April 05, 2021 As COVID-19 variants fuel transmission in the region, and with further restrictions expected in Ontario, Western University is moving the majority of in-person classes and final exams online, effective April 5.
March 31, 2021 As the Middlesex-London region moves from orange to red in the face of rising case counts, and with variants of concern making up more than half of Ontario’s new COVID-19 cases, Western University is implementing additional precautionary measures to prevent the spread of the virus.
March 18, 2020 Due to the changing nature and spread of COVID-19, and in an effort to minimize the potential risk to patients in our care, the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry has adopted a new travel policy relating to all Schulich Medicine & Dentistry clinical/dental faculty, staff, and learners and for those who work in a clinical care environment. The policy oversees travel for international residents, fellows, and visitors who are scheduled to come to Western University for training and or guest lectures. It outlines the process for faculty, staff and learners who are not engaged in clinical or dental care or who don’t work in a hospital or clinical environment, or a research lab in a hospital or clinical care environment.
January 06, 2020 “If there is anything I have learned during my life, it’s that relationships matter. As colleagues and leaders our job is to help identify mutual interests, foster collaborations, and forge partnerships,” said Dr. John Yoo. It’s a philosophy that Dr. Yoo will bring with him to his first term as the new dean of Western University’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry.
January 06, 2020 On behalf of Western University's Board of Governors, President Alan Shepard, and the Schulich Medicine & Dentistry Decanal Selection Committee, Andy Hrymak is very pleased to announce that Dr. John Yoo has been appointed as the next Dean of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, beginning May 1, 2020 through June 30, 2025.
February 23, 2019 We are excited to launch our upcoming 2019-2020 Global MINDS Fellowship Program, hosted at Western University! Open to students and recent graduates from all disciplines, across Canada and the world! Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until April 15th, 2019!
Apply now: HERE!
February 22, 2019 We are thrilled to share our annual Global MINDS Newsletter with you! Check out the social innovations our students, faculty and community partners have been co-creating this past year! Want to create disruptive solutions to complex challenges too? Learn about how you can apply to our 2019-20 Fellowship Program! Finally, learn more about the future direction of Global MINDS, and how you can get involved!
November 16, 2018 Global MINDS was happy to be present at Western University's International Week 2018, hosted by Western International from November 12 to 16. Our team presented posters at both the Power & Global Health Day and Africa-Western Collaborations Day. Check out some pictures here!
October 01, 2018 This 2017-18 Global MINDS Fellowship Program team, Team MJR, inspires recovery from serious mental illness through connection and entrepreneurism. Team MJR engages people with lived experience of mental illness through supportive peer-mentoring relationships, and re-ignites their entrepreneurial potential through tangible business supports.
September 12, 2018 Over the past few months, Fellows from the 2017-18 Global MINDS Fellowship Program cohort engaged in a technologically innovative initiative, funded by eCampusOntario, to produce the Global MINDS Fellowship Program Case Exemplar Videos. Case Exemplar Videos capture and package the entire experience of innovation, including the experiential learning opportunities involved in social innovation processes. These videos include first person film of real-time innovation activities, and are supplemented by narratives from our Fellows that showcase reflections and learnings from their journey. The overall objective of these videos is to demonstrate, model and inspire social innovation amongst viewers – from learners, to staff/faculty, to community – and to showcase real, meaningful impact being made now.
Check out Team VisAbility's video here!
August 21, 2018 Over the past year, the 2017-18 Global MINDS Fellows have worked with and supported their Community Partners in Machakos, Kenya to generate, test, evaluate and disseminate disruptive solutions to complex mental health system challenges.
Check out this video to see the exciting accomplishments and progress of our inaugural Global MINDS Fellowship Program!
August 07, 2018 Last month, Global MINDS Director Dr. Arlene MacDougall and Fellow Mentor Dr. Mumbi Chege sat down with CBC's Julianne Hazlewood to discuss the Global MINDS Fellowship Program.
July 26, 2018 We are so proud of our Global MINDS Fellows - Richelle Bird, Robyn Masters and Michelle Quaye - for their incredible and inspiring presentation representing Western University at the World's Challenge Challenge! Thank you for sharing your passion and vision with the world - we can't wait to see where you will take it next!
Congratulations to the 2018 winners - Nick White, Rebecca Good and Carolyn Ding- from The University of Otago.
May 25, 2018 As we previously reported, three of our 2017-18 Global MINDS Fellows – Michelle Quaye, Richelle Bird and Robyn Masters – placed first at Western University’s World Challenge Challenge and are now advancing to compete in the International World's Challenge Challenge on June 7th. Please consider attending what is sure to be a fantastic event to support our Fellows!
May 23, 2018 VisAbility Kenya, a team of our 2017-18 Global MINDS Fellowship Program cohort, is recruiting a Western University student to help manage its social media accounts.
May 15, 2018 In a piece for the Canadian Coalition for Global Health Research (CCGHR) blog series, Global MINDS Fellow Stephanie Huff shares her experience at the 5th Annual CCGHR Student Global Health Forum and how it helped contextualize her experience in the 2017-18 Global MINDS Fellowship Program.
April 20, 2018 Stephanie Huff is a PhD candidate in occupational science, within the faculty of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at Western University. In this blog post, Huff shares learnings from her experience as a Global MINDS Fellow.
