June 30, 2025 Renowned mental health and homelessness researcher Cheryl Forchuk has been appointed an officer of the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest honours.
May 14, 2025 In today’s political climate, temporary migrants in Canada are being scapegoated for everything from rising grocery bills to the affordable housing crisis. Yet migrant workers, particularly farm workers, face a hidden housing crisis that needs urgent attention.
May 01, 2025 Western's Board of Governors approved the 2025-26 budget, including investments of $943.1 million to advance the university’s strategic plan, at a meeting on May 1.
April 25, 2025 The Joy MacDermid Bursary, a $5,000 award given annually to a student in financial need enrolled in the Upper Extremity Rehabilitation field, is funded by Hand Therapy Canada. Bansari Patel received the inaugural 2024 Joy MacDermid Bursary earlier this year.
April 24, 2025 Ashley McKeown (Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing) is named one of the recipients of the 2024-25 Marilyn Robinson Award for Excellence in Teaching.
April 23, 2025 Abe Oudshoorn, PhD’11, associate dean (research) in the Faculty of Health Sciences, professor in the Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing and the Arthur Labatt Family Chair in Nursing Leadership in Health Equity, will travel to Santiago, Chile, later this year for a five-week visiting scholar appointment at the University of Alberto Hurtado. His work will focus on Chile’s innovative, street-level responses to homelessness, including grassroots primary health care delivery and a pioneering hepatitis C treatment initiative that serves over 400 unhoused individuals.
April 07, 2025 Second-year kinesiology student Jason Kennedy was one of dozens of Western students who travelled abroad during Reading Week during the winter term, gaining global perspectives and learning about new cultures through “immersive international experiences.”
February 21, 2025 Inspiring Minds seeks to broaden awareness and impact of graduate student research, while enhancing transferable skills. Students were challenged to describe their research, scholarship or creative activity in 150 or fewer words to share with our community. This feature showcases the work of PhD candidate (Kinesiology) Dennis Osei-Nimo Annor.
February 19, 2025 Western Black Leadership University Experience provides opportunities to develop leadership skills and work with community organizations.
February 12, 2025 In a new study, Western researchers have shown just one 20-minute session of moderate intensity aerobic exercise can improve an athlete’s executive function and concussion symptoms in the early stages of recovery.
February 06, 2025 Thomas Irish, deaf sport athlete and PhD candidate in Western’s School of Kinesiology, credits allies in his education with empowering him as an academic and advocate for the Deaf community.
January 29, 2025 Emma Heaney was inspired to pursue a master's degree in occupational therapy at Western amid her father's battle with ALS. She hopes to help other families manage their daily lives with physical or cognitive impairment.
January 27, 2025 In an international effort, researchers at Western, the University of Maryland School of Dentistry (UMSOD) and Neuroscience Research Australia (NeuRA) uncovered how specific patterns in brain activity can predict an individual’s sensitivity to pain, expanding opportunities for improved pain management strategies.
January 21, 2025 Distinguished University Professor in the School of Physical Therapy, Joy MacDermid, was recognized with the province’s highest civilian honour, the Order of Ontario.
January 14, 2025 Occupational therapy professor Trish Tucker and post-doc Sophie Phillips are looking at ways to improve activity levels for children in childcare settings.
November 14, 2024 The founder and CEO of GoodLife Fitness was back on campus on September 28 for Homecoming 2024. Celebrating with fellow alumni, Patch was awarded the inaugural School of Kinesiology Alumni of Distinction.
November 14, 2024 Marie Savundranayagam, a Western professor in the School of Health Studies, and Anna Garnett, a professor in Western’s School of Nursing, are the research leads on the McCormick Mobile study.
November 05, 2024 Tara Mantler, a professor at Western's School of Health Studies (SHS), together with PhD student Julia Yates, launched the SHS LEARN Lab as a Community Engaged Learning (CEL) partnership between undergraduates enrolled in HS 2700: Health Issues in Childhood and Adolescence and elementary teachers from the Thames Valley and Waterloo Region school boards.
