During her lifetime, ground-breaking botanist Kate Crooks received international acclaim for her work. But the whereabouts of those labours today - 500 pages of plant samples Crooks collected and pressed in the 1860s - remain a puzzle that Anna Soper, MLIS’16, is determined to solve.
During her lifetime, ground-breaking botanist Kate Crooks received international acclaim for her work. But the whereabouts of those labours today - 500 pages of plant samples Crooks collected and pressed in the 1860s - remain a puzzle that Anna Soper, MLIS’16, is determined to solve.
When Gabby Schoettle was 8 years old, her mother died of metastatic breast cancer. Soon afterward, her father became ill and was unable to work. The health-care providers who showed her compassion throughout this tragic journey left a lasting impact on her.
As the fall term begins, drivers using roads on Western’s campus throughout the first week of September are being asked to take note of traffic disruptions and expected delays.
After 20 years of working as a professional artist, PhD student Ellen Moffat shares more about the theoretical and practical work she is doing towards getting a PhD in Studio.
Starting on Sept. 1, fully 41 of 43 routes operated by the London Transit Commission (LTC) will see new scheduling or routing – including those travelling to, through or around Western.
We are excited to again partner with campus-wide units supporting scholarship across campus to host the Research Western conference - a series of collaborative workshops, seminars and presentations to help you kick your research program into overdrive.
Great to welcome @rossromanossm, Minister of @ontrainandstudy to #LdnOnt for important discussions on post-secondary education with #WesternU President, Alan Shepard and @fanshawecollege President Peter Devlin
What kind of storybooks should be read to children? This question has been contentious — so much so that when I was teaching in a public elementary school in Ontario 10 years ago, certain books were kept in a separate room in the library apart from regular circulation. These were books featuring stories about same-sex families or gender diversity.
You may not realize Ed buys houses, but you’ll understand that Graham knows good tunes when King’s University College professor Graham Broad takes a turn on Read. Watch. Listen.
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