When Ethan Li arrives at Western this fall, he’ll bring a peace of mind and confidence he gained attending Community Connections, an optional, immersive experience for incoming students. Et …
Health Sciences
Western gets WISE about sustainability
Reducing meat and dairy consumption, clean energy and food sharing were among the innovative ideas shared at Western’s Ideas for Sustainability and the Environment competition.
Sports offers historic insight beyond games
Zinon Papakonstantinou likes to tell the story of the original super fan. In the first century AD, a Northern Greek baker attended 12 Olympic Games. That was quite an investment for a regular man during the Ancient Games – time, money, not to mention the trip to...
Brush named to top professor honour
Visual Arts professor Kathryn Brush smiles as she remembers getting a photo from one of her students doing a cartwheel in front of the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis, just north of Paris, France. She may be an internationally recognized art historian and an...
Tackling childhood obesity using structured play times
Trish Tucker, a professor in the School of Occupational Therapy, is currently working on a study that aims to increase the physical activity levels of preschoolers during childcare hours.
Researcher tuning into media representations of disability
Prior to the Paralympic Games in Rio last summer, Laura Misener found herself cringing after watching a broadcast interview with a Canadian athlete who uses a wheelchair. The female athlete, who has children, was asked by a befuddled reporter, ‘You have two children?...
ERs may benefit from addition of physiotherapist’s presence
Reduced wait times, quicker diagnoses and faster prescribed treatments in Canada’s emergency rooms could be as simple as utilizing specialized health professionals, such as physiotherapists, according to one Western student. Every day, more than 10,000 Canadians...
Western researchers get $3.3 million funding boost
A Western researcher is giving tiny Atlantic salmon fry a fighting chance to make it to maturity in vast Lake Ontario, more than a century after over-fishing and habitat loss caused its disappearance from the lake. A team led by Bryan Neff, a professor in the...
Research eyes sport in residential schools
For Fatima Ba’abbad, BHSc’14, the role Canada’s favourite past time played in residential schools cannot be overlooked.
Improved access to health information needed in rural communities
Raised in a rural farming community, Brad Hiebert knows full well accessing health-care services and general health information can sometimes be a challenge. Hospitals are shutting down; doctors are leaving town and local health clinics – should a rural community be...
Ontario’s attempt to curb opioid addiction a ‘knee-jerk move’
Calling the Ontario government’s answer to the growing concern of painkiller addiction and overdose problems a “knee-jerk move,” one Western researcher said it’s likely to create more problems than the provincial solution hopes to solve. As of Jan. 31, the province...
Newsmakers: Western News looks back on 2016
How will we remember 2016? Probably through one or more of these faces. Western News presents its 7th annual Newsmakers issue, a celebration of those who contributed to our campus conversation in the last year. Join us in remembering the names and faces that...
Teams rise up to the Challenge
The World’s Challenge Challenge, a staple of Western’s International Week, sees more than 30 student teams in competition, presenting a unique solution to a global challenge, in front of a panel of judges.
Western gets WISE about sustainability
Reducing meat and dairy consumption, clean energy and food sharing were among the innovative ideas shared at Western’s Ideas for Sustainability and the Environment competition.
Sports offers historic insight beyond games
Zinon Papakonstantinou likes to tell the story of the original super fan. In the first century AD, a Northern Greek baker attended 12 Olympic Games. That was quite an investment for a regular man during the Ancient Games – time, money, not to mention the trip to...
Brush named to top professor honour
Visual Arts professor Kathryn Brush smiles as she remembers getting a photo from one of her students doing a cartwheel in front of the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Denis, just north of Paris, France. She may be an internationally recognized art historian and an...
Tackling childhood obesity using structured play times
Trish Tucker, a professor in the School of Occupational Therapy, is currently working on a study that aims to increase the physical activity levels of preschoolers during childcare hours.
Researcher tuning into media representations of disability
Prior to the Paralympic Games in Rio last summer, Laura Misener found herself cringing after watching a broadcast interview with a Canadian athlete who uses a wheelchair. The female athlete, who has children, was asked by a befuddled reporter, ‘You have two children?...
ERs may benefit from addition of physiotherapist’s presence
Reduced wait times, quicker diagnoses and faster prescribed treatments in Canada’s emergency rooms could be as simple as utilizing specialized health professionals, such as physiotherapists, according to one Western student. Every day, more than 10,000 Canadians...
Western researchers get $3.3 million funding boost
A Western researcher is giving tiny Atlantic salmon fry a fighting chance to make it to maturity in vast Lake Ontario, more than a century after over-fishing and habitat loss caused its disappearance from the lake. A team led by Bryan Neff, a professor in the...
Research eyes sport in residential schools
For Fatima Ba’abbad, BHSc’14, the role Canada’s favourite past time played in residential schools cannot be overlooked.
Improved access to health information needed in rural communities
Raised in a rural farming community, Brad Hiebert knows full well accessing health-care services and general health information can sometimes be a challenge. Hospitals are shutting down; doctors are leaving town and local health clinics – should a rural community be...
Ontario’s attempt to curb opioid addiction a ‘knee-jerk move’
Calling the Ontario government’s answer to the growing concern of painkiller addiction and overdose problems a “knee-jerk move,” one Western researcher said it’s likely to create more problems than the provincial solution hopes to solve. As of Jan. 31, the province...
Newsmakers: Western News looks back on 2016
How will we remember 2016? Probably through one or more of these faces. Western News presents its 7th annual Newsmakers issue, a celebration of those who contributed to our campus conversation in the last year. Join us in remembering the names and faces that...
Teams rise up to the Challenge
The World’s Challenge Challenge, a staple of Western’s International Week, sees more than 30 student teams in competition, presenting a unique solution to a global challenge, in front of a panel of judges.