May 10, 2024
Nicole Campbell (Photo source: Mac Lai/ Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry)
Schulich Medicine & Dentistry professor Nicole Campbell is one of 10 recipients across Canada of the 2024 3M National Teaching Fellowship Award, honouring exceptional contributions to teaching and learning at the post-secondary level.
Lily Cho (Photo source: Kris Dundas/Office of the President)
Vice-provost and associate vice-president (International) Lily Cho shares how her personal journey informs her advocacy for international students in building a globally inclusive campus.
(From left) Foods and nutrition students, Melodie Yeung and Paige Howlett (Photo source: Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications)
More than 400 students and 100 faculty and staff are joining the new Brescia School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, established May 1 under Western’s Faculty of Health Sciences.
(From left) PhD students Emma Donnelly and Yasmeen Shamiya (Photo source: Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications)
Science Rendezvous, an annual all-ages event led by Western graduate students, brings science to the community.
Also covered by: The London Free Press
The Impact Project
Explore how the Western community is collectively contributing to meaningful change in the world, today.
Raj Singh (Photo source: Crystal Carter/Western Communications)
Raj Singh: How hip-hop has cultural importance for Inuit communities.
Coming Up
May 15 (12:10 to 12:30 p.m. and 12:30 to 12:50 p.m.)
Body weight workout with Living Well @ Western
Join fitness instructor JJ Keck for a body weight workout. There are two 20-minute classes back-to-back. Come for one or stay for both. Register online. Arts & Humanities Building, Rm 2B15.
May 16 (10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)
Storytelling discussion with Veronica Antipolo
Celebrate Asian Heritage Month with colleagues during a virtual discussion with Veronica Antipolo. Learn about her journey of self-discovery, empowerment and connection through the power of storytelling. Register online.
Working at Western
Middlesex College (Photo source: Darryl Lahteenma/Western Communications)
Sustainable procurement lunch and learn webinar series
Learn more about the environmental, social and ethical impact your purchasing decisions can have and lessen the impact those decisions make on our environment. More information can be found on the sustainable procurement website.
Registration open for math camps
Western is home to dozens of camps for kids throughout the summer, including math camp. If you or someone you know has a child interested in math, there are four math camps running for five days each. Bursaries are available for Indigenous students.
Open campus eateries
Hungry on campus? There are several eateries open throughout the summer and Food Truck Alley is back until the end of May on Kent Drive Monday to Wednesday 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. (weather permitting).
Photo of the Week
Have you seen the Asian Heritage Month display at the Western Bookstore? Check out the remarkable stories of Canadians with Asian heritage, both at Western and around the world, and embrace what this month is all about. (Source: @Western Bookstore on Instagram)
Western in the News
In addition to the news above, your colleagues have been featured in the following media outlets.
Glorieuse Uwizeye (Photo source: Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications)
CBC London
She lived through the Tutsi genocide in Rwanda. Now she researches health of other survivors' kids
A survivor of Rwanda's 1994 genocide, nursing professor Glorieuse Uwizeye studies the health of children born to survivors, aiming to develop global interventions.
CBC News
Overcrowded schools are a growing problem, but school boards struggling to get new ones built
With overcrowded classrooms a pressing issue nationwide, education professor Gus Riveros shares his research on portable classrooms’ impact on the learning environment.
Toronto Star
From bookish kid to the top of TIFF: Cameron Bailey on meeting ‘Steven,’ the joy of film and moving on without Bell
In this profile, alum Cameron Bailey, BA'87, LLD'18, CEO of the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), says he first fell in love with cinema during his literature studies at Western.
