May 26, 2023
(From left) Schulich Medicine & Dentistry professor Lisa Saksida; Faculty of Education professor Emma Duerden; president and CEO of Brain Canada Viviane Poupon with London North Centre MP Peter Fragiskatos (Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications)
Western researchers have received two of four Canada-wide grants through the Canada Brain Research Fund. One project is working to fast-track drug development for neurodegenerative diseases and the other is exploring technology to study the brain at the patient’s bedside.
Education Dean Donna Kotsopoulos and Ivey professor Lauren Cipriano, Canada Research Chair in Healthcare Analytics, Management and Policy (Photo source: Geoff Robins)
Ivey professor Lauren Cipriano and her mentor Donna Kotsopoulos, dean of the Faculty of Education, are participating in a new mentorship program offering Tier 2 Canada Research Chairs of equity-deserving groups access to networking opportunities, skills development and a community of inclusivity and support.
Anthropology PhD student Tamara Britton (centre) with collaborators from local communities at Pacoche Wildlife Refuge in Ecuador (Photo source: Tamara Britton)
Tamara Britton is one of this year’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Top 25 Storytellers. Chosen from nearly 200 applicants, her research looks at the relationships between people, nonhuman primates and bamboo in the Pacoche Wildlife Refuge in Ecuador.
Sociology professor Kaitlynn Mendes (Photo source: Western Communications)
As social media and the online world changes, the risks for young users are also evolving. Sociology professor Kaitlynn Mendes delves into the shifting online harms impacting Canadian youth, highlighting the urgent need for enhanced support and protection.
Chemistry professor Yolanda Hedberg and PhD student Robert Addai (Photo source: Christopher Kindratsky/Western Communications)
Chemistry PhD candidate Robert Addai started by studying fufu, a staple of his Ghanian diet but his research on corrosion led him to a field of study far from a West African kitchen: an icy Canadian road.
Faculty, staff and artists in Western's artLAB (Photo source: Jennifer Martin/Western Visual Arts)
The newest exhibition at Western’s artLAB features work from three diverse faculty artists. Ashar Mobeen, a PhD candidate in visual arts and curator, hopes the show is a “transformative experience” for audience members.
Working at Western
Graduates at Spring 2022 Convocation (Photo source: Geoff Robbins)
Notice to join the academic procession
Spring Convocation will take place June 12-23 with ceremonies at 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Faculty, senate, the board of governors and emeriti professors/archivists/librarians are invited to take part in the academic procession. For more information contact the Convocation coordinator at convosec@uwo.ca.
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Photo of the Week
Last week a community member brought this little furry friend to the Western Special Constable Office as it had been separated from its mother with no other geese around. The staff named him Ryan Gosling and released him to a family of geese who happily adopted him into their flock. (Photo source: @WesternuWSCS)
Coming Up
FOGS plant sale (Photo source: Laura Mantz/Western Sustainability)
May 30 (12 to 2 p.m.), May 31 and June 1 (12:30 to 1:30 p.m.)
Friends of the Gardens (FOGS) Plant Sale
Purchase perennials, native perennials, trees, shrubs, herbs, vegetables, annuals, house plants and more. Cash or check only (no debit). Visit the sale at the east side of the Biological & Geological Sciences Building.
May 31 (9 a.m. to 1:15 p.m.)
WeCLISH graduate student conference
The Western Centre for Climate Change, Sustainable Livelihoods and Health (WeCLISH) conference explores the impact of climate change on ecosystems,
food security and livelihoods, health and our infrastructure. View the agenda and register to attend.
May 31
(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 20-minute body weight workout. There are two 20-minute classes back-to-back. Come for one or stay for both. Held in the Arts & Humanities Building, Rm 2B15.
Western in the News
Schulich Medicine & Dentistry professor Marnin Heisel (Photo source: Western Communications)
CBC Cross Country Checkup
Why rethinking retirement might help solve Canada's demographic crunch
Schulich Medicine & Dentistry professor Marnin Heisel highlights his research developing support groups for retired men and the need to continue feeling valued and connected after retirement.
Canadian Geographic
The research project trying to find every tornado in Canada
If researchers can determine where damaging wind events are most likely to occur, they can work to make those communities more resilient. Severe weather researchers from Western’s Northern Tornadoes Project, Northern Hail Project and WindEEE provided real-world insight for this feature.
Space.com
How Artemis 2 moon astronaut Jeremy Hansen helped find a rare crater on Earth
In 2011, Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen joined earth sciences professor Gordon Osinski and his team on an expedition to a remote area in Saskatchewan. Osinski explains how research now confirms they visited a meteorite crater, among the rarest seen on Earth.
CBC London
Western's new climate change course weaves in Indigenous knowledge
An award-winning climate change course designed by a team at Western brings together Indigenous knowledge and climate change science to show students how taking individual action can add up to significant progress.
Commentary
United States President Joe Biden (Photo source: Wikimedia Commons)
The Republican and Democratic parties are increasingly coming to embrace distinctive and mutually exclusive visions with no possibility for common ground. Political science PhD student Sam Routley discusses what that means for Joe Biden in 2024.