October 28, 2024 Two new projects funded by the Schmidt Initiative for Long COVID investigate drug treatments and patients most likely to suffer from the condition
October 02, 2024 To understand if the program is meeting its ambitious goals, a team of researchers is supporting and coordinating evaluation of the program.
September 14, 2024 Research suggests love in older age can boost health by combating loneliness. Science shows loneliness leads to a higher risk for falls, dementia, cardiovascular disease, and shorter lifespans.
August 21, 2024 Western health sciences students Kayla Gauthier and Jagdev Saluja both credit their experiences studying abroad with propelling their academic and professional achievements.
August 15, 2024 Treena Orchard, Associate Professor, School of Health Studies, co-authors this article in The Conversation, dispelling myths about age-gap dynamics and stereotypes.
August 12, 2024 Increasing numbers of elite athletes are competing while pregnant and returning to competition afterwards, demonstrating that pregnancy and high-level athletic performance can coexist.
July 26, 2024 Lessons from faculty members, including kinesiology professors David Howe and Angela Schneider, who competed in sports at the highest levels.
July 18, 2024 Western Mustangs women's basketball coach Nate McKibbon is video and performance analyst for the Canadian women's basketball team at the Paris 2024 Olympics. He is also a Master's student, studying management and leadership in kinesiology in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Western.
July 15, 2024 Many victims and survivors of coercive control have highlighted its insidious nature and how it’s often invisible to those outside of the family.
July 11, 2024 Concussion symptoms are often non-specific and may be attributed to something else, like dehydration or the heat. Some young people may feel they can play through it or walk it off, FHS experts Alison Doherty, professor of sport panagement, School of Kinesiology, and Shannon L Sibbald, Associate professor, School of Health Studies, say.
July 10, 2024 New research by FHS researchers Sophie M. Phillips, Leah Taylor, and OT professor Trish Tucker reveals that young children with disabilities have significantly low levels of physical activity, missing out on its numerous benefits.
July 09, 2024 Western FHS experts, Adam Ali and MacIntosh Ross argue Olympism only adds value to society when it functions as a moral and ethical compass, rather than a simple public relations tool.
July 02, 2024 Groundbreaking study led by FHS nursing prof, Kim Jackson, used paintings, poetry to show resilience resulting from trauma-and violence-informed care
June 13, 2024 Janet Lee worked full-time as a registered practical nurse at University Hospital while studying full-time to earn her bachelor of science in nursing at Western.
June 11, 2024 Roula Hawa, professor of family studies and human development in Western’s Faculty of Health Sciences, studies the resilience, sexual health, mental health and well-being of Middle Eastern and North African young adults in Canada. Her newest research project focuses on using mindfulness to reduce HIV risks.
June 06, 2024 Sofia España, a fourth-year nursing student at Western, wants to bring awareness to health challenges faced by Indigenous communities in northern Ontario. She is the recipient of an award and clinical placement at SickKids Hospital.
May 31, 2024 According to FHS researcher Tarun Katapally, we must also consider non-medical factors that impact health—the social and societal systems that shape our daily lives.
May 28, 2024 The 2024 national early hearing detection and intervention report card, developed by Western audiologist Marlene Bagatto and the Canadian Infant Hearing Task Force, gave Canada an overall grade of “insufficient.”
May 27, 2024 Maxwell Smith is a health studies professor and Western’s first Canadian Institutes of Health Research Chair in Applied Public Health. He studies the ethical dimensions of responding to infectious diseases and spoke with Western News about some of the ethical concerns around mitigating the impact of H5N1.
May 22, 2024 Cheryl Forchuk co-authored the first detailed study on Canadian hospitals’ use of a new, mandatory record-keeping code to improve services for patients experiencing homelessness.
May 22, 2024 According to SHS researcher, Treena Orchard, what it means to be a man is changing. Her article explores how men and masculinity are transformed by shifting socio-economic, sexual and political conditions in our post-industrial world.
