The entry of Indigenous scholars in highly regarded, longstanding Canadian institutions provides the hope that these institutions may be ready to listen and understand other ways of knowing, notes Chantelle Richmond. The associate professor in the depar …
Geography and Environment
McBean heads International Council for Science
Western Geography professor Gordon McBean assumed the role of president of the International Council for Science at the conclusion of the organization’s General Assembly last month. McBean is only the second Canadian to take up this office. In his inaugural address,...
Student uses elite program to reclaim past
While discovering her own story, Shyra Barberstock has helped others reclaim theirs. Last month, the fourth-year First Nations Studies and Health/Environmental Geography student returned from the Indigenous Women in Community Leadership program at the Coady...
Community program offers fun, eyes sustainable benefits
Be it golf, swimming, skating, basketball, soccer or dance, London’s Child and Youth Network wants children to get active – and they’re willing pay for it. ACT-i-Pass, offered to all Grade 5 students in London, allows for free access to indoor and outdoor sporting...
Geography PhD candidate named among Storytellers finalists
Marylynn Steckley doesn’t want this to turn into American Idol. Her research, she stresses, is a collective effort – larger than any one competition’s winner. “My work is really just a small contribution to the work many Haitian activists and social movements are...
PhD research looks to make traditional knowledge accessible
Erin Huner wants to make the past accessible for one southwestern Ontario community. The Geography PhD student has long been intrigued by the idea of nation-building – giving autonomy back to communities from which it had been taken away. And through a collaborative...
Creed named director of The Africa Institute
Western Biology professor Irena Creed has been named director of The Africa Institute, effective May 1.
Western takes to the community ice
From Geography and Dentistry to Audiology, the Research Park and even members of the Mustangs rowing team, Western paints the London Speed Skating Club purple.
Classroom turns into a fleet of canoes
Each fall, the third-year Honours students in the Department of Geography leave the conventional classroom behind and embark on a week that takes geography back to its roots — in the field.
Eight named Vanier Scholarship winners
Eight Western graduate students have been named recipients of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, each receiving $50,000 annually for up to three years. Vanier scholars are selected based on leadership skills and high standard of scholarly achievement in the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, engineering and/or health sciences.
McBean tapped among Canada’s Clean 50
Western Geography professor Gordon McBean was named among Canada’s Clean 50.
Malawi project looks to build a new future
A new partnership between Western and the federal government will work toward a sustainable Malawi.
Seven named Ontario Trillium Scholarship winners
Western students Beth Compton, Wilson Higashino, Sviataslau Kohut, Ed Krynak, Qian Liu, Felipe Rodrigues and Omneya El Sharnouby have been named recipients of the 2012 Ontario Trillium Scholarships (OTS).
McBean heads International Council for Science
Western Geography professor Gordon McBean assumed the role of president of the International Council for Science at the conclusion of the organization’s General Assembly last month. McBean is only the second Canadian to take up this office. In his inaugural address,...
Student uses elite program to reclaim past
While discovering her own story, Shyra Barberstock has helped others reclaim theirs. Last month, the fourth-year First Nations Studies and Health/Environmental Geography student returned from the Indigenous Women in Community Leadership program at the Coady...
Community program offers fun, eyes sustainable benefits
Be it golf, swimming, skating, basketball, soccer or dance, London’s Child and Youth Network wants children to get active – and they’re willing pay for it. ACT-i-Pass, offered to all Grade 5 students in London, allows for free access to indoor and outdoor sporting...
Geography PhD candidate named among Storytellers finalists
Marylynn Steckley doesn’t want this to turn into American Idol. Her research, she stresses, is a collective effort – larger than any one competition’s winner. “My work is really just a small contribution to the work many Haitian activists and social movements are...
PhD research looks to make traditional knowledge accessible
Erin Huner wants to make the past accessible for one southwestern Ontario community. The Geography PhD student has long been intrigued by the idea of nation-building – giving autonomy back to communities from which it had been taken away. And through a collaborative...
Creed named director of The Africa Institute
Western Biology professor Irena Creed has been named director of The Africa Institute, effective May 1.
Western takes to the community ice
From Geography and Dentistry to Audiology, the Research Park and even members of the Mustangs rowing team, Western paints the London Speed Skating Club purple.
Classroom turns into a fleet of canoes
Each fall, the third-year Honours students in the Department of Geography leave the conventional classroom behind and embark on a week that takes geography back to its roots — in the field.
Eight named Vanier Scholarship winners
Eight Western graduate students have been named recipients of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, each receiving $50,000 annually for up to three years. Vanier scholars are selected based on leadership skills and high standard of scholarly achievement in the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, engineering and/or health sciences.
McBean tapped among Canada’s Clean 50
Western Geography professor Gordon McBean was named among Canada’s Clean 50.
Malawi project looks to build a new future
A new partnership between Western and the federal government will work toward a sustainable Malawi.
Seven named Ontario Trillium Scholarship winners
Western students Beth Compton, Wilson Higashino, Sviataslau Kohut, Ed Krynak, Qian Liu, Felipe Rodrigues and Omneya El Sharnouby have been named recipients of the 2012 Ontario Trillium Scholarships (OTS).