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There’s power in uncertainty
September 15, 2020
There’s power in uncertainty and each person has the power to make change, use their voice to express themselves and connect and inspire ...
TikTok about education
September 15, 2020
Catherine Zeisner is a social media influencer. She has over 200,000 followers, 3.3 million likes and millions of comments and direct messages on ...
Project provides tutoring to vulnerable students
September 09, 2020
Six months out of school due to COVID-19 is threatening marginalized and vulnerable students to fall behind their peers. So Western has joined ...
Royal Society celebrates five Western scholars
September 08, 2020
Four Western researchers were named Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC), commonly recognized as the country’s top honour in the ...
Tutoring vulnerable, marginalized students
September 04, 2020
Six months out of school due to COVID-19 is threatening marginalized and vulnerable students to fall behind their peers once classes resume.
Message from the Dean
September 01, 2020
Fifty years ago, futurist Alvin Toffler (1970) suggested that one of the most important skills in the 21st C would be our capacity to be ...
Preparing for online teaching
September 01, 2020
Teacher candidates are preparing to teach in a virtual world because many of them will be splitting their time between a physical and virtual ...
Shark passion goes virtual
August 31, 2020
Gabriella (Gabby) Seewald’s family turned to the Faculty of Education’s virtual tutoring service to help with her shark project.
Ask the Expert: How to help with return to learning
August 25, 2020
On August 17, Dr. Colin King answers your questions about preparing children for the return to learning this fall.
Mindfulness study promotes calmer, more caring classrooms
August 20, 2020
A unique mindfulness program developed at Western has led to greater empathy and self-regulation among kindergarten children.
Nicole Kaniki and Bertha Garcia named special advisors on anti-racism
August 06, 2020
Dr. Nicole Kaniki and Dr. Bertha Garcia will help Western lay the foundation for a sustained strategy to combat racism on campus.
Grants awarded for COVID-19 research in child, brain health
July 28, 2020
Two Western researchers are among six interdisciplinary project teams awarded Manulife CIFAR Population Health and Wellbeing grantsto study the ...
Canada Research Chairs
July 27, 2020
History has been made at the Faculty of Education. For the first time, the faculty has a Canada Research Chair (CRC). In fact, the faculty has ...
Four new Canada Research Chairs for Western, two renewed
July 23, 2020
Western will be home to four new Canada Research Chairs, professors whose work will have global impact on autism, data science and ...
Western-branded, made-in-Ontario facemasks supplied to campus community
July 20, 2020
Students, faculty and staff can wear their purple pride as they don Western-branded masks to protect the health of campus colleagues.
Working together
July 16, 2020
Those returning to campus will experience a new environment - additional signage, new rules and regulations, changes to our physical spaces - ...
We Speak survey results to spark conversations, action
July 09, 2020
Insights gained from the WE SPEAK 2020 survey will guide the university as it strives to build a workplace culture where faculty and staff ...
Associate teacher awards
July 06, 2020
The Faculty of Education recognized four associate teachers for contributing to teacher education.
AFE supervisor awards
July 06, 2020
The Faculty of Education has announced the recipients of the Alternative Field Experience Supervisor’s Award for Excellence.
New partnership unites riders, community against bike thieves
June 30, 2020
Campus cyclists can now enlist the help of thousands of extra eyes across the city in an effort to keep their bikes safe from thieves, thanks to a ...
Recommendations on schools reopening
June 26, 2020
Professor Prachi Srivastava, along with two colleagues, have provided recommendations to the Ontario government regarding the reopening of schools.
Virtual tutoring wraps up
June 23, 2020
Teacher candidates, retired teachers and volunteers have supported 400 students through Western Education’s virtual tutoring service.
Western creates new leadership role, advisory council to chart a path forward for anti-racism
June 22, 2020
Western will create a new leadership role and an advisory council that will guide university-wide efforts to develop a sustained strategy for ...
