Examining the Myth That Big Pharma Doesn’t Want to Cure Cancer

The pharmaceutical industry has delivered substantial health advances to humanity over the last several decades. They have developed medication that has prolonged the lives of your loved ones and helped to reduce the effects of debilitating disease or illness. However, like any industry, among these heroes there are villains. Martin

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Examining the Myth That Big Pharma Doesn’t Want to Cure Cancer

Examining the Myth That Big Pharma Doesn’t Want to Cure Cancer

The pharmaceutical industry has delivered substantial health advances to humanity over the last several decades. They have developed medication that has prolonged the lives of your loved ones and helped to reduce the effects of debilitating disease or illness. However, like any industry, among these heroes there are villains. Martin

The post Examining the Myth That Big Pharma Doesn’t Want to Cure Cancer appeared first on Good News Network.

Examining the Myth That Big Pharma Doesn’t Want to Cure Cancer

Examining the Myth That Big Pharma Doesn’t Want to Cure Cancer

The pharmaceutical industry has delivered substantial health advances to humanity over the last several decades. They have developed medication that has prolonged the lives of your loved ones and helped to reduce the effects of debilitating disease or illness. However, like any industry, among these heroes there are villains. Martin

The post Examining the Myth That Big Pharma Doesn’t Want to Cure Cancer appeared first on Good News Network.

Examining the Myth That Big Pharma Doesn’t Want to Cure Cancer

Drop-in Propel Info Session

Event Date: Friday, September 29, 2017

Interested in entrepreneurship but don’t know where to start? Have an idea but are wondering how Propel can help?

This drop-in info session is one of many that will be hosted by our Business Analyst in September. Swing by WSS 2130 to learn about all of the great resources Propel has to offer. 

Each session will include a 10 minute presentation on the services and resources at Propel followed by a Q&A. Any attendees who have filled out the Propel Intake Form will have a chance to meet one-on-one with the Business Analyst. Everyone else is free to stay and network with other aspiring entrepreneurs!

Drop-in Propel Info Session

Fridays at 12:30 Concert: Ensemble Made in Canada and guests

Event Date: Friday, September 29, 2017

EMIC’s tour kickoff concert! Come hear the ensemble before they head off to Thunder Bay, Toronto, Hamilton and Kitchener. Program includes Dohnanyi’s Sextet with Jana Starling (clarinet)* and Ron George (horn)*.

PROGRAM UPDATE (Sept. 28): Due to rescheduling earlier this week, violinist Scott St. John* will also join EMIC to perform two movements from Dvorak's Piano Quintet no. 2 in A major, Opus 81.

*Western University faculty member

Join us on most Fridays during the academic year for the "Fridays @ 12:30 Concert Series," an eclectic mix of music, featuring guest artists from around the world and our internationally renowned faculty. 

All "Fridays” concerts are free of charge and open to all. No registration required. Simply attend and enjoy!

We welcome school and community groups! There’s no charge to attend this event however advance notice is required to ensure we can properly welcome your group. Please contact Sasha Gorbasew to arrange your school group or visit and discuss additional programming as needed. Phone: 519-661-2111 ext. 80532 or agorbase@uwo.ca

Fridays at 12:30 Concert: Ensemble Made in Canada and guests

TJ-Centre: The Politics and History of Slavery

Event Date: Friday, September 29, 2017

The Politics and History of Slavery: Competing Visions of Rescue and Repair

Professor Joel Quirk, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

Friday, September 29, 2017
12:30-1:30 p.m.
Social Science Centre room 9420

Hosted by the Western University Centre for Transitional Justic and Post-Conflict Reconstruction

TJ-Centre: The Politics and History of Slavery

Writing in the Sciences

Event Date: Friday, September 29, 2017

Writing in the Sciences

Voice Fridays: Vocal Health

Event Date: Friday, September 29, 2017

Voice Fridays at the Don Wright Faculty of Music: The weekly symposium BY singers FOR singers

September 29th:
Jen Moir - Vocal Health

All are welcome to attend.

Voice Fridays: Vocal Health

Applied Math Colloquium Talk - Dr. Peter Taylor

Event Date: Friday, September 29, 2017

Title: The High School Math Curriculum: why I think it’s broke and what is my favorite fix.

