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2022
Using the digital to create a connection to the natural world
May 27, 2022
Aranya Iyer is the face of the Animalogic’s ‘World of Birds’ on YouTube, bringing interesting bird facts to people around the world. But her real passion is fostering a deep connection to nature, particularly for marginalized communities.Podcast looks to unearth the career opportunities in Anthropology
May 27, 2022
Isabelle Rutherford and Sydney Holland want to let Anthropology students know about the many diverse career paths available to them, within and beyond academia.Highlighting the living history of museums
May 27, 2022
Behind every museum display, there is a story. Erin Isaac wants to highlight those stories through her YouTube channel, Historia Nostra.How rural Canada can attract and retain international health-care providers: Address discrimination, provide support
May 11, 2022
Common approaches used to encourage internationally educated health-care professionals to work in smaller communities often focus primarily on attraction, but do not address the reasons why they tend to leave.New project brings Social Science research to the community
May 10, 2022
The Social Science Community Research Consultancy has received funding from Western’s Strategic Priorities Fund will give community organizations access to high-quality research, and provide research experience for graduate students and postdoctoral fellows outside of academia.Companies are mitigating labour shortages with automation — and this could drastically impact workers
April 25, 2022
Writing in The Conversation, DAN Management professor Geraint Harvey examines how companies are responding to labour shortages.Students get lesson on environmental stewardship close to home
April 20, 2022
Students in combined Indigenous Studies, Geography and Environment class to learn ‘land healing, responsibility’ through new land-use agreement with Facilities Management.Western Political Science PhD accepts tenure-track position at top-tier American university
April 14, 2022
Tyler Girard's appointment is a major accomplishment for a Canadian-trained Political Science PhD, and reflective of changes in the Department of Political Science at Western University.Busy mothers breastfed less in 19th century Netherlands: study
April 14, 2022
Research by Andrea Waters-Rist examining infant bones from rural Dutch village found little to no evidence of breastfeeding.Maria Ferraro receives 2022 Edward G. Pleva Award for Excellence in Teaching
April 08, 2022
Maria Ferraro, Lecturer in the DAN Department of Management & Organizational Studies has been recognized for excellence in teaching, with the 2022 Edward G. Pleva Award for Excellence in Teaching.Powerful CEOs and Dividend Policy
March 29, 2022
Powerful CEOs are considered risky in capital markets - hard to control and more likely to waste resources – but these same CEOs can burnish their reputation by paying out dividends to stockholders when the net value of the reputation is positive. That is the finding in Shahbaz Sheikh’s latest article.‘Jaw-dropping’ housing market challenging next generation of buyers, Western experts say
March 25, 2022
Social Science professors Diana Mok and Michael Haan provide insight into rising house prices, and what an increase in interest rates might mean for home-owners and home-buyers.Partners willing to bend with relationship ‘dealbreakers’: study
March 24, 2022
A new study, inventively designed by Western psychologists Nicolyn Charlot and Samantha Joel as a ‘choose-your-own-adventure’ revealed one romantic relationship problem may not be enough to call it quits but problems add up over time, eventually turning dealbenders into a dealbreaker.Gig workers aren’t self-employed – they’re modern-day feudal serfs
March 24, 2022
Writing in The Conversation, DAN Management professor Geraint Harvey says workers who are dependent on online platforms, like Uber or SkipTheDishes, benefit far less than the organizations they work for.Fostering Multi-Generational Resilience in the face of the Climate Crisis
March 18, 2022
Lewis Williams, professor in geography & environment, and the Indigenous Studies program, is part of the organizing team of a Climate Crisis & Multi-Generational Resilience Wisdom Council, bringing together voices from Turtle Island and Alba.Ryan Stevenson named as Western University Faculty Scholar
March 17, 2022
Stevenson is an Associate Professor in the Department of Psychology and a core member of the Brain and Mind Institute.Kate Choi named as Western University Faculty Scholar
March 17, 2022
Kate Choi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, and Director of the Centre for Research on Social Inequality (CRSI).Isaac Luginaah named as Distinguished University Professor
March 17, 2022
Luginaah is a professor in the department of Geography & Environment, and is co-director of Western’s Centre for Climate Change, Sustainable Livelihoods and Health.Russia’s war on Ukraine highlights need for energy security
March 02, 2022
While there is no telling at this point what the potential consequences of the crisis in Europe to Canada’s global trade will be, Geoffrey Wood, a professor in the DAN Department of Management & Organizational Studies, said the impacts are likely going to be significant in two Canadian sectors: aerospace and automotive.Reconciliation can help address global problems, but first we need to deal with white supremacy
February 25, 2022
Writing in The Conversation, Lewis Williams says mainstream Canadian society is not committed to true change to support reconciliation.Replacing Erin O'Toole exposes the Conservative Party’s ever-deepening divides
February 16, 2022
In a piece written for The Conversation, Cristine de Clercy and Sam Routley examine how the different groups within contemporary conservatism can co-exist and collaborate.Improving international migration measurements
February 14, 2022
Tracking and comparing migrations statistics across jurisdictions and international boundaries can be very difficult, and Jasmine Ha, Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology, is working to fix that.In UK, close political connections result in more covid relief funds
February 14, 2022
A paper co-authored by Geoffrey Wood and Zulfiquer Haider of DAN Management examined which UK firms received COVID-19 relief funds, and what factors impacted the successful applications.Researchers face increased levels of harassment
February 08, 2022
A new Royal Society of Canada policy briefing, co-authored by Howard Ramos, examines increasing levels of harassment faced by researchers, and what universities, funding bodies, and the government can do to address the issue.Western researchers zero in on math anxiety
February 08, 2022
Teacher competence, parental support influence students’ stress level.Oral history project aims to tell stories from London’s Black community
February 08, 2022
Western history professor calls for community contribution to build historical data.Western faculty take part in restoring piece of Black history
February 01, 2022
Fanshawe Pioneer Village future home of historic Fugitive Slave Chapel.COVID-19 shutdown allows researchers to better measure urban heat islands
January 24, 2022
Cities create and capture heat, and new research with connections to Western sheds light on how much of that is related directly to human activity.NEST study highlights need for better access to justice for immigrants
January 20, 2022
Study from NEST and Pathways and Prosperity finds immigrants in London and Toronto experience serious legal problems that adversely impact their lives in Canada, highlighting their need for better access to justice.Wartime Canada given new life through Strategic Priorities Fund grant
January 12, 2022
Wartime Canada was originally launched in 2012, to highlight the experience of Canadians during the first and second world war, by digitizing documents related to daily life.Inclusion, walkability will be key to rebuilding cities after the COVID-19 pandemic
January 11, 2022
Writing for The Conversation, sociologists Kate Choi and Patrick Denice, look at how city planning effected the impact of COVID-19, and how sustainable and inclusive city planning can help address many societal issues.
