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Mississauga fire chief among alumni on Most Powerful Women list

Mississauga fire chief among alumni on Most Powerful Women list

Mississauga fire chief and director of emergency services Deryn Rizzi has been named as one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women in 2022, along with 11 other Western alumni.  Rizzi earned her GDPA (graduate diploma in public administration) in 2018 throug …

Alumnus counts self among Raptors originals

Alumnus counts self among Raptors originals

Nov. 3, 1995. Check the photo from the tip-off of the first-ever Toronto Raptors basketball game at SkyDome. You’ll find Karl Toulouse sitting in the front row. June 10, 2019. If you looked closely during tipoff of Monday night’s Game 5 of the NBA Finals, Toulouse is still there.

Study unlocks brain’s role in moving about

Study unlocks brain’s role in moving about

Every office or family has one – the colleague who mistakenly walked into a wall or the sibling who mistook a closed glass door for an open entrance. Most of us, however, seem to have an innate sense of a room’s geometry. When we roll out of bed, our feet know exactly...

Ambtman-Smith, Vanloffeld named Trudeau Scholars

Ambtman-Smith, Vanloffeld named Trudeau Scholars

Western Geography PhD students Steven Vanloffeld and Vanessa Ambtman-Smith stand among only 20 individuals nationwide to be named Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholars, a doctoral scholarship program focused on the social sciences and humanities.

Vanloffeld eyes Indigenous consent in development

Vanloffeld eyes Indigenous consent in development

Western Geography PhD student Steven Vanloffeld stands among only 20 individuals nationwide to be named Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholars, a doctoral scholarship program focused on the social sciences and humanities.

Ambtman-Smith connects hospitals, Indigenous Peoples

Ambtman-Smith connects hospitals, Indigenous Peoples

Geography PhD student Vanessa Ambtman-Smith is one of 20 individuals nationwide to be named a 2019 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundations Scholar, a doctoral scholarship program focused on the social sciences and humanities.

New centre brings researchers, classrooms closer

New centre brings researchers, classrooms closer

Led by Education professor Daniel Ansari, the new Centre for the Science of Learning looks to generate evidence-based insights into how children learn best and then work closely with school boards and teachers to put that knowledge into classrooms and education boardrooms.

Postdoctoral scholars named Banting Fellows

Postdoctoral scholars named Banting Fellows

From studying specific brain mechanisms that support math skills to learning more about internalized weight stigma, Western welcomes two new Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship recipients, thus named among only 70 nationwide.

Selections to make you say ‘Hear, Here!’

Selections to make you say ‘Hear, Here!’

Experience the backstories of funny people, the dark corners of your imagination, and tales from just around the corner in our own community, when Visiting History Professor Ariel Beaujot takes a turn on Read. Watch. Listen.

Alumnus counts self among Raptors originals

Alumnus counts self among Raptors originals

Nov. 3, 1995. Check the photo from the tip-off of the first-ever Toronto Raptors basketball game at SkyDome. You’ll find Karl Toulouse sitting in the front row. June 10, 2019. If you looked closely during tipoff of Monday night’s Game 5 of the NBA Finals, Toulouse is still there.

Study unlocks brain’s role in moving about

Study unlocks brain’s role in moving about

Every office or family has one – the colleague who mistakenly walked into a wall or the sibling who mistook a closed glass door for an open entrance. Most of us, however, seem to have an innate sense of a room’s geometry. When we roll out of bed, our feet know exactly...

Ambtman-Smith, Vanloffeld named Trudeau Scholars

Ambtman-Smith, Vanloffeld named Trudeau Scholars

Western Geography PhD students Steven Vanloffeld and Vanessa Ambtman-Smith stand among only 20 individuals nationwide to be named Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholars, a doctoral scholarship program focused on the social sciences and humanities.

Vanloffeld eyes Indigenous consent in development

Vanloffeld eyes Indigenous consent in development

Western Geography PhD student Steven Vanloffeld stands among only 20 individuals nationwide to be named Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation Scholars, a doctoral scholarship program focused on the social sciences and humanities.

Ambtman-Smith connects hospitals, Indigenous Peoples

Ambtman-Smith connects hospitals, Indigenous Peoples

Geography PhD student Vanessa Ambtman-Smith is one of 20 individuals nationwide to be named a 2019 Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundations Scholar, a doctoral scholarship program focused on the social sciences and humanities.

New centre brings researchers, classrooms closer

New centre brings researchers, classrooms closer

Led by Education professor Daniel Ansari, the new Centre for the Science of Learning looks to generate evidence-based insights into how children learn best and then work closely with school boards and teachers to put that knowledge into classrooms and education boardrooms.

Postdoctoral scholars named Banting Fellows

Postdoctoral scholars named Banting Fellows

From studying specific brain mechanisms that support math skills to learning more about internalized weight stigma, Western welcomes two new Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship recipients, thus named among only 70 nationwide.

Selections to make you say ‘Hear, Here!’

Selections to make you say ‘Hear, Here!’

Experience the backstories of funny people, the dark corners of your imagination, and tales from just around the corner in our own community, when Visiting History Professor Ariel Beaujot takes a turn on Read. Watch. Listen.