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Students display smiles with pandemic protection
Developed by a pair of Western students, Smile Masks are partly transparent face coverings that allow wearers to make themselves understood by people who need visual cues of what is being said.
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Fall Convocation postponed
Fall Convocation, originally scheduled for October, has been postponed as part of Western's larger response to the COVID-19 pandemic. Degrees will still be conferred as scheduled.
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Network fuels burning desire to understand wildfire
Western is one of six nodes in the Wildland Fire Research Network, a joint effort with the federal government and the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) to understand and predict wildfire risk.
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Health, Safety & Well-being
COVID-19 training video
Western’s Health, Safety and Well-being team has developed an eight-minute COVID-19 training video (accessed via OWL), called “Return to Campus Essentials,” that all employees must view.
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Return to Campus
Two-page quick guide
A two-page document summarizes important steps employees must take before returning to campus. The document also outlines a series of measures the university is taking to help ensure the health and safety of our community.
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Leadership
Kelly Cole named President/CEO of Sunnybrook Foundation
Kelly Cole, Vice-President (University Advancement), will become President and CEO of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Foundation in Toronto, effective Nov. 16, university and foundation officials jointly announced July 13.
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Western Award of Excellence
Nominate outstanding Western staff by August 7
Western faculty, staff, students and alumni are invited to nominate an individual staff member or a team of staff who makes an outstanding contribution to our campus community. Nominations for the 2020 Western Award of Excellence are being accepted until Friday, August 7.
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Instagram
You chalk your question, she chalks an answer! Astrophysicist @ParshatiPatel is bringing @westernuSpace and #sidewalkscience to her neighbourhood and is inviting neighbours to ask questions about the planets and stars.
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Commentary
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OK Boomers, Millennials driving in new direction
Researchers recently interviewed 40 Millennials to hear how they feel about driving. One quote captured the typical reaction: “I’ve considered getting a car, especially when I was in college. But now it’s like, ‘meh … I mean, like, it doesn’t sound appealing whatsoever.’”
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Read. Watch. Listen. with Suzanne Chiodo
Oh, you’ve got to hold on, ready or not, you live for the fight when it’s all that you’ve got, when Law professor Suzanne Chiodo takes a turn on Read. Watch. Listen.
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