voter turnout in a provincial election was this bad. That’s because the fourth-year nursing student wasn’t alive – no of us were.
Scholars’ programs off and running
The Student Success Centre welcomed the high-achieving students of its Scholar’s Electives program, Western Scholars and Western’s Initiative for Scholarly Excellence program to campus this fall.
Graduate students, Western retirees work out the neuromuscular system
There’s no doubt about it. Exercise is like medicine for aging Canadians. Thanks to a team of graduate students at Western’s Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging (CCAA) Neuromuscular Lab, the Research Retirement Association (RRA) can tailor their fitness program not...
‘Actors’ help med students practice bedside manner
The only way for a doctor-in-training to know how to give a physical exam is for them to practice. But most patients would prefer the doctors aren’t finding their feet in the hospital room.
Sharing her passion for the game with others
At 18, Lindsay Doxtator discovered her love for lacrosse at a later age than most. But just because she has graduated university and landed a full-time job, it doesn’t mean Doxtator, now 28, has hung up her lacrosse stick – or ever will.
Immigration defines Canada, not just its politics
At the height of the recent provincial election, the nation’s economic struggles were at the forefront of debate. When an ‘Us vs. Them’ mentality began to rear its head, one student couldn’t help but notice its impact on Canada’s longstanding multicultural identity.
Graduating class snapshot
Results are in for the latest Survey of Graduating Students, the annual questionnaire on satisfaction with various aspects of the university.
Student Success Centre hosts Graduate and Professional School Fair
The Student Success Centre at The University of Western Ontario will host a Graduate and Professional School Fair on Thursday, October 27 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Western Student Recreation Centre.
Ontario Trillium scholars named
Western students Frederick Armah, Sarbani Banerjee, Gleb Meirson, Mark-Shane Scale, Ahmed El Ansary and Yann Benetreau-Dupin have been named recipients of the Ontario Trillium Scholarships.
Western sets lofty United Way goal
The campus community has a lofty goal ahead of them as Western launched its United Way campaign this morning by announcing its $650,000 goal.
King’s gets into the ‘business’ of global recruitment
King’s University College is pitting high school students and their virtual companies against each other in an attempt to recruit international students.
Sharing her pain so others can avoid it
Ally Crich has had six concussions in her life and she just turned 19. Now, the second-year kinesiology student hopes to bring attention to concussions and post-concussion syndrome, so others do not go down the painful road she has been on. Six times.
Program aims to re-engage – one voter at a time
Samantha Fox cannot recall the last time voter turnout in a provincial election was this bad. That’s because the fourth-year nursing student wasn’t alive – no of us were.
Scholars’ programs off and running
The Student Success Centre welcomed the high-achieving students of its Scholar’s Electives program, Western Scholars and Western’s Initiative for Scholarly Excellence program to campus this fall.
Graduate students, Western retirees work out the neuromuscular system
There’s no doubt about it. Exercise is like medicine for aging Canadians. Thanks to a team of graduate students at Western’s Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging (CCAA) Neuromuscular Lab, the Research Retirement Association (RRA) can tailor their fitness program not...
‘Actors’ help med students practice bedside manner
The only way for a doctor-in-training to know how to give a physical exam is for them to practice. But most patients would prefer the doctors aren’t finding their feet in the hospital room.