It was a big year for Western. From life-changing research discoveries to awards to athletic accomplishments, 2024 offered many reasons to celebrate. Western students, staff, faculty and alumni drove impact at home and abroad. Western News is marking …
Amanda Myers sees the job as being all about relationships – building them, maintaining them and growing them.
Western’s Indigenous Services held its own Orange Shirt Day today to educate people and promote awareness about the residential school system the impact this system had on Indigenous communities for more than a century in Canada, and still does.
Redquill Architecture, led by Wanda Dalla Costa, a firm that specializes in Indigenous architecture, planning and design, has been enlisted to help the Western community shape a new Indigenous space on campus.
From an early 20th century businessman-turn-author, to a performer who will rock you, to a legendary country outlaw, Visiting Elder Myrna Kicknosway shares some favourite stories when she takes a turn on Read. Watch. Listen.
A sociology textbook used by universities across Canada received an Indigenous-focused update in hopes of exposing young scholars to the ongoing issues facing many communities – all thanks to a new Western summer research program.
One of the most remarkable spaces on campus will take on new importance as Western creates a new Indigenous learning and gathering space, as outlined in its Indigenous Strategic Plan.
Join in everything from lighthearted entertainment to soul-searching advice for living to even a little guilty please royal watching when Joy Spear Chief-Morris takes her turn on ‘Read. Watch. Listen.’
The Learning with Head and Heart program aims to integrate traditional knowledge with research rigour in a 14-week summer program for Indigenous undergraduates.
Geography professor Chantelle Richmond, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Health and Environment, takes her turn on Read. Watch. Listen.
It’s likely you’ve seen a red dress hanging somewhere on Western’s main campus. On trees. Lampposts. Signs. It’s part of the REDress Project to acknowledge the need for justice for Indigenous women.
This fall, Western will distribute 5,000 new guides intended to help faculty, staff and administrators support the educational and cultural needs of Indigenous students. Built on the foundation of the university’s Indigenous Strategic Plan, the Guide for Working with Indigenous Students is a primer that outlines contextual reasons and practical ways to make the campus and classroom more receptive spaces.
Because there’s no time to lose, Vanessa Ambtman-Smith plans to explore an in-hospital medicine lodge on her way to join other scholars at the inaugural Indigenous Mentorship Network Summer School in Sudbury next week. “We have to hit the ground running because there...