Abstract: Over the past few years I have been putting increasingly more of my research time into mathematics curriculum development in grades 9-12.  Lately I have even tried to begin doing serious research in mathematics education and I find it a sea change from theoretical biology.
I take mathematics to be (by definition) the abstract study of structure.  Thus the problems (or activities) I construct for my students are structurally rich and everything they do is aimed at exploring and understanding the structure.  This task has both a logical and an aesthetic dimension and as we all know, those two worlds interact in powerful ways. 
This Fall I have a number of teachers in different cities working in their classrooms with some of the problems on my website www.math9-12.ca and my objective is to gather feedback from their experience.  I will talk about the ideas that inform my research approach.

Applied Math Colloquium Talk - Dr. Peter Taylor

Explaining the Under representation of Women in US Politics

Event Date: Friday, September 29, 2017

“Explaining the Underrepresentation of Women in US Electoral Politics”

Kathleen Dolan
Distinguished Professor
Department of Political Science,
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Friday, September 29, 2017
SSC 9420 at 2:00pm

In 2017, women continue to be dramatically underrepresented in elected office in the United States. While scholars have theories to explain this situation, we know almost nothing about what the public sees as the reasons for the small number of women in office. Drawing on the responses from a survey of 1600 conducted in 2014, I use blame attribution theory to examine public opinion on this important question. In this project, I examine both system-level and individual-level explanations for women's underrepresentation.

One of the leading figures in the study of gender and electoral politics. Kathleen’s work has been published in some of the mostprominent outlets in the discipline including a recent article in the Journal of Politics and When Does Gender Matter? Women Candidates and Gender Stereotypes in American Elections, a 2014 book published with Oxford University Press. 

Explaining the Under representation of Women in US Politics

Prince of Jordan Lecture: Landmines & The Ottawa Convention

Event Date: Friday, September 29, 2017

His Royal Highness Prince Mired Zeid Al-Hussein will give a public lecture on his capacity as President of The Hashemite Commission for Disabled Soldiers. Following the lecture, His Royal Highness will be pleased to meet with students and community members informally in the IGAB Atrium.

Open to the public. Everyone welcome.

Prince of Jordan Lecture: Landmines & The Ottawa Convention

Building urban resilience through transformation

Event Date: Friday, September 29, 2017

Local ecological knowledge: Building urban resilience through transformation

Luna Khirfan, University of Waterloo
3 pm - 4 pm
SSC 1004

Part of Department of Geography Speaker Series

Building urban resilience through transformation

Africa Institute screening of The Promised Land

Event Date: Friday, September 29, 2017

The Africa Institute would like to invite Western Graduate Students to a Welcome Reception and Feature Presentation of “The Promised Land”

Friday September 29th

Time: 3:30 – 6:00 p.m. at the David S. Chu Centre, Location: 2nd Floor,

International Graduate Affairs Building

The Promised Land is a short 1 hour film, produced by Yoba for Life and Dr. Gregor Reid as part of a “Fermented Food for Life” project which has inspired men and women in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania to produce nutritious probiotic yogurt for their communities. In doing so these men and women are establishing small social enterprises around healthy food.

We welcome you to mingle over coffee, tea, and popcorn with a group of like-minded students, coming from across the whole of Western’s campus.

The Africa Institute is an interdisciplinary entity with the participation of many faculty members, staff and students from across campus. Its members are building sustainable collaborations and partnerships with Africans to foster initiatives that address some of the most pressing issues facing the African continent. The Africa Institute also coordinates several academic programs, notably the MMASc and the Collaborative Graduate Program in Global Health Systems in Africa.

We invite all Graduate students researching, studying, or interested in topics on the African Continent to join us at this event, for an opportunity to meet your fellow colleagues at Western and interact with Faculty members of the Africa Institute. There will also be an introductory speech by Dr. Nicole Haggerty, Acting Director of the Africa Institute.

Africa Institute screening of The Promised Land

Music Graduate Colloquium: Alan Dodson

Event Date: Friday, September 29, 2017

Presented by Graduate Studies in Music, the Don Wright Faculty of Music Graduate Colloquium series includes lectures by distinguished guests, Western faculty members, and senior graduate students on all fields of research and creative activity in music.

