A documentary research team, including two Indigenous youth from Kluane First Nation, will visit Western University on Wednesday (March 30) to test mercury levels in fish collected from their own community. The Kluane First Nation Government is based at Burwash...
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Annual salary disclosure from Western
In keeping with the Public Sector Disclosure Act, Western University is releasing an annual list of employees whose 2015 income met or exceeded $100,000, as reflected on their T4 slips. Also outlined on the list are taxable benefits for the year 2015. Most of...
Western joins forces with prestigious SHAD program
Western University is the latest top university to join with SHAD, a prestigious program which brings the best and the brightest high school students to university campuses across the country every July for an intense program that helps them reach their full...
Investigating the link between probiotics and the health of female astronauts
Two Western University researchers are making the case for the use of probiotics for female astronauts to avoid serious health complications on long space missions. Gregor Reid, PhD, professor, and Camilla Urbaniak, PhD Candidate, at Western’s Schulich School of...
Local family physician prescribes preventative health care to address diabetes epidemic
Local Zurich family physician, Dr. Lori Teeple, is passionate about bringing preventative health care to her patients and community. An associate professor at Western University’s Schulich of School of Medicine & Dentistry, Dr. Teeple has turned her team at...
Western welcomes new neuroscientist who unlocks minds with machines
If you watch science fiction movies from 1970s, you would think by the year 2016 there would be a robot in every home performing tasks like cooking, cleaning and cutting the lawn. But there isn't. Jörn Diedrichsen, who has come to Western University from University...
Commissioned piece by Western professor to make world première at Toronto Symphony Orchestra
An innovative collaboration featuring the music of award-winning composer and Western University professor Paul Frehner will make its world première at Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO)'s New Creations Festival. Frehner, an associate professor at Western's Don Wright...
Western alumni celebrate their connections on Founder’s Day
Western University alumni around the world are joining together today to celebrate Founder’s Day and all their Western connections. Founder's Day is celebrated each year by Western alumni, students, faculty and staff on March 7 – the anniversary of the University’s...
Chatham family physician believes training medical residents in smaller communities can improve health care for patients
At her peak, Dr. Kathryn Bailey was delivering up to 100 babies a year in Chatham. After 30 years of practising family medicine in Chatham, Dr. Bailey is now delivering the babies of the babies she delivered decades ago. Dr. Bailey, adjunct professor at Western...
Printing the way to better health care for people living with arthritis
One Western University researcher is using the only 3-D metal printer in Canada to revolutionize the face of health care. On February 25, 2016, David Holdsworth, PhD, will be in Windsor, to share how advanced imaging combined with 3‑D printing will one day lead to...
Local St. Thomas physicians work double duty on the ice
When they’re not in the hospital, local physicians, Dr. Robert Black and Dr. James Menlove, are on the ice. Dr. Black is the Elgin-Middlesex regional academic director for Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, and a general surgeon at St....
Western’s Board of Governors appoints new leadership
Western University’s Board of Governors has appointed Hanny Hassan Chair of the Board for 2016 effective January 1. Joining Western’s Board of Governors in 2009, Hassan has served as Vice-Chair of the Board since 2014. Hassan manages Alef Consulting Inc., an...