#Western Ontario University

[quiltofstars]

The Northern Lights at Elginfield Observatory in Ontario, Canada // Katelyn Beecroft

#astronomy #astrophotography #night sky #landscape #beautiful #aurora #aurora borealis #northern lights #observatory #elginfield observatory #middlesex centre #ontario #canada #university of western ontario

[materialsscienceandengineering]

Research revives 1800s photos

Researchers from Western University developed techniques for creating images from old, badly tarnished photographs. These techniques could also be used to study other historic artifacts and fossils and prevent corrosion in modern materials. Chemistry professor Tson-Kong (T.K.) Sham and his colleagues recently confirmed a new synchrotron imaging technique they developed is just as effective for retrieving corroded daguerreotypes—the earliest form of photographs—as a strategy they first reported in 2018 and can also be used no matter how badly damaged the image surface is from natural corrosion or cleaning attempts. The new research, which used beamlines at the Canadian Light Source (CLS) at the University of Saskatchewan, is published in the Journal of Cultural Heritage.

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#Materials Science #Science #Chemistry #Synchrotron #Corrosion #University of Western Ontario

[dreamertrilogys]

they should invent a city driving/train distance from me that has a uni. & they should call it mtl but put it in ontario so i don’t have to pay 2x tuition

#they should invent a queen’s university that isn’t white as fuck. they should invent a western uni that isn’t in mf london ontario. etc #.txt #uni

[allthecanadianpolitics]

A court injunction filed by five Western University students to block the London, Ont., institution's COVID-19 booster shot mandate has been rejected by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, according to court documents.

In a written decision, Justice Kelly Tranquilli stated that as an independent, autonomous, and self-governing institution, Western can govern its affairs separate from the province, and collecting personal health data from staff and students is its way of implementing the vaccination policy.

"The collection of proof of vaccine is how the vaccination policy or mandate is implemented and enforced, this court finds the Policy is the product of Western's broad powers of self-government," she said.

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Tagging: @politicsofcanada

#western university #Covid19 #Ontario #cdnpoli #canada #canadian politics #canadian news #canadian

[alifelearned]

Every April London, Ontario experiences a huge outflux of students as they finish their semesters and head home for the summer break. This always leads to literally TONS of perfectly usable items being trashed when they could otherwise be donated. Living next door to a property where this was a particularly glaring issue, I simply couldn't stand by without acting. Thus over the last 5 years I have found ways to progressively save more and more of these perfectly usable items by bringing them to the thrift store. This year I was successful in bringing 27 loads of reusable items from the students waste straight to charity. Here's hoping I'm even more successful with these waste diversion efforts in future years!

#alifelearned #youtube #vlog #awareness #be the change #london ontario #canada #the probelm #student waste #in canda #video #waste production #waste diversion #uwo #the university of western ontario #thrift #donate #donate if you can #please donate #canadians produce the most waste #garbage #trash #reduce reuse recycle #salvaging #waste issue #food waste #student trash #student garbage #community work #community services

[if68]

LTC

London, Ontario

Canada

#ltc #1960s #streetscape #retro #ontario #canada #london ontario #london #vintage #western university #richmond street #richmond

[arcticdementor]

A Western University social media post supporting the fight against homophobia included an illustration of two women in hijabs about to kiss – sparking a backlash from London’s Muslim community that forced school officials to delete it.

The image, posted on the school’s Instagram account Tuesday to mark the International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia, and Biphobia, was met with a firestorm of criticism from people who were offended by the imagery.

They said the post was “inappropriate” and “disrespectful” because the hijab, an Islamic veil, has religious and spiritual connotations. Wrote one person: “Shame on you Western for such an insulting mockery post to my religion.”

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In response, school officials initially appeared to stand behind the poster, noting they understood “how complex and intersectional this topic is” and that the “imagery may be upsetting to some Muslims.” But on Wednesday, a Western official who oversees equity, diversity and inclusion issued a statement noting the image had been removed.

“We believe this presents an opportunity for genuine, thoughtful discussion about how we can best support members of the Queer Muslim community, and those from all faiths and backgrounds within the 2SLGBTQ+ community,” said Opiyo Oloya.