Alan Dodson (University of British Columbia)
“Kinetic Form in Debussy’s Recording of ‘D’un cahier d’esquisses’”

All Colloquium series events take place on selected Fridays in Talbot College 101 at 3:30 pm. (unless otherwise noted). Admission is free, and all are welcome to attend!

Music Graduate Colloquium: Alan Dodson

Dr. A Gopnik: When children are better learners than adults

Event Date: Friday, September 29, 2017

Alison Gopnik: When children are better learners than adults are: Theory formation, causal models, and the evolution of learning. 

Join us for a lecture by Alison Gopnik, professor of psychology and philosophy at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of several books, including the New York Times bestseller, “The Philosophical Baby,” and, most recently, “The Gardener and the Carpenter: What the New Science of Child Development Tells Us About the Relationship Between Parents and Children.” Abstract: In the past 15 years, we have discovered that children are adept at inferring causal relationships. But are there differences in the ways that younger children, older children and adults learn? And do socioeconomic status and culture make a difference? I relate these findings to computational ideas about search and sampling, to evolutionary ideas about human life history, and to neuroscience findings about the negative effects of frontal control on wide exploration. Advance registration requested.

This event will be live streamed. 

Dr. A Gopnik: When children are better learners than adults

Clarinet & Saxophone Day Opening Recital: Saxophone Duo h2/4

Event Date: Friday, September 29, 2017

Join us for our inaugural Clarinet and Saxophone Day concert, featuring saxophone guest artists, Drs. Jonathan Nichol (U. Oklahoma) and Jeffrey Loeffert (Oklahoma State). As two of the members of the renowned h2 quartet, h2/4 continues the ensemble's mission to commission and perform compelling new works for the saxophone.

Tickets are available in advance online (see website link) or (cash only) at the door.

This concert is part of Clarinet and Saxophone Day, which takes place on Saturday, September 30, and features these guest artists plus clarinetist Marie Picard. For complete guest artist information, to purchase tickets and/or to register, visit the main Clarinet and Saxophone Day website: http://bit.ly/2wFYeKy

Clarinet & Saxophone Day Opening Recital: Saxophone Duo h2/4

Clarinet and Saxophone Day

Event Date: Saturday, September 30, 2017

Join us for a day of clinics, masterclasses, and performances for saxophonists and clarinetists of all levels. Featuring guest artists clarinetist Prof. Marie Picard (Conservatoire de musique de Québec and Domaine Forget), saxophonists Drs. Jonathan Nichol and Jeffrey Loeffert of h2/4 Duo, Western wind faculty, and vendor exhibitions.

Cost: $25 (includes admission to opening recital on Sept. 29) or $10 for opening recital only

Visit the Clarinet and Saxophone Day webpage for complete information including guest artist information, schedule and to register online.

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Clarinet and Saxophone Day

Faculty Concert Series: Bach's Coffee Cantata and More

Event Date: Sunday, October 1, 2017

Bach Coffee Cantata and works by Western University composers inspired by the venerable master

Faculty and select students perform works by Western professor Omar Daniel, doctoral composition student Aaron Lee, and Johann Sebastian Bach, concluding with Bach's Coffee Cantata.

Many of our stellar faculty perform regularly around the world, in addition to London, Ontario. The Faculty Concert Series presents these exceptional musicians in chamber programs. Faculty artists collaborate with both guest performers and students from Western.

This is a free event. All are welcome. No registration or ticket purchase required. Simply attend and enjoy!

The Faculty Concert Series (October 1, November 19, January 21) is sponsored by the Dean's Office and Western's Office of the Provost.

Faculty Concert Series: Bach's Coffee Cantata and More

Last day to receive admission applications: Medicine for 201

Event Date: Monday, October 2, 2017

Last day to receive admission applications: Medicine for 201

Last day for students on exchange or a letter of permission

Event Date: Monday, October 2, 2017

Last day for students on exchange or a letter of permission

Do Consumer Brand Relationships Drive Customer Brand Loyalty

Event Date: Monday, October 2, 2017

How Well Do Consumer Brand Relationships Drive Customer Brand Loyalty?

