June 24, 2022 There will be no Inside Western next week. Your next issue will arrive July 8.
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Western students, including current Ukrainian international students and recently arrived exchange students attending Ivey’s MBA program, gathered on campus on Wednesday to hear a video address by Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
Western Alumni Stadium (Photo source: Steve Anderson/Western Communications)
This year's Vanier Cup will be held at Western's Alumni Stadium on November 26, giving the Mustangs the chance to defend their championship title on home turf.
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Western has launched a new Indigenous curriculum consisting of six teaching modules instructors can use to integrate and share Indigenous knowledge and worldviews in their classrooms.
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With refugee numbers surging worldwide, Dr. Kevin Pottie, Ian McWhinney Chair of Family Medicine Studies at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, has co-authored a curriculum framework that will train future medical doctors on evidence-based refugee care.
Elders Dan and Mary Lou Smoke (Photo source: Faculty of Information & Media Studies)
The discovery of nearly 30 years' worth of audio recordings of Smoke Signals, Canada’s longest running Indigenous radio program, has turned into a tribute to the legacy of Dan and Mary Lou Smoke with the launch of a new archive website led by the Faculty of Information & Media Studies.
Sociologist and nursing professor Fiona Webster (Photo source: Western Communications)
Nursing professor Fiona Webster and her collaborators are studying patient engagement in chronic pain research through an EDI lens, with a new $2.4 million partnership grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.
Customer service representative Luiza Grabarczyk (Photo source: Facilities Management)
Featured job opportunities
Do you know someone looking for a job? Search by the job posting ID to learn more and apply or share with your network.Technical Specialist II, Nursing - Office of the Director (27202 & 27204)
Provide technical and administrative support for the nursing clinical education suites (lab/simulation) to support teaching activities and objectives. Culinary Support - Continuing, Hospitality Services (27243 multiple vacancies available)
Prepare and serve food and beverages, accept payments, clean and sanitize various work areas, collect dishes and tableware and organize workstations. Senior Piano Technician Manager, Don Wright Faculty of Music (26858)
Oversee administration of the Don Wright Faculty of Music’s keyboard shop and be responsible for the tuning and maintenance of the faculty’s inventory of acoustic pianos, digital keyboards, early music keyboards and organ.
For the first time, the Vanier Cup will be held at the newly renovated Western Alumni Stadium on Nov. 26. The event will mark the 57th Canadian university football championship game. In photo (L to R): Mustangs football head coach Greg Marshall, director of Western Sports Christine Stapleton, president and vice-chancellor Alan Shepard, and London mayor Ed Holder. (Photo source: Steve Anderson/ Western Communications)
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Every Tuesday (11 a.m. to 2 p.m.)
Western farmers’ market
After a two-year break due to COVID-19, Western’s farmers’ market is returning to campus. The market will be held every Tuesday in the open space in front of McIntosh Gallery. Pick up fresh fruits, veggies, baked goods and meats while enjoying live music.Friday, July 8 (10:30 a.m.) Celebrated speakers: Wole Soyinka
From political prisoner to Nobel Prize in Literature winner, Wole Soyinka’s career has spanned seventy years and includes poetry, essays, plays and novels. Hear Soyinka discuss his first novel in more than 50 years and his play, Death and the King's Horseman, from 10:30 a.m. until noon on Friday, July 8, at the Stratford Festival. Employees and students can use code 106249 to purchase discounted tickets.
According to Paige Milner women were primarily the ones making the hosiery (Photo source: Western University Archives)
Damage from the July 2021 tornado in Barrie, Ont. (Photo source: Duckdave/Wikimedia Commons)
The climate crisis is forcing major changes to building codes, offering a rare opportunity to fix growing disaster liability and minimize long-term ownership costs, according to Keith Porter, adjunct research professor in civil and environmental engineering.
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