For the month of September, the community will have a chance to celebrate the Deshkan Ziibiing (Antler/Thames River) with Riverfest 2022, Western’s first-ever river festival hosted by the Office of Sustainability.
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Sustainability legal expert available to comment on Supreme Court carbon charges verdict
Today, the Supreme Court of Canada issued its long-awaited verdict in the carbon charges case. According to Western Law professor Elizabeth Steyn, coming in at 405 pages, it is a judgment that is substantial in both form and content. In the written ruling, Chief...
‘Fueled’ by electric cars, the University of Otago wins 2018 World’s Challenge Challenge
A team of extraordinary students from the University of Otago in Dunedin, New Zealand has won the 2018 World’s Challenge Challenge, which took place this week at Western University in London, Canada. Team Otago delivered its award-winning idea for a solution to a...
$11.6M grant allows Western to further reduce greenhouse gas emissions
Western University is taking an important step towards transitioning the campus away from fossil fuels and reducing greenhouse gas emissions below mandated levels, thanks to a boost in funding in the form of $11.6 million in provincial grants through the Greenhouse...
Indigenous youth from Kluane First Nation to visit Western University
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...
Western collaborative study shows future Athabasca River flows may not sustain water demands for Alberta oil sands
The Alberta oil sands, the world’s third-largest crude oil reserve, require fresh water from the Athabasca River – lots of water – as it is estimated that three barrels of water are required to produce just one barrel of crude oil. In 2012 alone, this amounted to 187...