 

Monday, Oct 2

SSC 4317

9:45 am

 

Mansur Khamitov, PhD Candidate, Ivey Business School

Do Consumer Brand Relationships Drive Customer Brand Loyalty

Making Effective Presentations

Event Date: Monday, October 2, 2017

Many factors are involved in giving an effective presentation. Learn how to prepare the content of your presentation to enhance the clarity of your message, learn how to manage nervousness, and learn how to prepare yourself to successfully deliver the content to your audience.

Making Effective Presentations

Canada-US Distinguished Lecture

Event Date: Monday, October 2, 2017

"Of Trade and Beer: NAFTA and the future of North American regulation"

The 11th Distinguished Lecture will be given by Maureen Irish, Professor Emerita at University of Windsor Faculty of Law.

Professor Irish has taught International Economic Law, International Business Transactions, Canada-United States Legal Issues, Transportation Law, International Dispute Resolution, Conflicts (Private International Law), Public International Law, Judicial Review, Commercial Law, Property, and Statutory Interpretation. She publishes regularly on trade and development, WTO law, climate change, regionalism, NAFTA, and Canadian customs tariff law. Dr. Irish has served on dispute settlement panels under the Canada-United States Free Trade Agreement and the North American Free Trade Agreement. She retired in June 2017 from the Faculty after 38 years of teaching and involvement with the Canada-U.S. Law Institute, but continues on in a sessional lecturer capacity.

All our welcome. Light refreshments will be served following the Lecture.

Canada-US Distinguished Lecture

Tips for the Non-Native English Speaker

Event Date: Monday, October 2, 2017

Tips for the Non-Native English Speaker

Western Film: SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING and LOGAN LUCKY

Event Date: Tuesday, Oct 3, 2017

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

Playing: SEPT 29 - OCT 5
(No shows Sunday or Monday)

7:00 pm (ends at 9:23 pm)

Rating:  PG

Peter Parker (Tom Holland), 15, is a high school student who lives with his Aunt May (Marisa Tomei) in a high-rise in Queens. Having already had an adventure with The Avengers, he's waiting for Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) to give him an assignment. In the meantime, he practices his skills, helping out locals in trouble.

After a few missteps, Stark advises Peter to stop trying to do things on his own. However, when Peter encounters the ruthless Adrian Toomes, a.k.a. The Vulture (Michael Keaton), the villain threatens Peter, telling the teen that if he interferes with him, he will kill Peter and everyone he loves. With or without Iron Man's guidance, Peter discovers he has to be more than just what the Spidey suit can do for him in order to fight to protect his loved ones

LOGAN LUCKY

Playing: SEPT 29 - OCT 5
(No shows Sunday or Monday)

9:35 pm (ends at 11:44 pm)

Rating:  PG

Brothers Jimmy (Channing Tatum) and Clyde (Adam Driver) are struggling to make ends meet. Jimmy has just been fired from his job as a coal miner, while Clyde is a bartender with only one arm. Jimmy decides, along with Clyde and their hairdresser sister Mellie (Riley Keough), to rob the Charlotte Motor Speedway — because Jimmy knows how they move their money — through an underground passage.

However, they realize they can't pull this off on their own, so they recruit volatile demolition expert Joe Bang (Daniel Craig), who they first have to break out of prison. A scheduling mix-up forces them to execute the elaborate heist during the most popular NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 race of the year in Charlotte. Things get even more complicated when an FBI agent (Hilary Swank) begins investigating the case.

Western Film: SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING and LOGAN LUCKY

Fall Food Drive

Event Date: Wednesday, Oct 4, 2017

The Book Store is working together with the Grocery Checkout and the Wellness Centre to support our "On-Campus Food Bank". Donations will be accepted at all three locations. Please give generously!

Fall Food Drive

French Conversation Group

Event Date: Wednesday, Oct 4, 2017

Join us for a weekly French Conversation Group: October 3rd - November 29th

Mondays: 2pm - 3pm

Wednesdays: 12pm - 1pm

(no meetings during Fall Reading Week) 

With: Marie-Simone Raad

Everybody is welcome! We bring the coffee, you bring the fun.

