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New study reveals alarming trend of nicotine vaping among high school students
More than a quarter of Canadian high school students report having vaped, and 12 per cent have exclusively smoked vapes containing nicotine
Western cements leadership in kidney research with new $3.5M endowed chair
The William F. Clark Chair in Nephrology will help attract and retain top talent, enhance life-saving bench-to-bedside research
Media Advisory: Western and health partners to announce new investment in kidney research March 31
On Friday, March 31, Western University, with London Health Sciences Foundation (LHSF) and The Kidney Foundation of Canada will announce a significant new investment in kidney research. Chronic kidney disease affects one in 10 people and the global burden of kidney...
Western names Baron new Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President (International)
Britta Baron has been named Vice-Provost and Associate Vice-President (International), effective July 1, through June 30, 2025, Western University announced today. Baron currently serves as the Director of the International Department at Humboldt University in Berlin,...
The Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry establishes new Office of Military Academic Medicine
With the aim of becoming a world leader in military medicine, the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry at Western University today announced the establishment of the Office of Military Academic Medicine. The Office builds upon a long-standing relationship...
UWOFA and Western University reach new tentative agreement
The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) Librarians and Archivists Bargaining Unit and Western University are pleased to announce they have reached a new tentative agreement. “This positive outcome of the collective bargaining process resulted...
Western University to host more than 1,550 international guidance counsellors and admissions professionals for global conference
The International Association of College Admission Counseling (International ACAC) and Western University will host 1,565 representatives from around the world for an international education conference from July 9 to 12 at Western’s campus in London, Ontario, Canada....
Board ratifies UWOFA collective agreement
Today, Western's Board of Governors ratified a new four-year collective agreement with the University’s Faculty Association (UWOFA) – which represents about 1,564 faculty members, of whom 1,001 are full-time probationary or tenured, 255 are full-time limited-term and...
Robarts Research Institute will be home to Canada’s first Magnetic Particle Imaging system
Magnetic Particle Imaging (MPI) – considered the most promising and emerging imaging technology of the past 20 years – is coming to Western University. The MPI system will be housed at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry’s Robarts Research Institute and...
Western to host more than 8,000 scholars in London
OTTAWA, ON, May 16, 2018 – Western University has been selected to host the 2020 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences, the country’s largest multidisciplinary gathering of academic scholars in the humanities and social sciences. The conference, which will...
Annual salary disclosure from Western University
In keeping with the Public Sector Disclosure Act, Western University is releasing an annual list of employees whose 2017 income met or exceeded $100,000, as reflected on their T4 slips. Also outlined on the list are taxable benefits for the year 2017. Most of...