The stories echo across community clinics and outreach centres – people avoiding dental care after past experiences, young adults who never learned to brush properly, families unsure of how to navigate new federal coverage. Taken together, these a …
Equity Diversity and Inclusion
Meet the students behind podcast on Black community and health care
Students lead Black Aspiration Podcast, part of project by Western professor Cornel Grey
Research team examines who’s most likely to move to rural Canada
Western research shows newcomers, non-white immigrants more likely to settle in cities
Inclusive leadership program helps leaders develop, model EDI lens
Reflection and personal action plan key to cultivating commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion
Western Research launches new mentorship network, co-designed by researchers
Program prioritizes equity-deserving groups, building community and connection
Build, expand, recruit: Budget 2023-24 paves way for further impact
New spending in $896-million operating budget takes Western’s strategic plan to next level
Western prof’s study finds women of colour are made to feel ‘invisible’ in the workplace
Powerful and revealing interviews show the experience of invisibility was common, painful and dehumanizing
Western names Black student scholarships in honour of notable community members
Awards given to students in inaugural year recognize outstanding academic performance, community service
New program provides leadership opportunities for Black students in the community
Western launches inaugural Black Leadership University Experience program
Students facing barriers to inclusion participate in Algonquin Park field experience
“Field Research in Ecology and Evolution Diversified” aims to diversify ecology and evolutionary biology professions
Medical student inspired by health-care pioneer
Gavin Raner is one of 13 students across Canada to receive the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame award
Ivey rings bell for women in asset management
Inaugural class to address industry’s gender imbalance opens trading day at Toronto Stock Exchange
Siblings embed diversity, health advocacy in children’s books
Western students, and twin sisters, use science knowledge to promote inclusion in Twin Tales series