Heather Woods started working at Western as soon as she graduated from H.B. Beal Secondary School in 1974. She had spent her spring break in the university’s operations room as part of a job exploration program called “Work Week.” Before the wee …
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Couchman: Keep cyber security front of mind
Did you know that October is Cyber Security Awareness Month? Study after study state that the most effective tool for cyber security is awareness and building a strong culture of cyber resiliency. At Western, we call this being Cybersmart.
Western launches emergency notification tool
As the new academic year kicks off at Western, the university is introducing a new communication tool to alert the campus community in the event of an emergency.
Computer network outage scheduled for Sunday
Computer network services will be interrupted in several campus buildings early Sunday morning while scheduled maintenance takes place. During the interruption, some emergency ‘blue phones’ – the standalone campus phone booths marked ‘EMERGENCY’ – will be out of...
Western joins CANARIE effort against cyberattacks
Canadian postsecondary institutions are now finding strength in numbers when combating cyberattacks. Western has joined forces with 27 other colleges and universities across the country to combat cyberattacks as part of the CANARIE Network Joint Security Project,...
OWL updates will land by week’s end
Western’s OWL will land later this week with a fresh look and a host of new features for users from veteran faculty members to first-year students, Western Technology Services (WTS) representatives announced today.