University of Western Ontario

With an eye to helping children forced to flee the war in Ukraine, Western’s Claire Crooks was recently in the Czech Republic training social workers and psychologists in STRONG, a school-based mental health program. Since February, an…

As part of its commitment to Indigenization and decolonization across the university, Western will launch the Memegwaanh Indigenous Learning Honour (ILH) tomorrow, on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. The ILH will recognize…

For more than 20 years, the Western-developed, school-based Fourth R program has been working with students, teachers, parents and communities to address youth violence and bullying, unsafe sexual behaviour and substance use. Developed at…

Stigma and discrimination associated with substance use have been shown to contribute to barriers to care, especially among marginalized and Indigenous communities. Now, a team of researchers at Western and the University of British…

Climate change has wreaked havoc with many species’ life cycles and now a pair of Western students is shedding light on how it’s affecting the survival of two high-profile insects. Working under the supervision of biology professor Jeremy…

Four Western researchers have been elected to the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences (CAHS).Frank Beier, Dr. Ruth Lanius, Kathy Nixon Speechley and Nadine Wathen were among 71 individuals in the Canadian health sciences community to…

With the launch of the Western Academy for Advanced Research, Western University is charting an ambitious new course to address major issues facing humanity in Canada and around the world. Complex challenges such as climate change,…

When they heard about an opportunity to spend a week in Algonquin Park learning and practising naturalist skills, Western students Lida Benam and Devanshi Parmar eagerly applied and were thrilled to be accepted. Parmar, a fourth-year…

Jack Borins, an HBA/Law ’25 candidate, is used to getting questioning looks when he mentions he did a summer internship with a little-known tech startup in Israel. But he wouldn’t have it any other way.“I think it’s important to get…

While Hollywood loves pitting iconic characters against one another in a summer blockbuster, even those fighting the same good fight, that’s not the case for planetary scientists exploring the Moon, Mars and beyond.Earth sciences…