Study investigates virtual learning impact on families
June 18, 2020
The Western-led LEAP (Learning, Education, and the Pandemic) study aims to assess family experiences with learning during COVID-19. Specifically, ...
Graduation 2020 marks a year to remember
June 18, 2020
It has been a year like no other for Western graduates, so it makes sense that the university is marking their achievements with a celebration ...
Congratulations Class of 2020 from Dean Kathy Hibbert
June 11, 2020
Congratulations on achieving this important milestone in your lives, this year of all years.
2019-20 academic awards
June 11, 2020
The Faculty of Education has announced the award recipients for the 2019-20 academic year.
Education community congratulates Class of 2020
June 11, 2020
Faculty, staff, alumni and donors congratulate the 2019-20 academic-year award winners and the graduating Class of 2020.
Easy to become an enemy when speaking truth
June 10, 2020
Ibsen’s play, 'An Enemy of the People?,' is a telling example of how revisiting classic literature can offer timely, prescient and ...
Faculty of Education Online Meet & Greet
June 09, 2020
Western University's Faculty of Education is excited to be hosting an online Meet and Greet on Tuesday June 16th from 4:30pm - 6:00 pm.
Education grad feels right where he belongs
June 08, 2020
On June 19, Western Education student Ethan Thomas will join more than 300,000 Western alumni living around the world as a newly minted graduate ...
Nature site shows kids their wildlife neighbours
June 04, 2020
John Drew, BEd’07, BA’02, and Brock University professor Kendra Coulter, Huron BA’02 (Scholar’s Elective), recently ...
Expanding young minds at heart of supported projects
May 29, 2020
Two Western Space initiatives designed to encourage young minds to cast their eyes to the stars will expand thanks to backing from PromoScience ...
AFE at Blyth Academy
May 25, 2020
Teacher candidate Colin Pierce was gearing up for the Alternative Field Experience (AFE) – his last assignment before graduating – as ...
Ska-Nah-Doht Village and Museum placement
May 25, 2020
Understanding and recognizing Treaties are important for Truth and Reconciliation to occur with Indigenous Peoples. That’s the lesson one ...
Global study examines pregnancy and stress during COVID-19 pandemic
May 19, 2020
Pregnancies, at the best of times, are stressful. When the world is experiencing a global pandemic, human response to risk — real or ...
Western experts weigh in on mental health and pandemic
May 12, 2020
On Wednesday, May 6, Western professors Dr. Chandlee Dickey and Barb MacQuarrie took part in a webcast to answer questions from the community ...
Discovery Grants back 75 research projects
May 07, 2020
Seventy-five university research projects across seven faculties received more than $13.8 million in Discovery Grants from the Natural Sciences ...
Fostering resiliency in children
May 05, 2020
During the COVID-19 pandemic, parents can introduce small, daily practices to foster resilience in their children.
Writing Commons
May 01, 2020
Graduate students aren’t alone in their academic journey. No matter where they are in their studies, or where they live, they have a unique ...
David Wilson award recipient
April 23, 2020
Mentorship. Service. Leadership. The Comparative and Interational Education Society of Canada (CIESC) has recognized these attributes in Education ...
Western experts field COVID-19 ethics, education questions
April 23, 2020
On April 15, Western professors Prachi Srivastava and Maxwell Smith took part in a special webcast to answer questions from the community ...
Resiliency can be learned
April 21, 2020
Social media and modern parenting are two reasons for the resiliency crisis that children and youth are facing. However, parents and teachers are ...
Study: Bilingualism does not make you ‘smarter’
April 21, 2020
Despite numerous social, employment, and lifestyle benefits, speaking more than one language does not improve your general mental ability, ...
Despite social and employment benefits, bilingualism does not make you ‘smarter’
April 21, 2020
New study fom Western University’s renowned Brain and Mind Institute shows being bilingual does not improve general mental ability.
Math anxiety is real
April 15, 2020
Shallow breathing. Sweaty palms. These are some of the symptoms of mathematics anxiety. These feelings are not part of a student’s ...
