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THE LONDON FREE PRESS
April 26, 2023
Western students, faculty members and conservation authority officials planted 100 native trees and 200 native shrubs along the bank of the creek near the university campus.
The project, funded by Western’s Thinking Globally, Acting Locally program, will improve the resiliency of the Medway Creek watershed to climate change, said Brendon Samuels, a doctoral student in biology and one of the project leads.
CBC
January 14, 2022
Iman Al-Areibi teaches at H.B. Beal Secondary School in London, Ont.
An Ontario high school teacher wanted her students to know someone cared about them during this challenging start to the year, so this month, she mailed a handwritten letter to each of them.
Featuring the work of Iman Al-Areibi, Master of Professional Education (MPEd) Alum, Faculty of Education, Western University.
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
May 29, 2021
Indigenous and Black communities have a shared past of injustice. They deserve a shared future of justice
Featuring the work of Joy SpearChief-Morris, MA Graduate, Political Science (Transitional Justice and Post-Conflict Reconstruction), Western University
THE LONDON FREE PRESS
July 7, 2020
Western University students' lip-reading masks a huge help for hearing-impaired
Western University graduate students Matthew Urichuk and Taylor Bardell were grocery shopping when they first noticed how difficult it was to understand each other while wearing face masks.
The two PhD students in communications sciences and disorders wondered if it was tough for them to communicate, what must it be like for people who are hearing impaired?
Featuring the work of Matthew Urichuk and Taylor Bardell, Faculty of Health Sciences, Western University
STRATFORD BEACON HERALD
January 5, 2020
Western PhD student studying LGBTQ+ sense of belonging in Stratford, St. Marys and Perth County
St Marys native, Dayne Prest, hopes her research can ultimately help local governments and organizations provide the resources and support the LGBTQ+ community needs and wants to feel more at home in Perth County.
Featuring the work of Dayna Prest, PhD candidate, Women’s Studies and Feminist Research, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Western University.
CBC
February 9, 2020
Three Western University affiliated colleges are among five post-secondary institutions in Ontario to offer tuition waivers for foster children who were Crown wards.
It's thanks to the work of a Western University PhD candidate in political science, whose own journey through the foster care system in Ontario made her see, from the inside, the barriers such children face.
Featuring the work of Jane Kovarikova, PhD candidate, Political Science, Faculty of Social Science, Western University.
CBC
February 7, 2020
Understanding the psychology of everyday life
Have you ever wanted to understand more about the psychology of everyday life? Well, a group of clinical psychology students at Western University aim to make that happen with a series of free lectures throughout the month of February.
Featuring the work of Lindsay Gabel and Ola Mohamed Ali, PhD candidates, Psychology, Faculty of Social Science, Western University.
Emmanuel Ndashimye, PhD Candidate in Microbiology and Immunology, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry
Under the cover of night, the van carrying Emmanuel Ndashimye and his family approached the Rwanda-Uganda border. Alongside his mother and four siblings, he lay flat on the floor, hidden from sight and silently praying as the vehicle stopped at the checkpoint.
CBC
July 18, 2019
How Apollo 11 inspires these PhD students to chase careers in aerospace
Fifty years after the eagle landed, Apollo 11 is still inspiring young minds to dream of the stars, and now, they’re making a career of it.
Featuring the work of Cassandra Marian, Sarah Simpson, Jennifer Newman, Leah Sacks, and Christy Caudill, PhD and Master's candidates in Geology (Planetary Science and Exploration), Western University.
THE GLOBE AND MAIL
July 11, 2019
The once and future moon: 50 years after Apollo 11, our lunar adventure has just begun
Featuring the work of Christy Caudill, PhD candidate, Geology (Planetary Science and Exploration), Western University
