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Western celebrates first in-person fall convocation in two years

Western celebrates first in-person fall convocation in two years

More than 1,900 graduates and their families will be on campus to celebrate Western’s 320th Convocation, Oct. 19 to 21 at Alumni Hall. The ceremonies mark the first on-site Autumn convocation since 2019. As graduates cross the stage, they join a ne …

Clinician-researcher tapped to lead military, veteran health push

Clinician-researcher tapped to lead military, veteran health push

Don Richardson’s foray into military and veteran mental health coincided with the end of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. “One thing about the military is, in general, everyone is healthy. You have to be healthy – healthier than the general Canadian population – to be...

Western scholars named among CRC ranks

Western scholars named among CRC ranks

Two Western researchers have been named Canada Research Chairs (CRC), a program which recognizes the country’s best scholars across disciplines, while a third research saw his chair elevated from a Tier 2 to a Tier 1. This now brings Western’s total number of CRCs to 41.

Teaching Fellows promote new thinking

Teaching Fellows promote new thinking

Western’s Teaching Fellows are outstanding educators who, in partnership with the Teaching Support Centre, provide educational leadership to the university community through research on teaching and learning. Each Fellow develops, implements, and assesses the impact...

Read. Watch. Listen. with Rob Hegele

Read. Watch. Listen. with Rob Hegele

Read. Watch. Listen. introduces you the personal side of our faculty, staff and alumni. Participants are asked to answer three simple questions about their reading, viewing and listening habits – what one book or newspaper/magazine article is grabbing your attention;...

Avoid case of the Mondays in dealing with doc

Avoid case of the Mondays in dealing with doc

When it comes to booking an appointment with your primary-care physician, Mondays are a bad call. Your best bet is to book the first appointment of the day – or the first appointment after lunch – any other day of the week, according to Dr. Adam Kassam, Chief Resident...

Striking out Ernest Hemingway

Striking out Ernest Hemingway

As baseball season opens, what better time to check in on Shel Krakofsky, MD’76, ‘Canada’s Baseball Poet,’ and his Stanley Cup Seder.

Western celebrates top teaching talent

Western celebrates top teaching talent

Eighteen winners, representing five different faculties, have been awarded Western’s highest honours for inspiring active and deep learning. This year’s winners join a company of teachers nearly a quarter-century strong.

Rising stars solving health, science puzzles

Rising stars solving health, science puzzles

The core of discovery is research. And the core of good research is a dedicated, inquisitive team of scientists committed to solving some of the key questions of their discipline. Western is proud to highlight the work of teams newly granted Early Researcher Awards...

Innovative 3D-printed stethoscope saves lives

Innovative 3D-printed stethoscope saves lives

Dr. Tarek Loubani has worked as an emergency room physician in hospitals during some of their most desperate times. In 2012, he was practising in a hospital in Gaza, and found himself sharing his one stethoscope with ten other doctors who were trying to treat more...

Clinician-researcher tapped to lead military, veteran health push

Clinician-researcher tapped to lead military, veteran health push

Don Richardson’s foray into military and veteran mental health coincided with the end of the Yugoslav Wars of the 1990s. “One thing about the military is, in general, everyone is healthy. You have to be healthy – healthier than the general Canadian population – to be...

Western scholars named among CRC ranks

Western scholars named among CRC ranks

Two Western researchers have been named Canada Research Chairs (CRC), a program which recognizes the country’s best scholars across disciplines, while a third research saw his chair elevated from a Tier 2 to a Tier 1. This now brings Western’s total number of CRCs to 41.

Teaching Fellows promote new thinking

Teaching Fellows promote new thinking

Western’s Teaching Fellows are outstanding educators who, in partnership with the Teaching Support Centre, provide educational leadership to the university community through research on teaching and learning. Each Fellow develops, implements, and assesses the impact...

Read. Watch. Listen. with Rob Hegele

Read. Watch. Listen. with Rob Hegele

Read. Watch. Listen. introduces you the personal side of our faculty, staff and alumni. Participants are asked to answer three simple questions about their reading, viewing and listening habits – what one book or newspaper/magazine article is grabbing your attention;...

Avoid case of the Mondays in dealing with doc

Avoid case of the Mondays in dealing with doc

When it comes to booking an appointment with your primary-care physician, Mondays are a bad call. Your best bet is to book the first appointment of the day – or the first appointment after lunch – any other day of the week, according to Dr. Adam Kassam, Chief Resident...

Striking out Ernest Hemingway

Striking out Ernest Hemingway

As baseball season opens, what better time to check in on Shel Krakofsky, MD’76, ‘Canada’s Baseball Poet,’ and his Stanley Cup Seder.

Western celebrates top teaching talent

Western celebrates top teaching talent

Eighteen winners, representing five different faculties, have been awarded Western’s highest honours for inspiring active and deep learning. This year’s winners join a company of teachers nearly a quarter-century strong.

Rising stars solving health, science puzzles

Rising stars solving health, science puzzles

The core of discovery is research. And the core of good research is a dedicated, inquisitive team of scientists committed to solving some of the key questions of their discipline. Western is proud to highlight the work of teams newly granted Early Researcher Awards...

Innovative 3D-printed stethoscope saves lives

Innovative 3D-printed stethoscope saves lives

Dr. Tarek Loubani has worked as an emergency room physician in hospitals during some of their most desperate times. In 2012, he was practising in a hospital in Gaza, and found himself sharing his one stethoscope with ten other doctors who were trying to treat more...