Seven Western faculty members are being honoured as part of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) class of 2022. Kim Baines, Aaron Fenster, William Fisher and Adrian Owen were recently announced as RSC Fellows and Arghya Paul as Western’s newest member …
Political Science
Alumnae named among Canada’s Most Powerful
Eleven Western alumnae have been named recipients of the 2019 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award, the Women’s Executive Network recently announced.
Experience a retelling of the American story
Turn the page on how you think the United States of America developed as a nation and an idea by wrestling with a recent past when Political Science Chair Matthew Lebo takes a turn on Read. Watch. Listen.
Study: Mandatory voting ups turnout, confusion
A lot happens behind the scenes when a country implements mandatory voting – including inevitably higher turnout. But what if those numbers don’t mean what we think they do?
Results reflect ‘healthy democracy’: de Clercy
It was a win for all the major parties – in large or small ways – and for Canadian democracy itself. That’s how Political Science professor Cristine de Clercy frames the results of Monday’s federal election, as the Liberals attained a minority-government mandate.
Alumna making her mark on e-learning
Crowdmark CEO Michelle Caers, BA’94 (Political Science), stands as one of the country’s leading e-learning entrepreneurs, forging new pathways for educators and students.
Business turns one-time wear into lasting impact
Sisters Jenessa and Madison Olson were running their business long before they even had a business to run.
Democracy project heads SSHRC recipients
Political Science professor Laura Stephenson’s C-Dem project headed a list of 97 Western projects and research areas which will collectively receive $8.4 million in SSHRC grants.
Alumna tapped to lead United Way campaign
Alumna Christy Bacik wants you to be able to connect the dots – with a little help from her United Way team.
Western embracing ‘Change’ in the classroom
In celebration of the Times Higher Education (THE) Teaching Excellence Summit, Western News presents the following series of stories highlighting teaching excellence at Western.
Dimitrov: Unlocking freedom that engages students
Radoslav Dimitrov just throws them in the deep end of some of the world’s most complex issues – and his students love it.
USC celebrates teaching excellence
Nigmendra Narain (Political Science), Philip King (DAN Department of Management & Organizational Studies), Scott Loveland (Ivey Business School) and Mark Baker (Physics and Astronomy) were honoured with the University Student’s Council (USC) Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Three named Distinguished University Professors
Three professors are the latest recipients of Distinguished University Professorships (DUP) awards, joining a select group of faculty members recognized for exceptional scholarly careers
Alumnae named among Canada’s Most Powerful
Eleven Western alumnae have been named recipients of the 2019 Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Award, the Women’s Executive Network recently announced.
Experience a retelling of the American story
Turn the page on how you think the United States of America developed as a nation and an idea by wrestling with a recent past when Political Science Chair Matthew Lebo takes a turn on Read. Watch. Listen.
Study: Mandatory voting ups turnout, confusion
A lot happens behind the scenes when a country implements mandatory voting – including inevitably higher turnout. But what if those numbers don’t mean what we think they do?
Results reflect ‘healthy democracy’: de Clercy
It was a win for all the major parties – in large or small ways – and for Canadian democracy itself. That’s how Political Science professor Cristine de Clercy frames the results of Monday’s federal election, as the Liberals attained a minority-government mandate.
Alumna making her mark on e-learning
Crowdmark CEO Michelle Caers, BA’94 (Political Science), stands as one of the country’s leading e-learning entrepreneurs, forging new pathways for educators and students.
Business turns one-time wear into lasting impact
Sisters Jenessa and Madison Olson were running their business long before they even had a business to run.
Democracy project heads SSHRC recipients
Political Science professor Laura Stephenson’s C-Dem project headed a list of 97 Western projects and research areas which will collectively receive $8.4 million in SSHRC grants.
Alumna tapped to lead United Way campaign
Alumna Christy Bacik wants you to be able to connect the dots – with a little help from her United Way team.
Western embracing ‘Change’ in the classroom
In celebration of the Times Higher Education (THE) Teaching Excellence Summit, Western News presents the following series of stories highlighting teaching excellence at Western.
Dimitrov: Unlocking freedom that engages students
Radoslav Dimitrov just throws them in the deep end of some of the world’s most complex issues – and his students love it.
USC celebrates teaching excellence
Nigmendra Narain (Political Science), Philip King (DAN Department of Management & Organizational Studies), Scott Loveland (Ivey Business School) and Mark Baker (Physics and Astronomy) were honoured with the University Student’s Council (USC) Award of Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching
Three named Distinguished University Professors
Three professors are the latest recipients of Distinguished University Professorships (DUP) awards, joining a select group of faculty members recognized for exceptional scholarly careers