Western University will celebrate local Indigenous culture and scholarship with the fourth annual Indigenous Awareness Week from November 20-26. The week-long event, led by Western’s Indigenous Services, seeks to enhance relationships and promote the achievements of...
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Western International Week events include Canada 150 Art Installation & Music Premiere
Western University’s International Week 2017 begins today, bringing together Western’s students, faculty and staff with the wider London community to celebrate and experience the international diversity and opportunities available at Western. Taking place from...
Collaboration launches after-hours crisis counselling for Western University students
Western students experiencing mental health crisis will have access to a confidential walk-in clinic on campus three evenings a week as part of a “game-changing” program funded through the London Community Foundation. The project is a collaboration among Canadian...
Indigenous health care leaders meet in London to share successes in diabetes care and prevention
Health care and community leaders from over a dozen Indigenous communities across the country have gathered in London this week to launch a national roll-out of strategies for diabetes prevention and care. This week’s meetings mark the end of a pilot project called...
Exploring global health and pseudoscience with distinguished alumni at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry
Join world-renowned physicians and scientists at Western University's Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry as they talk through two of the hottest health topics of our time: the global spread of infection and disease; and the pervasive fallacies of...
The Walrus Talks speaks to what it means to fit in
Sexuality. Identity. Disability. Bullying. Discrimination. Western is not shying away from these tough conversations as The Walrus Talks Belonging, an evening of eight engaging speakers exploring what it means to belong, comes to London Music Hall on October 17....
Time for Spaced-Out (real) science at Western on Saturday
Planet Nibiru doesn’t exist — and there is zero scientific basis to support a viral “prophecy” that a secret planet will somehow appear on Saturday to mark the start of the end of life on Earth. “This apocalyptic claim, based on ‘numeracy research’ that has gained...
New home for the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing offers state-of-the-art education
Combining the best of academic learning and clinical education, the new building that houses the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing is unlike any other in Canada. It offers a suite of 16 beds where nursing students can build complex critical-thinking skills in a...
Make an impact (crater) during free “cool science” day at Western
Build a rocket, control a RoboRoach, pan for gold, see the Sun’s glowing hot gas and shoot gummy bears from a slingshot – all in one afternoon. Londoners can fill a free passport to discovery at Western University through Science Rendezvous, a national outreach event...
Five-time Olympic medalist Hayley Wickenheiser joins See the Line this summer
Five-time Olympic medalist Hayley Wickenheiser is adding her voice to the conversation about concussion in sport as part of See the Line at Western University on August 16. Hosted by Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, See the Line is a...
Western University named among Canada’s greenest employers
Western University has been named one of the 2017 winners of Canada’s Greenest Employers competition. The annual award is organized by the Canada's Top 100 Employers project and acknowledges workplaces with noteworthy environmental programs and earth-friendly policies...
Medical students use teddy bears to teach kids about medicine
Using teddy bears as patients, Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry medical students will help teach elementary school children about health and medicine this week. As part of the Teddy Bear Hospital Project, medical students will be at...