July 25, 2025
Mansour Haeryfar (Photo source: Schulich Medicine & Dentistry)
Schulich Medicine & Dentistry professor Mansour Haeryfar is among several Western researchers receiving a share of more than $15 million in new federal funding from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Centre (L to R): Distinguished University Professor Kathy Hibbert, professor emeritus and former chair of imaging Rethy Chhem.
On her most recent visit to Cambodia, education professor Kathy Hibbert helped secure a new partnership with Cambodia University of Technology and Science, creating opportunities for Western faculty to collaborate as peer mentors.
Adam Ali (Photo source: Faculty of Health Sciences)
Kinesiology professor Adam Ali is exploring how sport shapes – and is shaped by – race, identity and inclusion, offering new insights into how policies and media can better support racialized and newcomer athletes.
Daniel Clark (Photo source: Ivey Communications)
Ivey professor Daniel Clark is examining how kidfluencing violates children’s rights, calling for policy reform to protect young content creators.
The Impact Project
Explore how the Western community is collectively contributing to meaningful change in the world, today.
Sheri Osden Nault (Photo source: Steven Anderson/Western Communications)
Sheri Osden Nault: How to build community through art.
Coming Up
July 29 (6 to 10 p.m.)
Mustangs Movie Night
Watch Jumanji on the big screen from Alumni Stadium, with games, popcorn and family-friendly fun before the show. Tickets are $5 for adults and $3 for youth.
July 29 and 31 (various times)
Alternative Solutions for OWL Sakai
Join Western Technology Services for a series of Zoom sessions designed to help you transition content from OWL Sakai project sites. Register online.
July 30 (10 a.m. to noon)
Story Maps, Dashboards and GIS Workshop
Drop in to get hands-on support and feedback for your GIS projects. Whether you're starting out or finalizing a project, Western Libraries GIS experts will be on hand to offer support. Weldon Library, Instruction Room.
July 30 (noon to 1:15 p.m.)
You Can Be Safe With Me
Join trans community advocate Naomi Nadea for a conversation on challenging harmful narratives and building supportive networks grounded in care and respect. Weldon Community Rm. 128. Register online.
Working at Western
FIMS & Nursing Building (Photo source: Darryl Lahteenmaa/Western Communications)
Summer lunch and learn workshops
Learn how values shape your work and explore the importance of boundaries in the final two sessions of this four-part series from the Wellness and Equity Education team. Light refreshments provided. Register today.
Photo of the Week
Faculty, staff and supporters celebrated the 2SLGBTQIA+ community during the London Pride Parade on July 20. (L to R) Alanna Marson, Shawn Hendrikx, John Critchley, Daniel Mills, Melanie Mills and Alison Pegg. (Photo source: Lesley Oliver/Office of EDI)
Western in the News
Julian Brimelow, executive director of the Northern Hail Project, displays a 3D replica of a near-record hailstone collected in 2022. (Photo source: Canadian Press/Bill Graveland)
Global News
Researchers chase storms, study fist-sized stones in Alberta’s ‘Hailstorm Alley’
Northern Hail Project researchers explain how their fieldwork in Alberta’s “Hailstorm Alley” aims to better understand and mitigate the impact of extreme hailstorms.
BBC
How Canada became the centre of a measles outbreak in North America
Health studies professor Maxwell Smith provides expert insight about the rise in measles cases in Canada.
CTV Toronto
Mosquitoes in Toronto have tested positive for West Nile Virus. Here’s what you need to know to protect yourself
Schulich Medicine & Dentistry professor Dr. Robyn Klien sheds light on the transmission and neurological risks of West Nile virus.
