In Canada each year, more than 160,000 people experience a concussion - half of which are sports-related. There is currently no cure for concussion, and no concussion is the same. A group of scientists at Western is at the forefront of discoveries that could change all that.
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The 'Total Impact' of concussions

In Canada each year, more than 160,000 people experience a concussion - half of which are sports-related. There is currently no cure for concussion, and no concussion is the same. A group of scientists at Western is at the forefront of discoveries that could change all that.

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Western News

Chelsea Munyanyi

'Mere Society' - a poem

Chelsea Munyany, a third-year nursing student and a member of the UWO Black Students' Association, hopes her poem 'Mere Society’ moves us towards a better future for all races, nationalities and cultures.

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Ivey student

Ivey PhD student named rising star among young researchers

Mansur Khamitov, an Ivey Business School PhD candidate, hopes to live up to his new title of “rising star” and make his mark in the field of consumer behaviour research.

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Lorie

New chair eyes health literacy as social justice

Lorie Donelle knows we are becoming increasingly dependent on modern technologies. She doesn’t want to constrain those uses – she wants to understand and maximize their benefits to improve health care.

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Wael Haddara

Professor questions if altruism is on decline in medicine

Altruism is heralded as a central principle of the profession of medicine, but are societal pressures and systemic inequalities changing the construct of this idea?

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Working at Western

International Engagement

Enhance your global awareness

The Staff International Engagement working group is accepting applications from Western staff for two international programs. The Leave for Change program and the Staff International Exchange Program offer staff the opportunity to acquire international experience.

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Living Well @ Western

Free Body Blast class

Come to the Staff and Leaders’ Conference Wellness Fair on Wednesday, Feb. 21 from 10:15 a.m -12 p.m. in the main floor hallway of the Social Science Centre. After the fair, join in a Body Blast class from 12:15-12:45 p.m. on the first floor of the Social Science Centre.

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Social Highlights

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Leanne Peters

Leanne Peters (#WesternU BSc’02 & MD’06) is team doctor for #TeamCanada Women’s Hockey! Leading two athletic therapists, a massage therapist, a sport psychologist and a strength and conditioning coach – Peters couldn’t be more proud to be wearing the maple leaf as the women’s team look to repeat as Olympic gold medalists. #purpleandproud #gocanada #PyeongChang2018 #womenshockey

Twitter

@Brains_CAN is bringing the world’s most promising young cognitive neuroscientists to @WesternU. Applications for our Postdoctoral Fellowship Program are now OPEN -- up to 10 fellowships are to be awarded this competition! Details: http://bit.ly/brainscan_pdf 

Western in the Media

From Battlefield to Business

A handful of years ago, running a digital marketing services firm wasn’t even close to being on Corey Shelson’s mind. But as a Canadian Forces veteran with combat experience, there is one thing he knew well: every mission requires a contingency plan.

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How buying clothing from a London company can help Olympians

Here are two words you don't often see in the same sentence: Olympians and poverty. But struggling elite Canadian athletes, including those competing at the Olympics, inspired a London startup to give these top performers a helping hand, or rather stitch them one through making and selling clothing.

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Love starts early for babies, and effects last a lifetime

Only weeks after birth a baby can recognize a face smiling down, and can smile back. As those early months go by, love evolves.

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Wind energy may be green, but the water in Chatham-Kent is brown

Every morning since he lost the use of his well, Dave Lusk wakes up and tries not to let the anger seep in. But when he makes a trip from the water cooler in the kitchen and back to his bathroom vanity to wash up, it’s a reminder of the precariousness of his water supply.

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Commentary

Tsunami

Preparing Canada for the Fintech Tsunami

The buzzword fintech covers a range of financial technologies that enable consumers to access financial services over their mobile phone or the Internet. Through the many fintech innovations introduced over the past five years, retail customers can take out a loan, make a payment, transfer money overseas, or invest their savings electronically.

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Endnotes

Mark Rayner

Weighing in on zombie Shakespeare and 'The Fatness'

If you can forgive Mark A. Rayner for not making it through 'Ulysses' – and we certainly can – read the Information and Media Studies professor’s take on ‘bookishness’ and his writing.

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