May 16, 2024 Brianne Bruijns, Post-Doctoral Associate, Child Health and Physical Activity Lab, shares that only 39 per cent of youth in Canada are meeting the recommendation of at least 60 minutes a day of physical activity
May 13, 2024 Researchers, including Western Kinesiology professors Adam Ali and MacIntosh Ross call for honesty around the impacts of mega sporting events such as the Olympics.
May 07, 2024 Joining the Faculty of Health Sciences opens a wealth of opportunities – both for students coming from Brescia and those already studying health sciences at Western.
May 03, 2024 First-year FHS student Anna Chauhan debated and studied bills drafted specifically for the Model Senate program, gaining hands-on experience into how legislation is reviewed, amended and passed in Canada.
April 24, 2024 A recipient of the Award for Excellence in Teaching, health studies professor Maxwell Smith is celebrated for his exceptional approach to health policy education. Engaging students beyond traditional classroom boundaries, he inspires critical thinking and ethical analysis of contemporary issues and policy change.
April 24, 2024 Western occupational therapy master's students worked with L’Arche London to create an accessible cookbook during a community engaged learning course.
April 09, 2024 Mottola studies the role of lifestyle changes – nutrition and activity – to make a difference for parents and their future children. Read more at Western News.
April 01, 2024 Research team hopes the research will enhance awareness of the increasing prevalence of dementia among people experiencing homelessness.
March 28, 2024 Eva Pila, a professor in the School of Kinesiology, and Carrie Anne Marshall, a professor in the School of Occupational Therapy, are among ten faculty members to be recognized with Early Researcher Awards (ERA), for attracting grants from the provincial government.
March 27, 2024 Western Faculty of Health Sciences professor Maxwell Smith is a prominent bioethicist who was named Chair in Applied Public Health by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, one of just 12 in Canada.
March 19, 2024 Western has launched a new program to support research collaborations between researchers and non-academic partners from diverse sectors including non-profit, government, industry and corporate.
March 13, 2024 Two FHS researchers among Western's newly named CRCs: Kinesiology professor Lindsay Nagamatsu, CRC in Activity for Brain Health and Aging, and Communication Sciences and Disorders professor Angela Roberts, CRC in Data Analytics and Digital Health in Cognitive Aging and Dementia.
March 13, 2024 FHS Researcher Marc Mitchell and team have found that rewards as small as US$0.09 per day have boosted physical activity in more controlled clinical trial settings.
March 07, 2024 Two PhD candidates are among the inaugural recipients of a scholarship to commemorate victims of the Ethiopian Airlines flight that crashed shortly after taking off in March 2019.
Flight 302 Legacy Award was created to support university and college students and honour the legacies of the 157 people aboard that flight, specifically in humanitarian work and environmental preservation.
March 05, 2024 The Storyhouse program, spearheaded by James Shelley at the Faculty of Health Sciences, aims to enhance knowledge mobilization through creative storytelling techniques, enabling students to communicate the essence and impact of health sciences research at Western University to various audiences, with promising feedback on its transformative effects.
March 04, 2024 FHS researcher Marie Savundranayagam teaches health-care workers to look at the environment surrounding a person with dementia for clues about what they like and don't like.
February 07, 2024 Ivy Osei, a graduate student in Western’s Sports Management program within the School of Kinesiology, is focusing her studies on the traditional games played in villages throughout Africa that are of indigenous origin.
February 02, 2024 School of Occupational Therapy professor Debbie Laliberte Rudman studies “third places,” environments outside of home and work, and what they mean to those with unstable employment.
January 30, 2024 Be EPIC program, led by SHS professor Marie Savundranayagam. teaches health-care workers to communicate with people living with dementia.
January 09, 2024 School of Physical Therapy professor Joy MacDermid is one of eight members of the Western community that have been named to the Order of Ontario. The Order of Ontario is the province’s highest honour, recognizing outstanding people who have made exceptional contributions to help build a stronger province, nation and world.
January 09, 2024 The number of nursing students starting their final integrative practicum this week nearly doubled to 217, from an average of 113 in previous years, as a result of a significant increase in spaces at the Arthur Labatt School of Nursing where most of the students placed at LHSC are studying.
