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Western Celebrates: Canada 150
Western Human Resources has prepared a new online Researcher Toolbox to assist researchers in the planning and hiring of research staff. (More)
Among Canada’s most prestigious and distinguished research awards. Five unrestricted, non-taxable prizes of $100,000 are awarded annually to Canadian scholars of exceptional ability who are actively engaged in research of broad significance.
Deadline: June 15, 2017 (More)
Honours Canada’s medical heroes. Inductees’ outstanding and pioneering contributions to health science have led to extraordinary improvements in human health. Six nominees are inducted each year.
Deadline: June 27, 2017 (More)
Four Western PhD candidates have been named among 167 nationwide recipients of the 2017-18 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships – two from the natural sciences and engineering competition, two from the health sciences competition. (More)
Something as simple as walking and talking could lead to early dementia detection and, potentially, to halting its progression, according to one Western researcher. (More)
The analogy Andrew Pon uses is that of filling a bathtub. (More)
Western ranks as one of Canada’s top research-intensive universities. From fundamental to applied discovery, its researchers advance knowledge that provides tangible benefits for the economic, social, health and cultural development of citizens in London, in Canada and around the world.
While the University has achieved acclaim for research in a full complement of disciplines, it has identified signature areas in which global-scale clusters of research excellence have been established, including:
