A new study by a Western University demographer shows that the happiness trajectories of new parents vary greatly depending on the age when people have their first child and how many children they have.
Year: 2014
Online Surveillance: Classes Without Quizzes shines light on your ‘digital shadow’
Western University’s popular complimentary lecture series, Classes Without Quizzes, returns for a new season.
Western to host 12th annual International Symposium for Olympic Research
Many of the world’s leading Olympic Games researchers will meet at Western University this week for a major conference focused on understanding the cultural importance of the multi-billion dollar, biennial international sporting competition.
Western researchers identify potential therapeutic target for Osteoarthritis
Researchers at Western University have identified a specific gene that plays a key role in the degradation of cartilage in osteoarthritis (OA).
Toronto Election Study finds Doug Ford’s policies favoured, even if he is not
The Toronto Election Study (TES) has collected information from nearly 3,000 respondents and principal investigators are now in a position to draw some conclusions about the policy preferences of Torontonians, and what they could mean for the outcome of the election.
New Canada Research Chair finds promise from proteins for cancer, neurodegenerative disease
With nearly 200,000 new cancer diagnoses expected in Canada this year alone, researchers are focusing on new keys to unlock our understanding of the disease.
Toronto Election Study suggests keys wards to watch on Election Day, predicts high re-election rate for incumbents
With more than 2,800 responses from eligible Toronto voters, the Toronto Election Study (TES) is in the final drive of its pre-election survey.
Western-led study reveals state of crisis in Canadian foster care system
A new study of foster care in Canada led by a researcher at Western University reveals a shrinking number of foster care providers are available across the country to care for a growing number of children with increasingly complex disorders. The study, led by Alan...
Western music historian makes near 1,000-year-old discovery
After years of study, many deep in the manuscript room at the Bibliothèque nationale de France, an award-winning musicologist from Western University discovered the earliest surviving handwritten manuscripts featuring notation above musical text or lyrics – a technique fundamentally still used today.
Western to kick-off 2014 United Way campaign
Western University will launch its 2014 campus-wide fundraising campaign benefiting the United Way of London & Middlesex.
Rotman Institute of Philosophy hosts climate science conference; Jeffrey Simpson headlines public panel
In an effort to better understand how climate change will affect ecosystems and human society as a whole, philosophers, historians and scientists will meet at Western University this week for an interdisciplinary conference, in which the utilization of models and computer simulations as prediction and assessment tools is fully investigated.
Western researcher and award-winning multimedia journalist investigates chronic vertigo
Meredith Levine, an award-winning multimedia journalist and a faculty member at Western University’s Faculty of Information & Media Studies, has conducted an in-depth investigation of “chronic vertigo,” an impairment that affects an estimated 1.5 million Canadians.