April 01, 2026 The new ALLEars project, a large-scale collaboration between Western and Boys Town National Research Hospital in Nebraska, uses predictive artificial intelligence and 3D printing to reimagine how pediatric earmolds are made.
March 13, 2026 Shawn Whitehead, a professor at Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and director of the Western Institute for Neuroscience (WIN), is leading work to transform disease detection with an advanced imaging platform that can map the brain in unprecedented detail.
February 24, 2026 If you were one of the many amateur bakers who learned to bake sourdough bread during lockdown, you’ll know how complex a single loaf can be. The rise of the bread, moisture, firmness and even crumb structure can make or break your baker’s creation.
It’s why Latifeh Ahmadi, professor in the Brescia School of Food and Nutritional Sciences, studied each of those factors – and more – in an attempt to perfect the science of sourdough bread. But unlike your homemade loaf, Ahmadi was using a special ingredient of her own: acid whey.
February 23, 2026 A new mentorship initiative at Western’s Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing aims to strengthen belonging and representation in nursing.
February 17, 2026 As infectious diseases resurface, climate-related emergencies intensify and trust in science is increasingly tested, public health is now at the centre of some of society’s most consequential decisions. Against that backdrop, Western University is launching a new undergraduate program in the field.
February 16, 2026 The 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Milan and Cortona d'Ampezzo in northern Italy feature eight new medal events and one new official sport: ski mountaineering, or “skimo.”
February 15, 2026 On Feb. 12, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) banned Ukrainian skeleton athlete Vladyslav Heraskevych from competition for wearing a helmet that featured images of fellow Ukrainian athletes who had been killed in Russia’s invasion of his home nation.
February 09, 2026 Nobody knows the ins and outs of the Olympics like Bob Barney. Blessed with a backstory and lived experience that makes Forrest Gump’s impossible life feel all the more possible, the founding director of Western’s International Centre for Olympic Studies (ICOS) attended 11 Games all over the world, starting with the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
January 13, 2026 Many Canadians start the new year with attempts to abstain from alcohol and cannabis for the month of January. However, this all-or-nothing approach to a healthier lifestyle may be unsustainable for many due to complex biological and psychosocial drivers that trigger substance use in the first place. Fear not, abstinence isn’t the only option.
August 22, 2025 Student-athlete MacKeely Shantz will play for TGN Basquet in Tarragona, Spain. Shantz began her master of physical therapy program at Western in 2023, joining the varsity women's basketball team for two years.
August 21, 2025 Four early-career Western researchers are advancing projects to help find solutions for pressing problems across the province. Liliana Alvarez, Thomas DeFalco, Yalda Mohsenzadeh and Lyle Muller have been recognized with the Ontario government’s Early Researcher Awards.
August 08, 2025 Through Western’s Undergraduate Summer Research Internships (USRI) program, Madison Henderson is contributing to a large-scale multi-year study, overseen by Western professor and William and Lynne Gray Research Chair Siobhan Schabrun, examining the brain and body mechanisms that can help predict chronic pain before it occurs.
July 25, 2025 St. Joseph’s psychiatrist Dr. Don Richardson couldn’t reconcile what he was seeing in the Parkwood Institute Operational Stress Injury (OSI) Clinic with what he had always understood to be true.
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.
