Western University's Jay Hodgson is developing technology that allows people to compose banging techno music simply by moving their bodies to the beat. A Musicology and Popular Music professor at the Don Wright Faculty of Music, Hodgson has created a...
Emma Rose Bonanno and 26 Western University colleagues were named among the international winners of The Undergraduate Awards, a worldwide competition recognizing top undergraduate work. In total, Western boasted 30 papers from across 14 categories cited as 'highly...
Intimate partner violence accounts for 26 per cent of all violent crimes in Canada; in 2012, they represented 20 per cent of all homicides. While researchers have recently identified risk factors associated with domestic violence and homicide, much less is known about...
Back-to-school stress affects thousands of students and parents each year. With only one week of summer remaining and school bells across the region about to signal the start of another school year, anxiety levels among some students and parents are once again on the rise.
Punishment and deterrence are often believed to be the most effective means of reducing youth crime and improving community safety, but Western University psychologist Alan Leschied says the reality is much different.
The Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women and Children (CREVAWC) has received $1,008,271 from the Public Health Agency of Canada to become the national Knowledge Hub for supporting the health and wellbeing of victims of domestic violence and...
A study of physical education curriculum across Canada has found that while the curriculum's stated aims are focused on healthy active living through physical activity, the actual learning outcome statements focus primarily on movement skills, games and sport...
Western University's Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children (CREVAWC) will host its 9th annual Father's Day Breakfast tomorrow (Tuesday, May 26) from 8 to 10:15 a.m. at the Marconi Club (120 Clarke Road) in London, Ont. CREVAWC,...
With Ontario public elementary school teachers preparing for province-wide job action on Monday, and continued opposition among some groups of Ontarians to the Province’s new sex-ed curriculum, an expert in the area of Ontario’s public education system from Western...
A $5 million donation from The Joyce Foundation will double the size of the successful School Within a University (SWAU) program – the first of its kind in Canada. The generous donation to Western University will establish an endowment to fund annual entrance awards...
The London Area Truth and Reconciliation Committee, in collaboration with local indigenous and non-indigenous educational and community partners, is hosting It Matters to Us: Transforming the Legacy of Residential Schools at Western’s Faculty of Education March 10 –...
Western’s Faculty of Education is proud to announce the launch of its new two-year Bachelor of Education program, a reimagined degree designed to address current needs in education and prepare graduates to become educational leaders on a global scale. The new program...
