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Western announces 2022-23 teaching award recipients

Western announces 2022-23 teaching award recipients

The 2022-2023 Western Awards for Excellence in Teaching have been announced, honouring seven faculty members and a collaborative course development team who redesigned a climate change action course for the department of geography and environment. The r …

Nano research may have big impact on cancer

Nano research may have big impact on cancer

Less than a third of scientific researchers, and only 3 per cent of scientific Nobel Prize winners, are women. Danielle McRae is hoping to make a dent in those numbers. The third-year Physical Chemistry PhD student was one of five Canadian researchers recently...

Bringing STEM gender divide message to CSA

Bringing STEM gender divide message to CSA

In September, Elise Harrington was among the minority of female presenters at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide, Australia. It didn’t matter she had attended major conferences before – at IAC, there was a moment she was made to feel profoundly...

Karakatsanis earns top engineering honour

Karakatsanis earns top engineering honour

Western Engineering alumna Catherine Karakatsanis, BESc ’83, MESc ’91, often touted as one of the most powerful women in Canada, will add another honour to her long list of accolades when she receives the Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO) Gold Medal Saturday,...

Search for self connects with millions

Search for self connects with millions

For many years, Najwa Zebian’s home traveled with her, inside her backpack. “My parents were traveling back and forth between Canada and Lebanon to stay with my siblings, so I lived with multiple relatives. I didn’t really have a constant place to stay. If I did,...

Seewald: Celebrate the continuum of life, accomplishments

Seewald: Celebrate the continuum of life, accomplishments

Recognized internationally for his pioneering work in the field of pediatric audiology, Richard Seewald, a professor emeritus in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science, honoris causa (DSc) at the Thursday...

Governor General taps trio for top PhD honours

Governor General taps trio for top PhD honours

For more than 140 years, the Governor General’s Academic Medals have recognized the outstanding scholastic achievements of students in Canada. Based solely on academic criteria, there is no monetary award associated with the medal. The Gold Medals will be presented at...

Award lets grad student put both oars in

Award lets grad student put both oars in

It may seem odd Maude Potvin-Gilbert’s research encompasses the sport of rowing when, to be honest, she has never rowed. Ever. “As an athlete, coming from a high-performance sport, I wanted to continue to be in that frame of reference,” said Potvin-Gilbert, a former...

Relationships at heart of award-winning approach

Relationships at heart of award-winning approach

Dr. Michael Lee-Poy, MD’03, doesn’t hesitate in lauding Western and the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry as the motivation behind his early success as a family physician. “I think back to when I first applied for medical school and how Western appealed to...

Hero student honoured for life-saving actions

Hero student honoured for life-saving actions

Looking back on that dark, chilly, snow-covered evening in February, Timothy Wiechers only has one regret. “Thinking about it now, I probably should have brought my coat and gloves with me,” joked the Geography graduate student. Wiechers was recently honoured by the...

Nano research may have big impact on cancer

Nano research may have big impact on cancer

Less than a third of scientific researchers, and only 3 per cent of scientific Nobel Prize winners, are women. Danielle McRae is hoping to make a dent in those numbers. The third-year Physical Chemistry PhD student was one of five Canadian researchers recently...

Bringing STEM gender divide message to CSA

Bringing STEM gender divide message to CSA

In September, Elise Harrington was among the minority of female presenters at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC) in Adelaide, Australia. It didn’t matter she had attended major conferences before – at IAC, there was a moment she was made to feel profoundly...

Karakatsanis earns top engineering honour

Karakatsanis earns top engineering honour

Western Engineering alumna Catherine Karakatsanis, BESc ’83, MESc ’91, often touted as one of the most powerful women in Canada, will add another honour to her long list of accolades when she receives the Professional Engineers of Ontario (PEO) Gold Medal Saturday,...

Search for self connects with millions

Search for self connects with millions

For many years, Najwa Zebian’s home traveled with her, inside her backpack. “My parents were traveling back and forth between Canada and Lebanon to stay with my siblings, so I lived with multiple relatives. I didn’t really have a constant place to stay. If I did,...

Seewald: Celebrate the continuum of life, accomplishments

Seewald: Celebrate the continuum of life, accomplishments

Recognized internationally for his pioneering work in the field of pediatric audiology, Richard Seewald, a professor emeritus in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, was awarded an honorary Doctor of Science, honoris causa (DSc) at the Thursday...

Governor General taps trio for top PhD honours

Governor General taps trio for top PhD honours

For more than 140 years, the Governor General’s Academic Medals have recognized the outstanding scholastic achievements of students in Canada. Based solely on academic criteria, there is no monetary award associated with the medal. The Gold Medals will be presented at...

Award lets grad student put both oars in

Award lets grad student put both oars in

It may seem odd Maude Potvin-Gilbert’s research encompasses the sport of rowing when, to be honest, she has never rowed. Ever. “As an athlete, coming from a high-performance sport, I wanted to continue to be in that frame of reference,” said Potvin-Gilbert, a former...

Relationships at heart of award-winning approach

Relationships at heart of award-winning approach

Dr. Michael Lee-Poy, MD’03, doesn’t hesitate in lauding Western and the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry as the motivation behind his early success as a family physician. “I think back to when I first applied for medical school and how Western appealed to...

Hero student honoured for life-saving actions

Hero student honoured for life-saving actions

Looking back on that dark, chilly, snow-covered evening in February, Timothy Wiechers only has one regret. “Thinking about it now, I probably should have brought my coat and gloves with me,” joked the Geography graduate student. Wiechers was recently honoured by the...