Her office consists of goats, dogs, chickens, horses, a wallaby and even a zorse. To some, a menagerie like that would make for unusual co-workers. But for Morrigan Reilly-Ansons, they are part of her commitment to helping others cope with life’s challenges.
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Alumna, animals aid others in coping with challenges

Her office consists of goats, dogs, chickens, horses, a wallaby and even a zorse. To some, a menagerie like that would make for unusual co-workers. But for Morrigan Reilly-Ansons, they are part of her commitment to helping others cope with life’s challenges.

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Course embeds students in federal electioneering

More than a dozen King’s University College students will hit the campaign trail as they hit the books thanks to a new Political Science class that looks to offer an insider’s understanding of political campaigns.

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First Nations Program officially renamed

The First Nations Studies program has officially been renamed as the Indigenous Studies program. The change is intended to be reflective of a more inclusive understanding of Indigenous issues in Canada and abroad, and reflects the inclusion of all Indigenous people - Inuit, Métis, First Nation, urban, non-status.

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Club Purple opens more sports to fans

Mustangs Athletics officials are hoping to pump up the purple-and-proud passion with the introduction of Club Purple, a new “inclusive season ticket holder environment” that looks to generate more fans across more sports.

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stroke

Group calls on international community to prevent dementia by preventing stroke

The risk factors for stroke and dementia are the same, and a growing body of evidence demonstrates that preventing stroke can also prevent some dementias.

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Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry

See the Line: Continuing Medical Education Session

Learn the latest in sport-related brain injury and clinical care. This year's Continuing Medical Education Session explores new technology in sports protective equipment, managing expectations of the patient and the invested parties, and approaches to the treatment of persistent and systematic concussions.

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Faculty of Science

Western Summer Research Computing Workshops

Built on Software Carpentry workshops on selected topics, this series of workshops include lessons on Unix Shell, Python and R programming, the parallel programming features in C++ and Fortran, visualization using ParaView and the computing techniques useful for research.

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Social Highlights

Instagram

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Name that spot? 🕵️‍♀️⠀ ⠀

Twitter

Here comes the sun🌞 Or... there goes the sun! This #ThrowbackThursday is of a total solar eclipse from August 1932, brought to you by the @westernulibsARC weather records collection 🌥️.

Commentary

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Why Canada’s political system makes it difficult to fight floods

Floods are some of the most damaging weather-related events in Canada, occurring so frequently that they’re the most commonly experienced natural hazard. In recent years, Canadians have witnessed a number of floods of historic proportions, largely in Eastern Canada.

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Endnotes

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Gradcast: Inuvialuit Living History

Take a trip to the Beaufort Sea in the Northwest Territories with Anthropology PhD student Rebecca Goodwin as she works to document and share the cultural history of Inuit peoples of the Western Canadian Arctic.

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