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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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Australia is the first country to implement a nationwide ban of social media for teens, but other measures have been enacted or are being considered here in Canada. (Shutterstock)

Australia is banning social media for teens. Should Canada do the same?

As Canada’s Online Harms Act is being debated, MPs may look to other countries, like Australia, for guidance on protecting youth from online harms.
Chrystia Freeland arrive sur la Colline du Parlement à Ottawa en octobre 2024. La vice-première ministre et ministre des Finances a annoncé cette semaine sa démission du cabinet du premier ministre Justin Trudeau. La Presse canadienne/Sean Kilpatrick

La démission fracassante de Chrystia Freeland est-elle l’ultime tentative de sa garde rapprochée de rappeler Justin Trudeau à l’ordre ?

Le ton et le moment de l’annonce du départ de Christian Freeland paraissent avoir été conçus délibérément et avec soin pour provoquer le plus de chaos et de discorde possible au sein du gouvernement.
A poster depicting Luigi Mangione hangs outside the New York Hilton Midtown hotel, in New York, Dec. 12, 2024. Mangione is accused of gunning down the CEO of UnitedHealthcare outside the hotel. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

Luigi Mangione isn’t the first high-profile alleged killer venerated by the public

The slaying of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson — and the support his accused killer has received on social media — is similar to previous U.S. manhunts, trials and criminal spectacles.
Chrystia Freeland arrives on Parliament Hill in Ottawa in October 2024. The deputy prime minister and finance minister has announced her resignation from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

Chrystia Freeland’s resignation seems carefully aimed at removing a sitting prime minister

Both the tone and timing of Chrystia Freeland’s resignation announcement are seemingly carefully designed to cause the most chaos and discord within the government.
Flooded caravans at Billing Aquadrome Holiday Park as Storm Bert continues to cause disruption in Northampton, United Kingdom, on Nov. 25, 2024. (Jordan Pettitt/PA via AP)

COP29: Climate change could kill millions — and world leaders must work to limit fatalities

The 1,000-ton rule states that a person is killed every time humanity burns 1,000 tons of fossil carbon. Minimizing the deaths caused by climate change should be a global priority.
A passenger jet flies over the Olympic rings on display outside the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo in August 2021. India, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are among the countries considering bids to host the 2036 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

How repressive regimes are using international sporting events for nation-building

Hosting international sporting events brings prestige and profit to both global sports organizations and repressive regimes, but the gains sacrifice human rights and justice for power and profit.
Nature-based solutions, including wetlands and other biodiverse natural systems, can play an important role in ensuring climate resiliance. A view of the Yaqan Nukiy, also known as the Lower Kootenay Band First Nation, wetland restoration project is seen near Creston, B.C. in an undated photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Norm Allard

Nature-based solutions are cheap and effective, and governments have the tools to make them a reality

Nature-based solutions are a cost-effective means of addressing climate instability, and governments already have all the tools they need to help get these projects off the ground.
The moon sets behind the CN tower in Toronto in August 2023. While it’s beautiful from a distance, Canada’s lunar rover will explore one of the most hostile regions of the moon in 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Canada’s first moon rover will soon have a name as it prepares to explore a hostile lunar region

Will it be Glacier or Athabasca? Maybe Courage or Pol-R? The Canadian moon rover will soon have a name, two years before it’s set to explore the moon’s South Pole.
Mourners hold a candlelit vigil in remembrance of Carol Culleton, Anastasia Kuzyk and Natalie Warmerdam in Wilno, Ont. in September 2015. Basil Borutski was convicted of murder in the separate slayings in eastern Ontario. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

3 potential consequences of Ontario’s reluctance to deem intimate partner violence an epidemic

Failing to deem intimate partner violence an epidemic will permit the conditions that sustain it to persist — and likely worsen. The health, safety and lives of women and children are at stake.
An Air Canada plane at Pearson Airport in Toronto. By emphasizing both control and the benefits of immigration, leaders can preserve positive attitudes toward immigrants. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

Canada’s immigration strategy: How reduced targets can preserve positive attitudes

The recently announced cuts to Canada’s immigration targets for the coming years are essential to maintain Canadians’ support for immigration and positive attitudes toward immigrants.
Although national guidelines for children’s sleep are clear, only two jurisdictions in Canada have regulations that specify the amount of sleep/rest per day in licensed child-care facilities. (Shutterstock)

Lack of sleep regulations in Canada’s licensed child-care facilities puts children’s health at risk

Canadian 24-hour movement guidelines for healthy development recommend naps for infants and children under two years, and nap options for ages three to four.
San Francisco 49ers defensive end Nick Bosa speaks at a news conference after an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys in Santa Clara, Calif., on Oct. 27, 2024. Bosa publicly wore a MAGA hat after the game. (AP Photo/Eakin Howard)

Nick Bosa’s MAGA hat vs. Colin Kaepernick’s kneeling: Will the NFL reveal a double standard?

NFL defensive lineman Nick Bosa proudly donned a MAGA hat after a recent game. Will the NFL respond to his violation of league rules the same way it did to Colin Kaepernick?
A view towards St. Paul’s Cathedral and the City of London during low tide along the River Thames in London in August 2023. New research suggests the Little Ice Age was not nearly as cold and icy as the name would imply. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

New insights from Shakespeare’s England reveal striking parallels to contemporary climate change

New research on the European Little Ice Age in England has upended established narratives and provided a window into an era of climatic instability not too different from our own.
Lyle (left) and Erik Menendez sit with their defense attorney Leslie Abramson (right) in Beverly Hills Municipal Court during a hearing, Nov. 26, 1990. (AP Photo/Nick Ut)

What the Menendez brothers’ case tells us about the moral paradox of true crime

Netflix’s productions on the Menendez brothers reveal the moral problem at the heart of true crime: whose definition of “true” should viewers rely on when assessing the veracity of a narrative?
Seattle Kraken assistant coach Jessica Campbell looks up from the bench during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the St. Louis Blues on Oct. 8, 2024 in Seattle. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson)

Jessica Campbell’s NHL coaching gig marks a pivotal turning point for professional hockey

Campbell’s story serves as a reminder of the challenges women coaches face, but it also demonstrates how achieving a coaching role in a professional league, though difficult, is not insurmountable.

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