As the death toll from coronavirus tops 2,600, the global community continues to grapple with urgent medical questions. But the health crisis has spawned an equally pressing ethical debate.
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Feb. 25, 2020

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Expert centres ethics in WHO coronavirus efforts

As the death toll from coronavirus tops 2,600, the global community continues to grapple with urgent medical questions. But the health crisis has spawned an equally pressing ethical debate.

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Western News

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Degrees, scholarship to honour Flight 752 students

The families and friends of four Western students whose lives were cut short in the downing of Flight PS752 will not only see their loved ones’ academic careers celebrated, but ambitions live on in opportunities for future students.

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CityStudio nabs student ideas, research, energy

CityStudio London, a fledgling partnership among postsecondary institutions, the city and a non-profit agency, is turning all of London into a classroom.

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Alumna follows her own beat off Bay Street

Twenty years ago, Amanda Martinez, BSc’94, left a promising corporate career in TD’s Trade Finance Department to follow the music of her life.

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Study: Sexual orientation plays part in pay gap

Lesbian, gay and bisexual community members continue to find themselves on the lower end of the pay scale when compared to their heterosexual male counterparts - findings one researcher says could support the inclusion of sexual orientation in employment equity legislation.

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Working at Western

Health and Wellness

Re:SHAPE Week

Let’s re:SHAPE how we approach gender-based and sexual violence on our campus. Let’s get creative, let's get progressive and let’s get intentional about how we support one another, celebrate our identities and have critical conversations about how, as a community, we are addressing this important issue at Western.

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Staff Development

Moving Beyond 'Us vs Them'

In this experiential 1-hour Lunch & Learn, participants will examine how the “us vs them” narrative shows up in their workplace and impacts organizational culture.

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Social Highlights

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Several #WesternU founded companies are ranked among the Best Places to Work 2020 by @LondonIncMag. The ranking highlights 15 #LdnOnt organizations whose employees rate them as exceptional.

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Teacher candidates @westernuEdu explore social justice themes and concepts, through dance and drama, while making connections to the Ontario elementary curriculum. #westernu

Commentary

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Brain Inspired podcast

Listen as Western neuroscientist Jörn Diedrichsen joins the hosts of the Brain Inspired podcast. On this episode, Brain Representations, Diedrichsen ‘peels the onion’ of brain representations in search of the layers (the aspects of brain activity) that matter to computation.

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Endnotes

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Read. Watch. Listen. with Cindy Mora Stock

The waiting - on that book, that movie, that album to come out - is the hardest part as Earth Sciences postdoctoral scholar Cindy Mora Stock takes a turn on Read. Watch. Listen.

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