2021 Western Loran Scholar and social entrepreneur Abygail Montague When young, social entrepreneur Abygail Montague received news she’d been awarded a $100,000-scholarship from t …
Social Science
Students bring Great War to life through one family’s letters
Michelle Hamilton was looking for a way to commemorate the centennial of the First World War. What she and her students found was an intimate portrait of a prominent local family. After sifting through and transcribing thousands of pages – from nearly 500 letters –...
Student serves success beyond the kitchen
At first, Danielle Hausberg was just taking photos of her meals to show her family she was making healthy choices. Today, the Sociology student has a half million followers looking over her plate.
Historian redeems Civil War era medical science
History has not been kind to the physicians of the U.S. Civil War. With a toll of more than 750,000 deaths between 1861-65, the Civil War’s casualties far outnumber those of any other war the United States has taken part in. And with roughly two thirds of the war’s...
Study: Mother’s education, family stability at heart of child’s success
Research from two Western professors is challenging the longstanding myth that a child’s success in life depends on his or her family structure. Instead, Western Sociology professor William Avison and Brescia University College professor Jamie Seabrook are pointing...
Western establishes The Bone and Joint Institute
Western further buoyed its leadership in musculoskeletal health research with the formation of The Bone and Joint Institute, university research officials announced this week. “Bone and joint disorders are the leading cause of disability in Canada; hundreds of...
Singh, Young earn 2015 Hellmuth Prize
The honour recognizes faculty members with outstanding international reputations for their contributions in research – one of the defining hallmarks of a university.
Professor explores ‘hardened’ exterior of homeless
On a recent trip to Los Angeles, Laura Huey met a woman who, in the words of the Western Sociology professor, scared the hell out of her graduate students. “She was about 58 years old, grew up around gangs, had been around gangs her whole life. She was still somewhat...
New BMOS diploma gets CPA A-OK
Western’s new Graduate Diploma in Accounting, in combination with the prerequisite accounting streams in Western’s Business Management and Organizational Studies (BMOS) undergraduate program, has received Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) accreditation. The...
Graduate student imagine Canada’s research future
What could be more important in our academic community than engaging our brightest minds in the imagining and decision-making process of designing Canada’s research future? Last Friday, about a dozen graduate students from Western’s Social Sciences and Humanities...
Study eyes power of the metaphor
Love is a battlefield, according to a 1983 hit by Pat Benatar. But there’s much more to it than that. The metaphor at the heart of this song – or any metaphor, for that matter – has the power to elicit empathy. According to a new study by Western Psychology professor...
Taking a fresh look at social housing
It’s all about the ‘big picture’ for a pair of Western researchers helping rethink social housing in London. Take the Regent Park neighbourhood in Toronto, said Geography professor Michael Buzzelli, who teaches in Western’s Urban Development program. By leveraging...
University helps fill author’s research Void
Timothy Johnston does the legwork needed to deliver an authentic story. The London-based high school teacher, who graduated from Western in 1994 with a degree in Geography, publishes his latest book, The Void, on March 30. The book, published electronically by Carina...
Students bring Great War to life through one family’s letters
Michelle Hamilton was looking for a way to commemorate the centennial of the First World War. What she and her students found was an intimate portrait of a prominent local family. After sifting through and transcribing thousands of pages – from nearly 500 letters –...
Student serves success beyond the kitchen
At first, Danielle Hausberg was just taking photos of her meals to show her family she was making healthy choices. Today, the Sociology student has a half million followers looking over her plate.
Historian redeems Civil War era medical science
History has not been kind to the physicians of the U.S. Civil War. With a toll of more than 750,000 deaths between 1861-65, the Civil War’s casualties far outnumber those of any other war the United States has taken part in. And with roughly two thirds of the war’s...
Study: Mother’s education, family stability at heart of child’s success
Research from two Western professors is challenging the longstanding myth that a child’s success in life depends on his or her family structure. Instead, Western Sociology professor William Avison and Brescia University College professor Jamie Seabrook are pointing...
Western establishes The Bone and Joint Institute
Western further buoyed its leadership in musculoskeletal health research with the formation of The Bone and Joint Institute, university research officials announced this week. “Bone and joint disorders are the leading cause of disability in Canada; hundreds of...
Singh, Young earn 2015 Hellmuth Prize
The honour recognizes faculty members with outstanding international reputations for their contributions in research – one of the defining hallmarks of a university.
Professor explores ‘hardened’ exterior of homeless
On a recent trip to Los Angeles, Laura Huey met a woman who, in the words of the Western Sociology professor, scared the hell out of her graduate students. “She was about 58 years old, grew up around gangs, had been around gangs her whole life. She was still somewhat...
New BMOS diploma gets CPA A-OK
Western’s new Graduate Diploma in Accounting, in combination with the prerequisite accounting streams in Western’s Business Management and Organizational Studies (BMOS) undergraduate program, has received Chartered Professional Accountants (CPA) accreditation. The...
Graduate student imagine Canada’s research future
What could be more important in our academic community than engaging our brightest minds in the imagining and decision-making process of designing Canada’s research future? Last Friday, about a dozen graduate students from Western’s Social Sciences and Humanities...
Study eyes power of the metaphor
Love is a battlefield, according to a 1983 hit by Pat Benatar. But there’s much more to it than that. The metaphor at the heart of this song – or any metaphor, for that matter – has the power to elicit empathy. According to a new study by Western Psychology professor...
Taking a fresh look at social housing
It’s all about the ‘big picture’ for a pair of Western researchers helping rethink social housing in London. Take the Regent Park neighbourhood in Toronto, said Geography professor Michael Buzzelli, who teaches in Western’s Urban Development program. By leveraging...
University helps fill author’s research Void
Timothy Johnston does the legwork needed to deliver an authentic story. The London-based high school teacher, who graduated from Western in 1994 with a degree in Geography, publishes his latest book, The Void, on March 30. The book, published electronically by Carina...