Children have been told, “Eat your fruits and vegetables” throughout generations. But a new study out of Western’s Human Environment’s Analysis Laboratory (HEAL) shows knowledge ─ not nagging ─ could be the missing ingredient in getting kids to …
Community
Western joins push for welcoming, inclusive city
Their message is simple – All are welcome in the Forest City. Under a program of that same name, a desire to amplify that message has brought together a number of local groups and organizations – including the International Student Centre, Equity and Human Rights...
Program, community help new grad find new hope
Life was far from easy for Lisa Pierce. And then, she broke her back. She was 32 and in an abusive relationship, raising three children while working as a heavy-equipment operator. After breaking her back in a workplace accident, the medication she was prescribed...
‘Hear, Here’ dials up history around city
For Michelle Hamilton, public history wields a special kind of power. It preserves the past, informs the present and has the potential to influence the future. This is the driving force behind her latest project.
Outreach event introduces the future to history
Pirates and punk rock. Gruesome assassinations and weird operations. More than 260 high schoolers and their teachers were treated Wednesday to an eclectic sampler of some of human history’s unheralded tales and learned why these stories are important.
Western to host more than 8,000 scholars in London
Western has been selected to host the 2020 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, the country’s largest multidisciplinary gathering of academic scholars in the humanities and social sciences. The conference, which will run from May 30 to June 5, 2020, is...
Project helps divert families from homelessness
A pilot project aimed at keeping families at risk of homelessness off of the streets is showing promising results thanks to diversion efforts that appear to be an effective measure at combatting the issue long-term, according to one Western researcher.
Join us in stepping ‘Outside the Gates’
Today, Western News celebrates a handful of the hundreds of programs, organizations and people who lend their talents to the wider community – Outside the Gates, if you will. Please enjoy this brief window into what this university, and its people, add to the London...
Bringing artful partnerships to the community
With some of the city’s most intriguing works of art – and the fascinating opportunity to see their creation in real time – London’s SATELLiTE Project has become a space for artists of all ages to create what’s inspiring them. The result of a multi-way partnership...
Bringing healthy aging to the community
Meet Georgina Wadsworth – 90 years strong. She is one of 500 Londoners who stays limber, mobile and active by participating in fitness classes available three times a week at Western’s Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging. Wadsworth attributes at least some of her...
Bringing classroom knowledge to the community
The one thing Stephanie Hayne Beatty hears most often from students enrolled in a Community Engaged Learning (CEL) course is the class helps “learning come to life.” “The whole idea is students are able to take their classroom knowledge into the community and take...
Bringing holistic health to the community
There’s more to being a doctor than recognizing and treating an illness. There’s more to the patient, too, than the illness that needs treatment. A newly developed integrative Social Medicine course within the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry aims to tackle...
Bringing urban farming to the community
They are unlikely farmers, sure. But armed with a vision of making a social and sustainable impact in London, a lawyer, writer, business instructor and social service worker are rolling up their sleeves and making it work. Urban Roots, co-founded by Heather and Graham...
Western joins push for welcoming, inclusive city
Their message is simple – All are welcome in the Forest City. Under a program of that same name, a desire to amplify that message has brought together a number of local groups and organizations – including the International Student Centre, Equity and Human Rights...
Program, community help new grad find new hope
Life was far from easy for Lisa Pierce. And then, she broke her back. She was 32 and in an abusive relationship, raising three children while working as a heavy-equipment operator. After breaking her back in a workplace accident, the medication she was prescribed...
‘Hear, Here’ dials up history around city
For Michelle Hamilton, public history wields a special kind of power. It preserves the past, informs the present and has the potential to influence the future. This is the driving force behind her latest project.
Outreach event introduces the future to history
Pirates and punk rock. Gruesome assassinations and weird operations. More than 260 high schoolers and their teachers were treated Wednesday to an eclectic sampler of some of human history’s unheralded tales and learned why these stories are important.
Western to host more than 8,000 scholars in London
Western has been selected to host the 2020 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, the country’s largest multidisciplinary gathering of academic scholars in the humanities and social sciences. The conference, which will run from May 30 to June 5, 2020, is...
Project helps divert families from homelessness
A pilot project aimed at keeping families at risk of homelessness off of the streets is showing promising results thanks to diversion efforts that appear to be an effective measure at combatting the issue long-term, according to one Western researcher.
Join us in stepping ‘Outside the Gates’
Today, Western News celebrates a handful of the hundreds of programs, organizations and people who lend their talents to the wider community – Outside the Gates, if you will. Please enjoy this brief window into what this university, and its people, add to the London...
Bringing artful partnerships to the community
With some of the city’s most intriguing works of art – and the fascinating opportunity to see their creation in real time – London’s SATELLiTE Project has become a space for artists of all ages to create what’s inspiring them. The result of a multi-way partnership...
Bringing healthy aging to the community
Meet Georgina Wadsworth – 90 years strong. She is one of 500 Londoners who stays limber, mobile and active by participating in fitness classes available three times a week at Western’s Canadian Centre for Activity and Aging. Wadsworth attributes at least some of her...
Bringing classroom knowledge to the community
The one thing Stephanie Hayne Beatty hears most often from students enrolled in a Community Engaged Learning (CEL) course is the class helps “learning come to life.” “The whole idea is students are able to take their classroom knowledge into the community and take...
Bringing holistic health to the community
There’s more to being a doctor than recognizing and treating an illness. There’s more to the patient, too, than the illness that needs treatment. A newly developed integrative Social Medicine course within the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry aims to tackle...
Bringing urban farming to the community
They are unlikely farmers, sure. But armed with a vision of making a social and sustainable impact in London, a lawyer, writer, business instructor and social service worker are rolling up their sleeves and making it work. Urban Roots, co-founded by Heather and Graham...