French Conversation Group

O-Month

Event Date: Wednesday, Oct 4, 2017

Adjusting to Western takes more than just one week! Orientation Month aims to provide a plethora events for first year students to attend to create their own customized O-Month! Check out the calendar of events that run all the way until October 13th!

O-Month

Toastmaster's Campus Communications

Event Date: Wednesday, Oct 4, 2017

Toastmaster’s Campus Communicators – Looking to develop your public speaking and leadership skills? Toastmasters is your solution.

Along the Toastmasters journey, you will also boost your confidence, grow your network and build your professional portfolio!  

Meetings happen every Wednesday 12 -1 p.m. in Room 147B UCC;

club website:  9119.toastmastersclubs.org/ .  

Contact Donna Moore, dmoore@uwo.ca or 85159.

Toastmaster's Campus Communications

Lunch Hour Yoga

Event Date: Wednesday, Oct 4, 2017

Take a break!  Yoga can be good for your body, mind and spirit.

Living Well @ Western invites staff, faculty and students to weekly yoga sessions.  This program is designed to appeal to people of all abilities and fitness levels.

Bring your own yoga mat or towel and comfortable clothing.

Note location in SSB:  From level four (this is the street level if entering in front door) take stairwell #3 (across the hall from the water fountain).  Walk down to level three, through two sets of doors to 3101.

Lunch Hour Yoga

Italian Conversation Group

Event Date: Wednesday, Oct 4, 2017

Join us for weekly drop-in Italian conversation groups in AHB 3R19 from 2:30 -4 pm.

All levels welcome!

Starting September 20th - December 6th, 2017 and January 10th - April 11th, 2018

For more information contact: teresa.aconito@gmail.com 

Italian Conversation Group

Event Date: Wednesday, Oct 4, 2017

NHL Opening Night game on the Big Screen!

Playing: OCTOBER 4th

6:00 pm 

Watch the October 4th opening game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Winnipeg Jets on our movie theatre size screen and Dolby sound system. The snack bar will be open for popcorn to go with your game!

Admission will be free.

This event will be licensed as an all ages event with drinks available on the balcony.

Doors will open at 6:00 pm.

NHL Opening Night game on the Big Screen!

Western Film: SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING and LOGAN LUCKY

Event Date: Wednesday, Oct 4, 2017

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

Playing: SEPT 29 - OCT 5
(No shows Sunday or Monday)

7:00 pm (ends at 9:23 pm)

Rating:  PG

Peter Parker (Tom Holland), 15, is a high school student who lives with his Aunt May (Marisa Tomei) in a high-rise in Queens. Having already had an adventure with The Avengers, he's waiting for Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) to give him an assignment. In the meantime, he practices his skills, helping out locals in trouble.

After a few missteps, Stark advises Peter to stop trying to do things on his own. However, when Peter encounters the ruthless Adrian Toomes, a.k.a. The Vulture (Michael Keaton), the villain threatens Peter, telling the teen that if he interferes with him, he will kill Peter and everyone he loves. With or without Iron Man's guidance, Peter discovers he has to be more than just what the Spidey suit can do for him in order to fight to protect his loved ones

LOGAN LUCKY

Playing: SEPT 29 - OCT 5
(No shows Sunday or Monday)

9:35 pm (ends at 11:44 pm)

Rating:  PG

Brothers Jimmy (Channing Tatum) and Clyde (Adam Driver) are struggling to make ends meet. Jimmy has just been fired from his job as a coal miner, while Clyde is a bartender with only one arm. Jimmy decides, along with Clyde and their hairdresser sister Mellie (Riley Keough), to rob the Charlotte Motor Speedway — because Jimmy knows how they move their money — through an underground passage.

However, they realize they can't pull this off on their own, so they recruit volatile demolition expert Joe Bang (Daniel Craig), who they first have to break out of prison. A scheduling mix-up forces them to execute the elaborate heist during the most popular NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 race of the year in Charlotte. Things get even more complicated when an FBI agent (Hilary Swank) begins investigating the case.

Western Film: SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING and LOGAN LUCKY

Fall Food Drive

Event Date: Thursday, Oct 5, 2017

The Book Store is working together with the Grocery Checkout and the Wellness Centre to support our "On-Campus Food Bank". Donations will be accepted at all three locations. Please give generously!

