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Western offers new minor in Black Studies

Western offers new minor in Black Studies

Western University has launched a new minor in Black Studies through the department of gender, sexuality and women’s studies.  W.G. Pearson, chair of the department of gender, sexuality and  …

Western economist MacGee joins Bank of Canada

Western economist MacGee joins Bank of Canada

Western economist Jim MacGee has been appointed the Bank of Canada’s new Managing Director of Economic and Financial Research for a two-year term, beginning Jan. 2, 2019.

Research looking for love in all the right data

Research looking for love in all the right data

Love lies broken in Lorne Campbell’s office. It has been deconstructed into thousands of data points on Excel sheets and transformed into code that coldly blinks from a computer screen.

Read. Watch. Listen. with Penni Pring

Read. Watch. Listen. with Penni Pring

Penni Pring not only loves music, but the ability of good tunes to generate memories and creates new ones. Find out what jams make her all-time playlist – at least for now.

Joint project targets Indigenous water crisis

Joint project targets Indigenous water crisis

Chris Alcantara knows it will take more than government funding to address the water crisis in Canada’s Indigenous communities. The money is important, sure. But building a collaborative relationship with Indigenous communities is what will build the foundation for future water infrastructure, he said.

Study eyes worker mobility impact on economy

Study eyes worker mobility impact on economy

A new economic model developed at Western calculates the cost of reallocating working‐age Canadians (20-64 years old) from one industry to another and shows that an unwillingness by many to relocate or change careers hurts the economy and leads to high unemployment regionally and nationally.

Remembering the ‘father of the modern Western’

Remembering the ‘father of the modern Western’

With the death of Grant Reuber, the Western community mourns the loss of a vital force in the university’s progress over a half century. Those who called him friend are stunned by the disappearance of a truly remarkable man who had seemed indestructible.

Straw poll: Western chooses paper over plastic

Straw poll: Western chooses paper over plastic

Western is taking steps in September towards becoming a campus free of plastic straws, even as Starbucks works to eliminate single-use plastic straws from all its locations by 2020.

Western mourns death of former Chancellor, economist

Western mourns death of former Chancellor, economist

Western is mourning the passing of former Chancellor Grant Reuber, BA’50, LLD’85, who served the university in multiple capacities, including as head of Economics and Sociology, the first dean of the Faculty of Social Science, as Provost & Vice-President...

Western mourns death of Social Science student

Western mourns death of Social Science student

The Western community is mourning the death of Zohaib Jailani, 19, a Social Science student from Brampton, Ont. who died Friday, June 29, in Toronto. Zohaib was entering his third year of studies within the Faculty of Social Science, pursuing a degree in Media,...

Special Canada Day dawns for neuroscientist

Special Canada Day dawns for neuroscientist

The sheer, glorious space of the country. Beaches in summer; snow sports in winter. The research opportunities and academic atmosphere. For years, Western neuroscientist Adrian Owen has set his heart on making Canada his home and adopted land. This year, he will celebrate Canada Day, for the first time, as a permanent resident of Canada.

Book finds solution in cooperation, conversation

Book finds solution in cooperation, conversation

As in many towns, there’s a skateboarding park in Teslin, Yukon, where children and teenagers play. The one in Teslin, however, was jointly built by the Teslin Tinglit Council – a Yukon First Nation government – and the municipality.

Western economist MacGee joins Bank of Canada

Western economist MacGee joins Bank of Canada

Western economist Jim MacGee has been appointed the Bank of Canada’s new Managing Director of Economic and Financial Research for a two-year term, beginning Jan. 2, 2019.

Research looking for love in all the right data

Research looking for love in all the right data

Love lies broken in Lorne Campbell’s office. It has been deconstructed into thousands of data points on Excel sheets and transformed into code that coldly blinks from a computer screen.

Read. Watch. Listen. with Penni Pring

Read. Watch. Listen. with Penni Pring

Penni Pring not only loves music, but the ability of good tunes to generate memories and creates new ones. Find out what jams make her all-time playlist – at least for now.

Joint project targets Indigenous water crisis

Joint project targets Indigenous water crisis

Chris Alcantara knows it will take more than government funding to address the water crisis in Canada’s Indigenous communities. The money is important, sure. But building a collaborative relationship with Indigenous communities is what will build the foundation for future water infrastructure, he said.

Study eyes worker mobility impact on economy

Study eyes worker mobility impact on economy

A new economic model developed at Western calculates the cost of reallocating working‐age Canadians (20-64 years old) from one industry to another and shows that an unwillingness by many to relocate or change careers hurts the economy and leads to high unemployment regionally and nationally.

Remembering the ‘father of the modern Western’

Remembering the ‘father of the modern Western’

With the death of Grant Reuber, the Western community mourns the loss of a vital force in the university’s progress over a half century. Those who called him friend are stunned by the disappearance of a truly remarkable man who had seemed indestructible.

Straw poll: Western chooses paper over plastic

Straw poll: Western chooses paper over plastic

Western is taking steps in September towards becoming a campus free of plastic straws, even as Starbucks works to eliminate single-use plastic straws from all its locations by 2020.

Western mourns death of former Chancellor, economist

Western mourns death of former Chancellor, economist

Western is mourning the passing of former Chancellor Grant Reuber, BA’50, LLD’85, who served the university in multiple capacities, including as head of Economics and Sociology, the first dean of the Faculty of Social Science, as Provost & Vice-President...

Western mourns death of Social Science student

Western mourns death of Social Science student

The Western community is mourning the death of Zohaib Jailani, 19, a Social Science student from Brampton, Ont. who died Friday, June 29, in Toronto. Zohaib was entering his third year of studies within the Faculty of Social Science, pursuing a degree in Media,...

Special Canada Day dawns for neuroscientist

Special Canada Day dawns for neuroscientist

The sheer, glorious space of the country. Beaches in summer; snow sports in winter. The research opportunities and academic atmosphere. For years, Western neuroscientist Adrian Owen has set his heart on making Canada his home and adopted land. This year, he will celebrate Canada Day, for the first time, as a permanent resident of Canada.

Book finds solution in cooperation, conversation

Book finds solution in cooperation, conversation

As in many towns, there’s a skateboarding park in Teslin, Yukon, where children and teenagers play. The one in Teslin, however, was jointly built by the Teslin Tinglit Council – a Yukon First Nation government – and the municipality.