The federal and provincial governments tabled their 2023–24 budgets in the past two weeks. From financial assistance changes to new work placement support, here’s what the budgets have for university students.
Lily Cho has been appointed the vice-provost and associate vice-president international — a new position at Western. She will be charged with growing international student enrolment and expanding global partnerships.
The Office of the Registrar recently informed several faculties there may be a shortage of Scantron forms for the April exam period. Western’s two largest faculties — Social Science and Science — said they are not concerned and have other solutions to conduct multiple choice exams if needed.
Western announced new bursaries, support services and subsidized housing for graduate students, including pausing the conversion of Bayfield Hall into a first year residence.
With the use of the ChatGPT on the rise, professors across faculties have plans for how they will adapt their courses to deal with students using the AI co-pilot.
Following the Muslim Students’ Association’s advocacy efforts, the Ivey School of Business announced a new Muslim prayer space pilot project, running for the rest of the academic year.
Ontario universities’ and colleges’ tuition will remain frozen for the upcoming school year, but out-of-province Western students will see tuition increase by more than 10 per cent.
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President Alan Shepard said Western will not renegotiate salaries with the faculty union until all legal appeals on Bill 124 — legislation that capped faculty salaries but was ruled unconstitutional last year — are exhausted.
A three-year $500,000 emergency and needs-based bursary for graduate students was announced at Thursday’s Senate meeting.
Western Engineering students can vote Thursday and Friday on whether to levy a $75 per-student annual fee over 10 years to create student space in a proposed engineering building.
Western’s Senate voted Thursday to make Sept. 30, National Truth and Reconciliation Day, a non-instructional day for the university.
Western president Alan Shepard said low COVID-19 rates in the university's wastewater, in addition to the announcement from the province, prompted lifting the mask mandate this month.
A demonstration organized by the teaching assistant union to advocate for higher wages for graduate student TAs took place on UC Hill Tuesday, attracting nearly 100 attendees.
A two-year, independent investigation into the namesake of King’s University College’s Jean Vanier Research Centre reported he sexually abused at least 25 women over seven decades. The report comes three years after an internal investigation by Vanier’s charity found he abused six women.
Former Ontario Deputy Premier and Western alum Christine Elliott will be joining the university as a distinguished leader in residence at Western Law, and will serve as an advisor to president Shepard on the university’s mental health and wellness strategy.
Western’s main campus saw a 2.9 per cent increase in Undergraduate 101 applications from Ontario secondary schools, recovering after a significant drop last year.
Western’s Office of the Ombudsperson met with 1,120 students in the 2021-22 school year. The office’s annual report said COVID-19 brought “unique issues” regarding the two-dose vaccine mandate.
