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Alumni

Voice of the Raptors finds home at the mic

December 06, 2019
Teacher by day, Toronto Raptors broadcaster by night, Paul Jones, BEd’82, MA’84, has compressed two careers into one lifetime – ...

Events Community

Remember 30: The École Polytechnique Massacre

December 05, 2019
It stands among the darkest days in Canadian history. On Dec. 6, 1989, 14 women were murdered at École Polytechnique de Montréal in what ...

Events Community

Remember 30: Needed company of men

December 05, 2019
After the Montreal Massacre, the Canadian government appointed a nine person Panel on Violence Against Women to travel across the country and ...

Community Events

Remember 30: Recognizing signs

December 05, 2019
As women, we’ve always been aware of the complex risks of being a woman in society, risks that too often include living and working in ...

Announcements

UWOFA honours students at scholarship event

December 05, 2019
The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association (UWOFA) handed out the association’s annual scholarships to outstanding students from ...

International

Case competition silver medal

December 03, 2019
Relevant. On the edge. Thought provoking. A case study on student activism and sexual violence policies at colleges and universities has earned ...

People

Lending a 'Voice' - and far more

November 27, 2019
From an amazing reading list “guided by Hags,” to the direct beautiful storytelling of American country music legends, Education ...

People

Atlohsa Peace Award recipient

November 26, 2019
For Candace Brunette-Debassige, the Special Advisor to Western University’s Provost on Indigenous initiatives, and instructor at the Faculty ...

Announcements

Survey eyes costs of partner violence in workplace

November 21, 2019
Western researchers looking into the effects of intimate-partner violence on employers are turning to the university community for help.

Alumni

Coach of the year

November 20, 2019
Making a successful transition from elite athlete to coach can be challenging. However, Faculty of Education alumna Sarah Black, MA’19, has ...

Community Announcements

Graduate student mentorship program expands

November 19, 2019
Loneliness and isolation are feelings that can grip graduate students. But, there’s a team of graduate students at the Faculty of Education ...

Community

Learning to give back

November 18, 2019
Teacher candidates in Family Studies learned technical skills while helping children and mothers throughout Southwestern Ontario.

Alumni

Pursuit of happiness proves elusive for study

November 18, 2019
There may be no single key to personal happiness, but it doesn’t hurt to be healthy, wealthy and like where you live. While those findings ...

Community

Gift drive for Merrymount

November 13, 2019
Western Education is bringing joy to children at the Merrymount Family Support and Crisis Centre this holiday season.

Announcements

Grant provides peer-support

November 12, 2019
Western Education’s Mary J. Wright Research and Education Centre is one of three partners, along with CMHA Middlesex and Merrymount Family ...

Research

Brain clue signals anxiety, depression in some kids

November 05, 2019
The discovery of a biomarker in the brains of those with neurodevelopmental disorders may offer hope to families looking for clues in how to ...

Announcements Research

Junior Astronauts program

October 29, 2019
The Faculty of Education is blasting off with a $400,000 grant from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA). The grant for the CSA’s Junior ...

Announcements

Updating Teacher Education program

October 25, 2019
The Faculty of Education has revised its Teacher Education program to a pass/fail system. The program update allows teacher candidates to focus ...

Alumni People

Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit

October 21, 2019
Brenda Mercer, a Doctor of Education graduate, is using her Organizational Improvement Plan (OIP) to help teachers reconnect with Inuit values ...

Alumni Events

Teacher appreciation day

October 16, 2019
The Faculty of Education, together with Greg Marshall, one of Canada’s top minds in university football and proud Faculty of Education ...

Alumni

New director lights ‘beacon’ for students

October 09, 2019
Amanda Myers sees the job as being all about relationships – building them, maintaining them and growing them.

Announcements Research

New research centre launched

October 07, 2019
Understanding how children learn is critical to their success in school and in life. For this reason, the Faculty of Education has officially ...

Media Release

Root social causes of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) explored at Western-led event

October 03, 2019
The Learning Network at Western University’s Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children (CREVAWC) is ...

Community Alumni

Alumna baking up batches of kindness

September 28, 2019
The former London educators Joanne Lombardi and Deb Parr-Nash have since left the classroom, donned aprons, and now spend their days transforming ...

Research

Investment looks to aid, train BC educators

September 26, 2019
If federal and provincial investments in early childhood learning signal a society willing to consider it a public right, then the system should ...

Research

Projects eyes domestic homicide risk factors

September 25, 2019
Researchers with a Western-led study are now looking to speak with 200 survivors and families and friends of those who were killed, as part of a ...

Media Release

Canada-wide study investigates 662 victims of domestic homicide since 2010

September 25, 2019
There have been at least 662 victims of domestic homicide in Canada since 2010 and the numbers continue to rise. On average, that’s well ...

Community

Architect named to shape new Indigenous space

September 19, 2019
Redquill Architecture, led by Wanda Dalla Costa, a firm that specializes in Indigenous architecture, planning and design, has been enlisted to ...

