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Founded in 1878, Western University in London, Ontario is one of Canada’s leading research-intensive universities, combining academic excellence with life-long opportunities for intellectual, social and cultural growth in the arts, humanities, engineering, sciences, health sciences, social sciences, business and law. With research collaborations on every continent and students and faculty trained far and wide, Western is actively engaged internationally. Western’s campus community is comprised of more than 38,000 students from 127 countries, 3,800 faculty and staff and 294,000 alumni in 154 countries. Western offers nearly 500 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in 11 faculties, a School of Graduate & Postdoctoral Studies and three affiliated university colleges. Western is proud to provide Canada’s best student experience.

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Child-care settings play an influential role in early childhood development. A two-year-old child plays outside a child-care centre in Montréal in April 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Kids in child care need healthy movement — and guidelines can improve their health

Best practice guidelines for healthy movement in child-care settings serve as a critical step to create more active and health-promoting child-care centres.
Construction workers gather at facility in Kingston, Ont., which will be used as a start-up laboratory to test new processes related to critical minerals and other emerging technologies. (Chris Arsenault)

Canada’s $43-billion subsidy scheme for critical minerals misses supply chain steps

Canadian officials have pledged more than $43 billion in subsidies to create new low-carbon supply chains. A new study identifies some problems.
Elected school boards have been eliminated by some provinces, and Ontario’s Minister of Education recently said he is open to this. A municipal election sign in Toronto in 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young

Attacks on school boards threaten local democracy

A brief look at the history of elected school boards in Canada shows how the powers and responsibilities of elected school board trustees have been eroded considerably.
There is also a great deal of evidence that sociodemographic cues in a name — such as race and age — can affect whose resume gets a callback. The sound of a name itself could be another potential source of bias. (Getty Images/Unsplash+)

What’s in a name? How the sound of names can bias hiring decisions

New research shows that even the sound of a name can influence how job candidates are judged.
Anaida Poilievre and Conservative Party Leader Pierre Poilievre celebrate his win during the Battle River-Crowfoot byelection in Camrose, Alta., on Aug. 18, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Pierre Poilievre wins Alberta byelection — but he’s got a long road ahead to broaden his base

Now that Pierre Poilievre has won a byelection to return to the House of Commons, will he maintain his libertarian-flavoured populism of the last few years? Or will he pivot to broaden his base?
Des passants défilent devant une affiche publicitaire mettant en vedette Sydney Sweeney, à l’extérieur d’un magasin American Eagle Outfitters à New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

Sydney Sweeney, American Eagle et le retour à une féminité « traditionnelle »

En célébrant l’apparence conforme aux canons de beauté de Sydney Sweeney, American Eagle a remis à l’honneur, haut et fort, la silhouette féminine « traditionnelle ».
Cars are partially submerged in flood waters in the Don Valley following heavy rain in Toronto on July 16, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Arlyn McAdorey

It’s challenging to predict extreme thunderstorms — improving this will help reduce their deadly and costly impacts

Current models for weather forecasting tend to ignore outlier data; learning how to incorporate these can help reduce risk and increase community resiliency.
Avec le déclin des applications de rencontre, on assiste à un retour des activités de rencontre en personne, comme le speed dating, les clubs de course à pied et les raves en journée. (Unsplash)

Le retour des rencontres en personne, un défi pour la génération Z

Plusieurs jeunes en ont assez des applications de rencontre, mais n’ont pas eu les mêmes occasions que leurs aînés de développer leurs compétences sociales en personne.
U.S. President Donald Trump holds a signed executive order after speaking during an AI summit on July 23, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

How do politicians view democracy? It depends on whether they win or lose

Amid heightened concern about the current state of democracy around the globe, we need to better understand the attitudes and motivations of politicians.
A composite image of five photographs show former members of Canada’s 2018 World Juniors hockey team, left to right, Alex Formenton, Cal Foote, Michael McLeod, Dillon Dube and Carter Hart as they individually arrived to court in London, Ont., in April 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nicole Osborne

Hockey Canada sex assault verdict: Sports culture should have also been on trial

Sexual and gender-based violence in sport validate misogyny and reinforce sexual entitlement and inadequate accountability. This was evident in the Hockey Canada sexual assault trial.
A satellite image of the Clearwater Lakes, the site of two large asteroid impacts that struck Earth about 290 million years ago. (NASA Earth Observatory)

Cubic zirconia only forms under extreme temperatures, like those produced when an asteroid impacts Earth

Cubic zirconia, a popular diamond substitute, only occurs naturally under extreme conditions. Finding cubic zirconia in craters reveals parts of the Earth’s history.
Warning signage for suspected cases of measles is seen outside the main entrance of Woodstock General Hospital in Woodstock, Ont., on May 22, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nicole Osborne

How falling vaccination rates are fuelling the antibiotic resistance crisis

Measles is a viral infection, so antibiotics don’t treat it directly. But it weakens the immune system, leading to bacterial infections like pneumonia or ear infections, which do require antibiotics.
Prime Minister Mark Carney ahead of the First Nations Summit at the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Que., on July 17, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby

Elbows down? Why Mark Carney seems to keep caving to Donald Trump

Rather than continuing to retaliate with tariffs of its own, the Canadian government has begun to confess that such a tactic may be a losing battle against Donald Trump.
More humane practices will keep schools safer for everyone, including teachers and all students. A hallway is seen in an elementary school in Longueuil, Que., in March 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

Seclusion rooms don’t make schools safe, and Ontario needs a policy

Evidence-based de-escalation strategies, along with adequate staff support and trauma-informed training, can help schools reduce or eliminate the need to seclude students.

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