“It’s important,” said Wilson, program coordinator at Western Education’s International Office and a leading expert on media literacy. “We need people around the globe who know how to access inform ...

Alberta O'Neil taught in Middlesex County schools for more than 36 years. During that time she taught Grades 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8, and served in the role of Principal for a time.

It takes many high-performing individuals and organizations working together to deliver a program as successful as Western's Bachelor of Education. Professors, instructors, curriculum designers ...

After watching the public tensions that emerged between parents and school boards over Ontario's revised sex-ed curriculum, introduced in September, Western University Associate Professor Michael K ...

It is well understood that technology can have positive impacts on both children and the elderly. Kids can use it to learn new skills in interactive and exciting ways. Seniors can use it to stay c ...

Today's educators and policymakers are under enormous pressure to find ways of addressing and preventing all forms of school violence, including dating violence, homophobia and bullying.

Western's Faculty of Education is looking to take on the world. The Faculty, which is already involved in many international collaborations and initiatives, has a strong desire to further incre ...

A single lesson in a Grade 11 sociology class changed the course of Shannon Stewart's life. "I remember the teacher spent one session on the subject of children's psychology and mental health, a ...

Aboriginal education in Canada has undergone many significant changes over the years. Christy Bressette, Co-ordinator of Aboriginal Education for the Council of Ministers of Education Canada and ...

Lisa Gibson was living in the United Arab Emirates, teaching in Dubai, when she decided to pursue her dream of completing a master's degree. Having grown up in northern British Columbia where her f ...

The Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women and Children (CREVAWC) has received $1,008,271 from the Public Health Agency of Canada to become the national Knowledge Hub for support ...

Symposium examines how to teach computer coding to kids Many people use technology - few people create it. George Gadanidis, professor at the Faculty of Education, is doing his best to change th ...

Timothy Irvine worked in microbiology at Research Western for ten years before he decided to pursue a degree in education in September 2014. With a BSc in genetics and a decade of scientific ...

First year university can be tough. The classes are large, the lectures are long, and it can be hard to keep up. But for many international students at Western, an additional challenge looms; since ...

When Bachelor of Education candidate Jenna Roy and her fellow classmates wanted to show their support for victims of violence against women, they put down their schoolbooks and picked up their pain ...

On March 11, 2011 a magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck off the northeast coast of Japan. The quake unleashed a tsunami that slammed into the country, disabling infrastructure and destroying everything ...

The traditional focus of International Service Learning (ISL) - where students travel to communities around the world to do voluntary humanitarian work related to their courses - is often on the st ...

Western's Faculty of Education is pleased to announce the appointment of 13 Faculty Fellows in its Doctor of Education (EdD) in Educational Leadership degree, each of whom is a distinguished expert ...

"A person's a person, no matter how small." Western's Faculty of Education is bringing those words of wisdom, and a number of others, to life this weekend as nearly 70 Bachelor of Education (B.Ed.) ...

Staff from Salthaven Wildlife Rehabilitation and Rescue Centre visited the Faculty of Education today to kick off a day-long series of professional learning and development sessions for the Faculty ...

Lisa Pace wants to be a teacher. The 22-year-old London native is currently halfway through her Bachelor of Education degree at Western's Faculty of Education. Focusing on French in the Primary ...

Barb MacQuarrie knew she wanted to dedicate her life to helping others as soon as she graduated highschool. "I had the opportunity to travel to Senegal, in West Africa," she said. "While I was ...

Faculty of Education graduate student Beryl Cohen has become part of a prestigious group of researchers by being awarded the W.A. Townshend Gold Medal in Education.

The Faculty of Education's complementary lecture series, Let's Talk About Education, is examining the challenges of access to proper care in the children’s and youth mental health system on Wednes ...

Dr. Vicki Schwean, a child psychologist and Dean of Western's Faculty of Education, delivered these numbers today as part of her keynote address at the Bright Futures Breakfast hosted by the Childr ...

There are more than 150 different languages spoken among India's indigenous tribal minorities, but Hindi and English, the country's two official languages, are not among them. What's more, until th ...

Every year Western Education's Teacher Education Office awards the Additional Qualifications Award of Excellence to an instructor that stands out and exemplifies the engagement and quality students ...

To get your year off on the right foot, we encourage you to acquaint yourself with the Education Library, its breadth of digital and physical resources, and its friendly staff -- all here to help y ...

John Szasz fell in love with teaching after years of donating his time to working with kids. "I was always a pretty active volunteer," he said. "I worked with Big Brothers Big Sisters, in group hom ...

We are pleased to provide information about Ontario Hall's food services and amenities. Ontario Hall is located directly north of the building and can be accessed by exiting the first floor door o ...

The PowerPoint slides from the graduate orientations this week are now available below.