People

Hibbert tapped as Acting Dean of Education

September 19, 2019
Veteran Education researcher and administrator Kathy Hibbert has been named Acting Dean of the Faculty of Education, for a term that runs Oct. ...

Research

Student team takes research to new heights

September 12, 2019
It was a launch in partnership with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) that took more than their research vehicle to new heights. For a group of ...

Research

Western to help launch Junior Astronauts

September 11, 2019
Thanks to a new $400,000 grant from the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Western is going to shape how Canada’s youth get engaged in the ...

People Alumni

Paul T. Begley Award winner

September 04, 2019
Grase Kim has won the Paul T. Begley award from the Consortium for the Study of Leadership and Ethics in Education (CSLEE).

Events Alumni

Teacher Appreciation Day

August 23, 2019
Join Western Education alumnus, Coach Greg Marshall and your fellow Western alumni and colleagues from Southwestern Ontario as we face the ...

Announcements Research International

International policy idea winner

August 21, 2019
Incoming first-year PhD student Deanna Matthews, with collaborator Professor Prachi Srivastava, have won the International Policy Ideas Challenge ...

Community

Providing students with backpacks

August 19, 2019
The Faculty is participating in the Best First Day Backpack Drive, which provides backpacks and school supplies to students in need.

Events

STEM camp for newcomers

August 16, 2019
Immigrant students are underrepresented in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) when compared to their Canadian-born peers and ...

Announcements Research

Healthy teachers, healthy students

August 06, 2019
Psychology professor Susan Rodger from the Faculty of Education has joined forces with EdCan Network to promote teacher wellness in the ...

People Research

Women’s leadership

July 24, 2019
Women have all the skills needed to become successful leaders. But, organizations are ignoring these skills, which are hurting their teams.

Alumni

Epilepsy Toolkit earns national honours

July 24, 2019
Sometimes when Dylan Di Girolamo zoned out in class, her teachers or classmates thought she was just tired.

Community

Ducklings rescued

July 16, 2019
The Faculty of Education became a maternity ward for 12 ducklings.

People Community

CREVAWC Everyday Hero Award

June 14, 2019
Shelley Yeo’s more than 30 years of working to prevent violence against women and girls was recognized by the Centre for Research and ...

Announcements

Award recipients

June 11, 2019
The Faculty of Education has announced the award recipients for the 2018-19 academic year at the Spring awards ceremony held at the faculty.

International Announcements

Faculty’s strategic vision released

June 10, 2019
Transforming education. Transforming lives. These are the two goals of the Faculty of Education’s Strategic Vision.

Events

One voice, one team

June 10, 2019
Everyone is on the journey of life together. In fact, each one of us will touch lives that we never knew we touched.

Announcements

Teacher mentors

June 04, 2019
The Faculty of Education recognized four associate teachers for their outstanding work in the classroom.

Announcements

First AFE supervisor awards

June 04, 2019
For the first time, the Faculty of Education has recognized Alternative Field Experience hosts with an award.

Community Events

Change culture, change society

May 29, 2019
Around 200 students from the Thames Valley District School Board and London District Catholic School Board participated in the 13th Annual ...

Announcements

New centre brings researchers, classrooms closer

May 23, 2019
Too often, education researchers and classroom teachers have operated in separate spheres – one group working to understand the ...

Research Announcements

Hellmuth Prize 2019 awarded to Jaffe, Sun

May 22, 2019
Education professor Peter Jaffe and Engineering professor Andy Sun have been awarded the 2019 Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research.

Research Announcements

New Centre for Faculty

May 15, 2019
The Centre for the Science of Learning will bring together researchers from cognitive science, psychology, neuroscience and education.

Announcements

Five receive Frontiers research funding

May 13, 2019
Five Western researchers have been awarded more than $1.2 million in funding for interdisciplinary research, ranging from pre-term birth ...

Community

CYDC nominated for work

May 09, 2019
In just over 18 months of operation, the Child and Youth Development Clinic’s (CYDC) work has been recognized by the mental health ...

People

Alternative Field Experience

May 08, 2019
Expanding horizons. Challenging perceptions. Teacher Candidates take their education to a new level with the Alternative Field Experience (AFE).

Research

Domestic violence training program

May 01, 2019
The Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children (CREVAWC) at the Faculty of Education has received $2.088 million ...

Media Release

Western Education announces major domestic violence training program for federally regulated workers

May 01, 2019
The Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children (CREVAWC) at the Faculty of Education has received $2.088 million ...

Research

Backed program targets domestic violence

May 01, 2019
The Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children (CREVAWC) at the Faculty of Education has received $2.088 million ...

People

Education evolution moves faculty to new levels

May 01, 2019
In less than a decade, Dean Vicki Schwean and her colleagues have transformed the Faculty of Education, overseeing its evolution from a ...

