Faculty of Social Science

OF INTEREST...

Are you a Maps, Data or Government Information User?

The Western Libraries’ transition team looking into the new combined map, data and government information centre (MADGIC) is conducting a user needs assessment using an online survey and focus groups.  The Western Libraries' Maps and Data (WLMAD) transition team welcomes your participation in this process.

Take the survey!

Have a Heart for Haiti in Social Science

This week in the Social Science Centre, SSSC and the whole Western community are coming together to support the survivors of Haiti’s earthquakes.  There will be a group of Social Science students handing out “hearts” for people  to sign and post to a wall to show Western’s support.  They are set up on the 2nd floor, front of the building, Monday - Friday from 10:00am - 4:00pm, until February 9th.  There will also be ways to donate funds to the relief effort.  Come out and wear red to support the cause.   <more>

Students planning on coming back September, 2010

Get ready for Intent to Register! If you are planning on attending Western in September 2010, you will need to let us know by completing an Intent to Register form online or paper copy between February 4 - March 31, 2010.  <more>

What do Canadians and Americans really know about each other?

A newly established institute at The University of Western Ontario will hold a mirror up to the social, economic and political linkages between Canada and the United States.  <more>

Professor Emeritus Michael Parkin Receives Honorary Degree at University of Leicester

Professor Emeritus Michael Parkin will receive the honorary degree of Doctor of Letters from the University of Leicester, Friday, January 22nd, 2010. Professor Parkin studied economics at Leicester from 1960-1963 and held appointments at the Universities of Sheffield, Leicester, Essex and Manchester before joining the Economics Department at UWO in 1975. <more>

Dr. Joy Parr - Book Release

Congratulations to Joy Parr, Canada Research Chair in Technology, Culture and Risk in the Department of Geography at Western whose book Sensing Changes: Technologies, Environments, and the Everyday, 1953-2003 has been published. It examines how mega-projects, such as dams and nuclear power plants, and other regulatory and technology changes have forced people to transform their lives – to radically change their sense of place and their way of life. A companion website can be accessed at: http://megaprojects.uwo.ca. Further information on the book can be found here.

Absence Reporting

Effective January 11, 2010, self-reporting, that was available through the Student Center, is no longer available.  For information on missing exams or assignments, see our website.