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#WesternU combines research excellence with a transformational student experience to create a meaningful impact in #LdnOnt and beyond. #PurpleAndProud 💜 #AllinWesternU
@westernu.caBracing for a tense time around the dinner table this holiday weekend?
#WesternU family studies researcher Lara Descartes from the Faculty of Health Sciences breaks down why #Thanksgiving can be so stressful - and how you can have a smoother holiday.
@westernu.ca🍁 As Canadians look to source a 100 per cent Canadian Thanksgiving dinner, Ivey adjunct professor Paul van der Werf shared expert insight with @cdnpress.bsky.social on celebrating harvest season with local, budget-friendly ingredients.
@westernu.ca"Polls tell us a lot, but they cannot capture the forces that move conflicted individual voters in the final days of a campaign."
Ahead of the U.S. midterms, #WesternU prof. Matthew Lebo shares his insights in an opinion piece for @theglobeandmail.com.
@westernu.caColin King uses children’s storybooks to help families recognize and manage anxiety early, giving kids the language and tools to build lifelong resilience.
Read more: theimpactproject.westernu.ca/stories/coli...
@westernu.ca#WesternU profs are changing lives through discovery - from brain-inspired AI and heart disease breakthroughs to more inclusive music and solutions for nuclear waste storage and gender-based violence.
Meet the Western Research Excellence Awards recipients.
@westernu.caFrom legal negotiations to community outreach, #WesternU students and alumni are helping Canada's first WNBA team, the Toronto Tempo, succeed on and off the court. 🏀🎉
@westernu.caLisa Ko, #WesternU's new writer-in-residence, describes herself as a “long journey writer,” primarily writing long-form fiction. The award-winning American author said she's eager to work with emerging student writers and others across campus during her residency.
@westernu.caThe Guardian featured Margaret Atwood’s $1M gift to establish the Graeme Gibson Chair in Avian Biology at #WesternU as a full-page story in this weekend’s edition. The gift is in honour of her late partner, who was an avid bird watcher.
@westernu.ca@westernu.ca"The real driver for us has always been supporting excellence." Siblings Rosamond and Richard Ivey build on family legacy of giving to Ivey Business School and #WesternU, investing in business education, leadership research and student success.
@westernu.caFlags are lowered today at Alumni Circle to observe NDTR. UC Tower, Brescia Tower and Alumni Hall are illuminated in orange until October 2 to recognize this important day. For more resources, visit: indigenous.uwo.ca/truth-and-re...
@westernu.caTo commemorate the resilience of the children who survived residential schools, and to remember those who did not, we encourage everyone to wear orange today.
@westernu.caThis day began as Orange Shirt Day, an Indigenous-led grassroots initiative inspired by residential school survivor Phyllis Webstad, who, at 6 years old, wore an orange shirt for her first day at school. The school took her shirt away, replacing it with their institutional uniform.
@westernu.ca🧡 All are welcome to attend Transforming Insight Into Impact: Advancing Indigenous Health Equity, an interactive space centring Indigenous voices and Survivors, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at Ronald D. Schmeichel Building for Entrepreneurship and Innovation - SEI 1110.
@westernu.caToday, Sept 30, we observe National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (#NDTR). Established as an official holiday in 2021 in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action, NDTR honours the children who never made it home and the Survivors of residential schools.
@westernu.ca@westernu.caA combined $4M gift from the Shah Family Foundation and the Gloria Baylis Foundation has launched the Dr. George J. Klein Shah-Baylis Chair. With matching funds from #WesternU, the $8M endowed chair will advance heart rhythm research and improve care for patients with arrhythmias. 💜 #AllinWesternU
@westernu.caMore than a year spent recovering from an injury couldn't keep Brooke Macdonald away from the game she loves. The National Indigenous Scholarship recipient brings her passion for lacrosse and Indigenous health to #WesternU's kinesiology program.
@alexcolangelo.bsky.socialReposted by @westernu.caA beautiful day for a Homecoming football game @westernu.ca
@westernu.caLiterary icon Margaret Atwood has gifted $1M to #WesternU, honouring her longtime partner Graeme Gibson, BA'58, to establish the Graeme Gibson Chair in Avian Biology - advancing research on how birds move, behave and adapt in a changing world. #AllinWesternU news.westernu.ca/2026/09/grae...