#heather rivers #london free press #london ontario #western university

[immaculatasknight]

A legal, moral, and ethical obligation to divest

#Canada #London #Ontario #Western University #student activism #Palestine solidarity #encampment #protest #Gaza genocide #disclosure #divestment #boycott #sanction #arms embargo #Israel

[tenth-sentence]

At this time, indications of human genetic sex were beginning to be obtained by using the 1949 discovery of Murray L. Barr, a cytologist at the University of Western Ontario: routine staining revealed a small satellite (eventually called a "Barr body") near the nucleolus in the cells of females but not usually in of males.

"In the Name of Eugenics: Genetics and the Uses of Human Heredity" - Daniel J. Kevles

#book quote #in the name of eugenics #daniel j kevles #nonfiction #genetic sex #chromosomes #40s #1940s #20th century #scientific discovery #murray barr #cytology #university of western ontario #staining #barr body #nucleolus #cells #turner syndrome #karyotype

[canadachronicles]

Adrienne Arsenault always is an inspiration!

Source: CBC's Instagram Page

#Adrienne Arsenault #Huron University College at Western #Huron University College #Huron University #London #Ontario #ON #Canada #Favorite Torontonian #Favorite Ontarian #Favorite Canadian #Favorite Human #Canadian Instagram #Canada Chronicles #Instagram

[materialsscienceandengineering]

New hemp-based biomaterial to help with global microplastic pollution crisis

Plastic is cheap and light, and conceivably recyclable, which makes it an easy choice for packaging when it comes to food and cosmetics. But it's also potentially toxic and biologically harmful, making it a non-starter for many environmentally responsible and socially conscious companies in Canada and around the world.

Western chemistry professor Elizabeth Gillies, mechanical and materials engineering professor Aaron Price and their research teams worked with industry partner CTK Bio Canada to develop a new biodegradable, hemp-based material that could serve as a sustainable substitute for packaging needs for a wide variety of products.

"When it comes to packaging, plastic replaces things like metal and glass. Those are heavy and expensive," said Gillies, who is also the Canada Research Chair in polymeric biomaterials. "Glass recycling is not a very profitable business and while many plastics are potentially recyclable, it often doesn't happen in practice."

This lack of recycling, compounded by a global microplastics pollution crisis, led Gillies and her team to find a degradable 'plastic' to solve the problem, or in this case, a hemp-based product.

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#Materials Science #Science #Biomaterials #Plastics #Polymers #Hemp #Recycling #University of Western Ontario

[allthecanadianpolitics]

Western University is seeking permission from an Ontario court to remove the name of an emeritus history professor from six academic prizes funded by his estate following criticism that he espoused radical, racist views.

Kenneth Hilborn taught history and international relations at the London, Ont., university from 1961 to 1997. After his death in 2013 at age 79, Hilborn's estate bequeathed $1 million to Western, including $750,000 to the history department for four undergraduate and two graduate awards that have been handed out since 2016.

In 2019, scholars began calling on the school to intervene, linking the scholarships with the legitimization of extreme right-wing beliefs by universities.

"He openly opposed the equality of human beings," said Will Langford, who teaches history at Dalhousie University in Halifax.

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#Kenneth Hilborn #western university #Racism #london ontario #cdnpoli #canada #canadian politics #canadian news #canadian

[uwophilosophy]

University of Western Ontario Philosophy Club

For anyone with an interest in philosophy regardless of major. DM or comment to be added to the no-commitment information list as we begin the semester.

#uwo #university of western ontario #western university

[biographyset]

#university of western ontario

[immaculatasknight]

Death in Upper Canada

#Canada #university #COVID #Ontario #mandates #vaccines #coercion #suicide #gender ideology #mental illness #Western University #tyranny #Christianity #resistance #liberty #freedom #wokeism

[mindblowingscience]

Migratory birds that can sense the planet's magnetic field might experience a similar irritation over being micromanaged. Researchers from the University of Western Ontario in Canada and Bowling Green State University in the US have found they can lilterally switch off their neurological navigation aid when no longer in need of it. The research looked at white-throated sparrows (Zonotrichia albicollis) and found that they were able to activate a particular part of their brain when they needed to migrate, and put it back into a dormant mode while resting at stopover points. This 'cluster N' brain region has previously been identified as being important to avian navigation, but it hasn't been clear precisely how it was used across species, or if it activates and deactivates automatically based on daily or seasonal cycles. "This brain region is super important for activating the geomagnetic compass, especially for songbirds when they migrate at night," says psychology graduate student Madeleine Brodbeck from the University of Western Ontario in Canada.

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#science #stem #biology #birds #nature #sparrows #navigation