Alumni

April 2019 Alumni Newsletter

April 30, 2019
Strategic vision aims at making global impact with innovative research.

Announcements

Refreshed Website

April 26, 2019
The Mary J. Wright Research and Education Centre now has a refreshed website that makes it easier for the Centre to share early childhood and ...

People

‘Quinn-tatorship’ marches band to unrivalled success

April 17, 2019
Quinn Fleming sat in the Mustang Lounge of the University Community Centre pondering a question he asked himself. It took him awhile to come up ...

Community International People

World Water Day victory

April 16, 2019
Year Two Teacher Candidate Ania Clasen led her Grade 2 class at Adelaide Hoodless Elementary School to victory in Hamilton’s World Water Day ...

Events

Creating socially just leadership

April 09, 2019
In an era where political, economic and social disruptions are creating inequalities, society can look to the nineteenth century social reformer ...

Events Alumni International

Cultural conversations

April 05, 2019
Thirty-eight students and 25 alumni discussed a variety of topics ranging from hobbies, skills, music and games.

Media Release

United Nations laureate challenges men to join the gender equality revolution

April 01, 2019
Gender-equality activist Michael Kaufman says the world needs more men standing alongside women to end the global issue of men’s violence ...

International Announcements

Education launches Global Initiatives Office

March 29, 2019
Western Education will look to its newly created Global Initiatives Office to strengthen the faculty’s international presence and improve ...

Community

Celebrating a community partnership

March 15, 2019
The Mary J. Wright Research and Education Centre is celebrating three years of a strong collaboration between Western’s Faculty of Education ...

Research Events

Three-minute thesis competition

March 04, 2019
Taking years of research and describing it, including its impact, in 180 seconds. That was the graduate students’ challenge in the Three ...

Community People

Providing mental health support

March 01, 2019
In a moment, life can change. For Sydney, life changed at 12 years of age. She suffered a hemorrhagic stroke. It was this life changing moment ...

Events

Celebrating Black History Month

February 28, 2019
As a celebration of Black History Month, Black Art and Entertainment was showcased at the Faculty of Education for the very first time.

Announcements

Responding to sexual violence

February 26, 2019
The Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children (CREVAWC) has co-developed a free and accessible online training ...

Media Release

Western helps train post-secondary employees respond to disclosures of sexual violence

February 25, 2019
The Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children (CREVAWC) co-developed a free and accessible online training ...

Research

Survey calls us to ‘do better’ for students

February 22, 2019
Education PhD candidate Jenny Kassen sees a recent Thames Valley District School Board survey as the latest opportunity to “do better” ...

Events

Domestic violence and domestic homicide documentary

February 21, 2019
The Centre for Research and Education on Violence Against Women and Children (CREVAWC) hosted the premiere screening of 'Fatal Silence' ...

Community Events

Hands-on learning

February 15, 2019
A winter storm didn’t stop Londoners from attending Western Education’s ‘Community Speaker Series’ at the London Public ...

Events

Western’s Teacher Education as a ‘Critical Site’ for Reconciliation

February 15, 2019
Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation ‘Call to Action’, stressed that educational institutions would be key to reconciliation ...

Research Announcements

Preventing violence

February 13, 2019
The Centre for School Mental Health has received $5 million to prevent gender-based violence and improve mental health for vulnerable youth.

Research

Funding backs healthy relationships program

February 13, 2019
High-risk youth from across Canada will soon receive much-needed support around healthy relationships as researchers simultaneously gain a better ...

Community Events

MakerSpaces – Learning by doing

February 11, 2019
Hands-on experience can lay the foundation for school and career success.

Community Events

Child and youth anxiety

February 08, 2019
Over 100 parents and caregivers from London and surrounding areas came to the Faculty of Education to hear how they can help children overcome ...

Media Release

Western Education spotlights inclusive education with film screening and Q&A

February 05, 2019
February is Inclusive Education Month in Canada. Western University’s Canadian Research Centre on Inclusive Education is raising awareness ...

Research

Western honours CREVAWC research

February 01, 2019
Western University has recognized The Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children (CREVAWC) for its ...

Events

Inclusive education month

February 01, 2019
February is Inclusive Education Month in Canada. The Faculty of Education and the Canadian Research Centre on Inclusive Education are raising ...

Research

Plaques honour research, advocacy legacy

February 01, 2019
Faculty of Education professor Peter Jaffe helps announce a university heritage plaque celebrating the contributions of the Centre for Research ...

Events

Coping with student stress and distress

January 31, 2019
Across North America, conversations about student stress and mental illness have moved from the campus margins to the mainstream.

Alumni

January 2019 Alumni Newsletter

January 31, 2019
Child and Youth Development Clinic popular with families .

Research

Giving A Voice

January 15, 2019
Professor Erica Neeganagwedgin is Taino and her research on Taino people has led to keen public interest and she has been invited to talks ...

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