Special-ed students, families being tested
April 07, 2020
Kids with special-education needs are not alone in suffering the impacts of a prolonged absence from the classroom – the whole family needs ...
Student symposium moves online
April 06, 2020
History was made at the Faculty of Education. For the first time, the Robert Macmillan Symposium in Education (RMSE) went completely virtual.
Learning resources for students
April 01, 2020
The Faculty of Education is providing free, online resources for elementary and secondary school students to support their learning during the ...
Virtual tutoring
April 01, 2020
Elementary and secondary school students who need help with their studies during the COVID-19 pandemic can get it from the Faculty of Education.
Online – Let's Talk Education
March 31, 2020
The COVID-19 pandemic has closed the London Public Library, but it won’t stop the Let’s Talk Education Community Speaker Series. ...
Advanced Manufacturing pivots to face shields
March 29, 2020
Western teams across campus are supporting production of low-cost, substantively effective medical face shields that could be in hospitals for ...
Message from the Dean
March 27, 2020
We are collectively engaged in a call to action unlike anything in our history: a call to achieve social distancing, to allow our health care ...
Math resources during COVID-19
March 24, 2020
An extended March break due to COVID-19 doesn’t mean education has to stop. Parents and their children concerned how the extra time off will ...
Reducing kids’ pandemic panic a ‘balancing act’
March 24, 2020
Under normal circumstances, uncertainty provokes worries among children – and these aren’t ordinary circumstances.
3MT competition
March 17, 2020
Stepping out on stage to speak in front of family and friends can be nerve wracking. Add to this nervousness by trying to explain your graduate ...
Climate change exhibit
March 13, 2020
Disruption. Disorientation. Dialogue. An exhibit at the London Regional Children’s Museum is focusing teacher candidates and early childhood ...
Surviving domestic violence
March 06, 2020
Samra Zafar had big dreams. She was planning to go to university. But, her dreams were taken away from her when she was forced into an arranged ...
Modigliani inspires diversity
March 04, 2020
Art mirrors society. For teacher candidates in the junior-intermediate program, their project reflects the provinces’ diverse classrooms.
Preterm births and learning
March 02, 2020
Preterm babies are more likely to fall behind their counterparts when it comes to learning at school. But, identifying the preterm babies who will ...
Dancing for social justice
February 20, 2020
Dance and drama are more than performing arts. Rather, these disciplines teach important life-skills such as communication, collaboration, ...
Deacon brings education, sport passions to Senate
February 13, 2020
While the long-time educator, administrator, coach, and amateur sport advocate was an avid follower of current events and a voracious reader, ...
Supporting Kids Help Phone
January 29, 2020
Teacher candidates played soccer in a bubble, had fun and raised money for Kids Help Phone, but when it comes to mental health awareness, they ...
‘The Showdown in the Downtown’
January 29, 2020
Physician, philanthropist and former mixed martial artist has taken his passion for combat sports and turned it into a fundraising event for the ...
Alumnus touts ‘roller coaster’ at velodrome
January 28, 2020
For six years, Craig Saari, BA’01 (Kinesiology), BEd’02, has been president, coach, manager, troubleshooter and mobilizer at the ...
CYDC celebrates second anniversary
January 22, 2020
One referral every 1.5 days. That’s how busy the Child and Youth Development Clinic has been in two years of operation. Since the clinic ...
Junior Astronauts touching down at H.B. Beal
January 13, 2020
Western Space will lead 100 Grade 9 students at H.B. Beal Secondary School in Junior Astronauts programming on Tuesday, January 14, 2020.
Wellness committee providing support
January 09, 2020
Mental health and physical wellness will be at the forefront for faculty, students and staff at Western Education in 2020.
December 2019 Alumni Newsletter
December 31, 2019
Transforming the Teacher Education program to reflect today’s profession .
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 – ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
Learning to give back
November 18, 2019
Teacher candidates in Family Studies learned technical skills while helping children and mothers throughout Southwestern Ontario.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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