Western ranks as one of Canada’s top research-intensive universities. From fundamental to applied discovery and other scholarly activities, its scholars advance knowledge that provides tangible benefits for the economic, social, health and cultural development of citizens in London, in Canada and around the world.

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Nature-based solutions are cheap and effective, and governments have the tools to make them a reality

Nature-based solutions are a cost-effective means of addressing climate instability, and governments already have all the tools they need to help get these projects off the ground.

Canada’s first moon rover will soon have a name as it prepares to explore a hostile lunar region

Will it be Glacier or Athabasca? Maybe Courage or Pol-R? The Canadian moon rover will soon have a name, two years before it’s set to explore the moon’s South Pole.

3 potential consequences of Ontario’s reluctance to deem intimate partner violence an epidemic

Failing to deem intimate partner violence an epidemic will permit the conditions that sustain it to persist — and likely worsen. The health, safety and lives of women and children are at stake.

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