Fall Food Drive

O-Month

Event Date: Thursday, Oct 5, 2017

Adjusting to Western takes more than just one week! Orientation Month aims to provide a plethora events for first year students to attend to create their own customized O-Month! Check out the calendar of events that run all the way until October 13th!

O-Month

Line Dancing - Class 1

Event Date: Thursday, Oct 5, 2017

Two classes every Thursday with Liz Desjardins - 12:10 and 1:10.

This activity will appeal to anyone who loves to dance.  The music is more than country - it covers all genres from Latin and salsa to pop and Irish jigs. Steps can be adapted to accommodate your needs.

To find room 3101 in the Support Services building - From level four (streel level when you enter the front of the building) take stairwell #3 (across from water fountain) down to the third floor and go through two sets of doors.

What to bring: comfortable clothing, low grip shoes, and a bottle of water.

Line Dancing - Class 1

Line Dancing - Class 2

Event Date: Thursday, Oct 5, 2017

Two classes every Thursday with Liz Desjardins - 12:10 and 1:10.

This activity will appeal to anyone who loves to dance.  The music is more than country - it covers all genres from Latin and salsa to pop and Irish jigs. Steps can be adapted to accommodate your needs.

To find room 3101 in the Support Services building - From level four (streel level when you enter the front of the building) take stairwell #3 (across from water fountain) down to the third floor and go through two sets of doors.

What to bring: comfortable clothing, low grip shoes, and a bottle of water.

Line Dancing - Class 2

Western Film: SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING and LOGAN LUCKY

Event Date: Thursday, Oct 5, 2017

SPIDER-MAN: HOMECOMING

Playing: SEPT 29 - OCT 5
(No shows Sunday or Monday)

7:00 pm (ends at 9:23 pm)

Rating:  PG

Peter Parker (Tom Holland), 15, is a high school student who lives with his Aunt May (Marisa Tomei) in a high-rise in Queens. Having already had an adventure with The Avengers, he's waiting for Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) to give him an assignment. In the meantime, he practices his skills, helping out locals in trouble.

After a few missteps, Stark advises Peter to stop trying to do things on his own. However, when Peter encounters the ruthless Adrian Toomes, a.k.a. The Vulture (Michael Keaton), the villain threatens Peter, telling the teen that if he interferes with him, he will kill Peter and everyone he loves. With or without Iron Man's guidance, Peter discovers he has to be more than just what the Spidey suit can do for him in order to fight to protect his loved ones

LOGAN LUCKY

Playing: SEPT 29 - OCT 5
(No shows Sunday or Monday)

9:35 pm (ends at 11:44 pm)

Rating:  PG

Brothers Jimmy (Channing Tatum) and Clyde (Adam Driver) are struggling to make ends meet. Jimmy has just been fired from his job as a coal miner, while Clyde is a bartender with only one arm. Jimmy decides, along with Clyde and their hairdresser sister Mellie (Riley Keough), to rob the Charlotte Motor Speedway — because Jimmy knows how they move their money — through an underground passage.

However, they realize they can't pull this off on their own, so they recruit volatile demolition expert Joe Bang (Daniel Craig), who they first have to break out of prison. A scheduling mix-up forces them to execute the elaborate heist during the most popular NASCAR Coca-Cola 600 race of the year in Charlotte. Things get even more complicated when an FBI agent (Hilary Swank) begins investigating the case.

Western Film: SPIDER-MAN HOMECOMING and LOGAN LUCKY

Fall Food Drive

Event Date: Friday, Oct 6, 2017

The Book Store is working together with the Grocery Checkout and the Wellness Centre to support our "On-Campus Food Bank". Donations will be accepted at all three locations. Please give generously!

Fall Food Drive

O-Month

Event Date: Friday, Oct 6, 2017

Adjusting to Western takes more than just one week! Orientation Month aims to provide a plethora events for first year students to attend to create their own customized O-Month! Check out the calendar of events that run all the way until October 13th!

O-Month

Zumba!

Event Date: Friday, Oct 6, 2017

Two classes each week - Monday at 12:10 and Friday at 12:10.

