Through her research, Métis scholar and new faculty member Cortney Golkar-Dakin is determined to make the processes of energy production and consumption more just and sustainable. Golkar-Dakin, whose Michif name is Sākihitowin Awāsis, joined the de …
Four Western professors and a King’s University College professor have been named among the 48 new members of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
Presenting the winners of the 2015 Western Awards of Excellence, the highest honour for staff member achievement.
Researchers from The Africa Institute at Western are currently on the ground half a world away to establish a formal foothold for a new program that will help students “bring hope to the world.” “More and more students are wanting something different – an opportunity...
Maia Somers may have felt a bit out of her league. But the second-year Geography student held her own against her discipline’s elite at the recent Association of American Geographers (AAG) in Chicago. It’s an uncommon occurrence for undergraduates to present at the...
It’s all about the ‘big picture’ for a pair of Western researchers helping rethink social housing in London. Take the Regent Park neighbourhood in Toronto, said Geography professor Michael Buzzelli, who teaches in Western’s Urban Development program. By leveraging...
Timothy Johnston does the legwork needed to deliver an authentic story. The London-based high school teacher, who graduated from Western in 1994 with a degree in Geography, publishes his latest book, The Void, on March 30. The book, published electronically by Carina...
Philip Stooke has heard them all. But the Western Geography professor probably never ‘egg’-spected the Library of Congress to come calling for one of his whimsical creations – a 38-year-old egg painted as one of the moons of Mars.
Dan Shrubsole, Department of Geography chair and Centre for Environment and Sustainability co-director, will assume the role of vice-president of the Canadian Association of Geographers in June.
Two teams of Western students have advanced to the regional finals of the sixth annual Hult Prize Challenge, putting the eight students in line for the competition’s $1-million prize, the organization announced today. Sponsored by the Hult Prize Foundation, the...
Whether viewing organisms through microscopes, or sifting through sediment at the bottom of the Thames River, Western Geography students now have a new space outfitted with the latest tools to get the answers they need. On Friday, the Department of Geography unveiled...
SmartAPPetite, a new smartphone app developed by Western researchers and their partners, provides southwestern Ontarians with the motivation and information to buy local, eat smart and get healthy.
It’s probably an understatement to say Gordon McBean is frustrated. The Western Geography professor, a scientific leader on climate change, disaster risk reduction and environmental issues, is tired of being on the defensive. Internationally recognized for decades of...
Four Western professors and a King’s University College professor have been named among the 48 new members of the Royal Society of Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.
Presenting the winners of the 2015 Western Awards of Excellence, the highest honour for staff member achievement.
Researchers from The Africa Institute at Western are currently on the ground half a world away to establish a formal foothold for a new program that will help students “bring hope to the world.” “More and more students are wanting something different – an opportunity...
Maia Somers may have felt a bit out of her league. But the second-year Geography student held her own against her discipline’s elite at the recent Association of American Geographers (AAG) in Chicago. It’s an uncommon occurrence for undergraduates to present at the...
It’s all about the ‘big picture’ for a pair of Western researchers helping rethink social housing in London. Take the Regent Park neighbourhood in Toronto, said Geography professor Michael Buzzelli, who teaches in Western’s Urban Development program. By leveraging...
Timothy Johnston does the legwork needed to deliver an authentic story. The London-based high school teacher, who graduated from Western in 1994 with a degree in Geography, publishes his latest book, The Void, on March 30. The book, published electronically by Carina...
Philip Stooke has heard them all. But the Western Geography professor probably never ‘egg’-spected the Library of Congress to come calling for one of his whimsical creations – a 38-year-old egg painted as one of the moons of Mars.
Dan Shrubsole, Department of Geography chair and Centre for Environment and Sustainability co-director, will assume the role of vice-president of the Canadian Association of Geographers in June.
Two teams of Western students have advanced to the regional finals of the sixth annual Hult Prize Challenge, putting the eight students in line for the competition’s $1-million prize, the organization announced today. Sponsored by the Hult Prize Foundation, the...
Whether viewing organisms through microscopes, or sifting through sediment at the bottom of the Thames River, Western Geography students now have a new space outfitted with the latest tools to get the answers they need. On Friday, the Department of Geography unveiled...
SmartAPPetite, a new smartphone app developed by Western researchers and their partners, provides southwestern Ontarians with the motivation and information to buy local, eat smart and get healthy.
It’s probably an understatement to say Gordon McBean is frustrated. The Western Geography professor, a scientific leader on climate change, disaster risk reduction and environmental issues, is tired of being on the defensive. Internationally recognized for decades of...