Please be sure to consult the Western Calendar each week to be sure this session is running and to confirm location.

Getting there: To find Room 3101 in SSB - from level four (street level when you enter front of building) take stairwell #3 (across from water fountain) down to the third floor, and go through two sets of doors.

Who:  Designed to appeal to people of all abilities and fitness levels.

Instructors: Certified Zumba instructor – Angelica Lucaci

What to bring: It is recommended that you wear comfortable clothing and low grip athletic shoes. Please bring a water bottle.

Zumba!

Tea and Information Sessions for Spouses & Partners

Event Date: Friday, Oct 6, 2017

Drop in for our Tea & Information Sessions and meet other spouses or partners of Western students, and our IESC staff. The Information Sessions will give spouses and partners of international students the opportunity to meet and get to know people, practice their English skills, learn about the Canadian culture, share knowledge, culture and skills as well as discuss topics related to international families and living in Canada. This event will take place every Friday.

The International and Graduate Affairs Building is located in the former home of the Ivey Business School at the top of UC Hill.

Tea and Information Sessions for Spouses & Partners

Voice Fridays: Vocal Health

Event Date: Friday, September 29, 2017

Voice Fridays at the Don Wright Faculty of Music: The weekly symposium BY singers FOR singers

September 29th:
Jen Moir - Vocal Health

All are welcome to attend.

Voice Fridays: Vocal Health

Scientists Have Just Created a “Super-Antibody” That Can Kill 99% of HIV

Scientists have just made an “exciting breakthrough” in the form of a new antibody that can attack 99% of HIV strains. The study, which was conducted by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the pharmaceutical company Sanofi, created the antibody to attack three major parts of the virus, making

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Scientists Have Just Created a “Super-Antibody” That Can Kill 99% of HIV

Scientists Have Just Created a “Super-Antibody” That Can Kill 99% of HIV

Scientists have just made an “exciting breakthrough” in the form of a new antibody that can attack 99% of HIV strains. The study, which was conducted by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the pharmaceutical company Sanofi, created the antibody to attack three major parts of the virus, making

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Scientists Have Just Created a “Super-Antibody” That Can Kill 99% of HIV

Scientists Have Just Created a “Super-Antibody” That Can Kill 99% of HIV

Scientists have just made an “exciting breakthrough” in the form of a new antibody that can attack 99% of HIV strains. The study, which was conducted by the U.S. National Institutes of Health and the pharmaceutical company Sanofi, created the antibody to attack three major parts of the virus, making

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Scientists Have Just Created a “Super-Antibody” That Can Kill 99% of HIV

CVS to Limit Some Opioid Prescriptions to 7 Days, Expand Disposal Service That Has Returned 100 Tons

Limiting the strength and length of its opioid prescriptions, and expanding its successful disposal service will curb possible abuse at CVS pharmacies.

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CVS to Limit Some Opioid Prescriptions to 7 Days, Expand Disposal Service That Has Returned 100 Tons

CVS to Limit Some Opioid Prescriptions to 7 Days, Expand Disposal Service That Has Returned 100 Tons

Limiting the strength and length of its opioid prescriptions, and expanding its successful disposal service will curb possible abuse at CVS pharmacies.

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CVS to Limit Some Opioid Prescriptions to 7 Days, Expand Disposal Service That Has Returned 100 Tons

CVS to Limit Some Opioid Prescriptions to 7 Days, Expand Disposal Service That Has Returned 100 Tons

Limiting the strength and length of its opioid prescriptions, and expanding its successful disposal service will curb possible abuse at CVS pharmacies.

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CVS to Limit Some Opioid Prescriptions to 7 Days, Expand Disposal Service That Has Returned 100 Tons

Drop-in Propel Info Session

Event Date: Monday, September 25, 2017

Interested in entrepreneurship but don’t know where to start? Have an idea but are wondering how Propel can help?

This drop-in info session is one of many that will be hosted by our Business Analyst in September. Swing by WSS 2130 to learn about all of the great resources Propel has to offer. 

Each session will include a 10 minute presentation on the services and resources at Propel followed by a Q&A. Any attendees who have filled out the Propel Intake Form will have a chance to meet one-on-one with the Business Analyst. Everyone else is free to stay and network with other aspiring entrepreneurs!

Drop-in Propel Info Session

Reading Strategies for International Students Presentation

Event Date: Monday, September 25, 2017

In what ways are textbook and academic readings different from other kinds of reading? How much detail must you read and remember? In this session we'll discuss ways to identify, record and recall key points in academic readings, and we'll help you identify strategies to cope with the large volume of reading at university. Special attention will be given to issues of reading in a second language.

Reading Strategies for International Students Presentation

Annotated Bibliographies

Event Date: Monday, September 25, 2017

Annotated Bibliographies

Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Graduate Seminar Series

Event Date: Monday, September 25, 2017

Dr. Eric Johlin, AMOLF Institutte, will present a seminar titled "Imaging & Optimizing Nanophotonic Interactions".

Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Graduate Seminar Series

International Students-What you Need to Know to Get a Job

Event Date: Monday, September 25, 2017

Learn effective job search skills to find jobs in Canada. Gain insight on Canadian immigration regulations for working on or off campus and starting your career after graduation.

Attendance at this workshop counts towards your Western Co-Curricular Record! Visit http://ift.tt/2cAtfEP

International Students-What you Need to Know to Get a Job

Career Workshop: MOS Internship Program, Resume Workshop

Event Date: Monday, September 25, 2017

Workshop is for "third year students" registered for the MOS Internship Program (main campus, King's, Brescia, and Huron). Visit: http://ift.tt/2f4OZiG  for more.

Career Workshop: MOS Internship Program, Resume Workshop

Recruiter Information Session: Morneau Shepell

Event Date: Monday, September 25, 2017

Morneau Shepell is the only human resources consulting and technology company that takes an integrative approach to employee assistance, health, benefits, and retirement needs. The Company is the leading provider of employee and family assistance programs, the largest administrator of retirement and benefits plans and the largest provider of integrated absence management solutions in Canada.

Target: Actuarial Science and Math undergraduates

Dress Code: Attire for this event is business casual. For a guide on dressing appropriately, see this article from TalentEgg.ca: http://bit.ly/1CH3pYg. Recruiters would like to know your name, please wear your name tag (if you have one)

Registration Instructions: You must register to attend this event. Registration will open on Sept 11, 2017 at 5:30 p.m. Registration closes at 9:00 a.m. on the day of the event. Please note the student registration list for this session could be provided to the visiting recruiter(s) at any time.

Recruiter Information Session: Morneau Shepell

A Federation within a Federation? Lecture by Jerald Sabin

Event Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2017

A Federation within a Federation? Reconciling Indigenous and Westminster Parliamentary Government in Canada's North

Presented by the Department of Political Science

Tuesday, September 26, 2017
SSC 9420 at 10:00 am

Jerald Sabin, PhD

Northern Canada is on the leading edge of political, constitutional, and administrative changes that are fundamentally remaking the relationship between Indigenous peoples and the liberal democratic state. Public territorial and Indigenous governments are using institutions of executive, fiscal, and regulatory federalism to mediate and regularize their intergovernmental relations. This paper argues that two “federations within a federation” are emerging in the Northwest Territories and Yukon – an innovative model that reflects both Canada’s federal traditions and processes of reconciliation.

Dr. Jerald Sabin joined the Department of Political Science as a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in May 2017. He is working with Dr. Chris Alcantara on reconciling liberal democratic practice with systems of Indigenous government in Northern Canada.

A Federation within a Federation? Lecture by Jerald Sabin

Strategies for Psychology 1000 Presentation

Event Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2017

Discover the keys to success in introductory psychology, including working with the textbook and taking effective lecture notes. This presentation also provides tips on how to study for and write exams in this course.

Strategies for Psychology 1000 Presentation

Teaching across Cultures, Languages, and Generations

Event Date: Tuesday, September 26, 2017

What To Do When Your Students Are Not Just Like You: Teaching across Cultures, Languages, and Generations

Professional Development Workshop for Grad Students, presented by the Department of History

Paul Schmidt (Writing Support Centre), Cary Takagaki and Chris White

September 26, 11:30 a.m.

Lawson Hall 2270C

Teaching across Cultures, Languages, and Generations