February 05, 2018 Are you interested in helping create an inclusive community that supports mental health and wellness? Do you want to be a leader in your community and act as an agent of positive social change? Team VisAbility is recruiting student volunteers to be champions of mental health and lead community activities that promote mental health education and fun all at the same time!
January 31, 2018 Eshan Shah is a graduate of the Global Health Systems in Africa specialization of the Master of Management in Applied Sciences at Western University. In this blog post, he reflects on his experience in our graduate seminar course "Global Mental Health System Innovation".
January 18, 2018 Christine Park is a Postgraduate Research Assistant in the Biology Department at Western University. In this blog post, Park reflects on her experience as part of the Global Mental Health System Innovation graduate seminar course.
December 20, 2017 As we previously reported, three of our 2017 Global MINDS Fellows – Michelle Quaye, Richelle Bird and Robyn Masters – placed first at Western University’s World Challenge Challenge last month. CTV London aired a segment about their win and included footage from this past Summer Institute.
December 05, 2017 Tanya Benjamin is a third year PhD Candidate in the Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, field of Occupational Science, at Western University. In this post, Tanya discusses her vision for an occupational just society, where all individuals have opportunities for meaningful occupational participation.
November 30, 2017 Three of our Global MINDS Fellows, Richelle Bird, Robyn Masters and Michelle Quaye, placed first in the local final of the Western World’s Challenge Challenge, held as part of International Week celebrations.
November 29, 2017 Paula Njeru is a final year medical student at Kenyatta University in Kenya. In this blog post, Njeru reflects on her experience attending the Summer Institute 2018.
November 13, 2017 Global MINDS is excited to be participating in the Africa-Western Collaboration Day, which is being held on Wednesday, November 15 from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. in the Atrium of the International and Graduate Affairs Building.
October 19, 2017 Welcome to the inaugural issue of the Global MINDS Annual Newsletter! We are excited to share and celebrate with you what we have achieved this year!
October 13, 2017 Dr. Arlene MacDougall believes that through means of social innovation and transdisciplinary approaches meaningful solutions can be developed to address the rising global burden of mental disorders.
October 12, 2017 Jessica Carswell is a fourth year undergraduate student completing her honours specialization in Psychology at Western University. In this post, Carswell reflects on her journey throughout the Global MINDS Fellowship Program and what it has taught her about how to affect positive social change and significantly impact global health.
September 10, 2017 Richelle Bird is a School and Child Psychology PhD student at Western University. Bird reflects on the African term "ubuntu", and how it has shaped her understandings of her experience during the Global MINDS Fellowship Program.
July 20, 2017 Jessica Carswell is an upper year undergraduate student in Psychology at Western University. Home from Machakos, Kenya where she spent two weeks with the Global MINDS Summer Institute, she discusses how the opportunity encouraged her to take more chances, expanded her cultural and clinical understanding of mental health and gave her the practical skill-set to start making a difference in her professional and academic work.
July 20, 2017 Richelle Bird is a School and Child Psychology PhD student at Western University. Bird discusses how her time in Kenya helped her to better understand the stigma of mental health, the extensive complexity of mental issues globally and how these experiences will serve to enrich her academic and professional work.
July 20, 2017 Stephanie Huff is a second-year PhD student in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at Western University. Huff discusses how her experiences at the Global MINDS Summer Institute showed her the power of transdisciplinary and intercultural approaches to problem solving and inspired her to collect data from East Africa for her dissertation research.
July 20, 2017 Stephanie Huff is a second-year PhD student in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at Western University. Huff was drawn to the Global MINDS Summer Institute because of her interest in gaining practical experience in mental health initiatives in a global context.
Huff discusses how her experiences at the Global MINDS Summer Institute showed her the power of transdisciplinary and intercultural approaches to problem solving and inspired her to collect data from East Africa for her dissertation research.
July 19, 2017 Brianna Jackson recently completed a bachelor’s degree in science in Nursing at Western University and is pursuing a master of science in Nursing at Western University in the Fall. Jackson applied for the Global MINDS Summer Institute to build on her previous experiences in global advocacy work in Tanzania by continuing to improve the well-being of vulnerable communities in Kenya.
Jackson discusses how her experiences at the Global MINDS Summer Institute profoundly shaped her passion for social innovation and global mental health initiatives and instilled in her the importance of listening to the insights of community members.
July 18, 2017 Tanya E. Benjamin is completing the second year of her PhD in Health and Rehabilitation Sciences at Western University. Benjamin was drawn to the Global MINDS Summer Institute by the opportunity to explore innovative ideas to tackle mental health problems and to work with marginalized communities to improve their well-being.
Benjamin describes how her time in Kenya showed her the immense potential of international collaboration for social change and instilled in her an appreciation for the power of team work.
June 09, 2017 As one of the first students to embark on the Global MINDS Summer Institute, Jayme Bridge, a fourth year undergraduate Faculty of Information and Media Studies student and soon to be Western University alumni, says the two weeks she spent in Machakos, Kenya were impactful and inspiring. Bridge is now looking for ways to continue working with marginalized populations
June 01, 2017 Gunjan Mhapankar has a deep interest in international development projects. Having just completed her first year of the Doctor of Medicine Program at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry, Mhapankar is passionate about using her skills to instill positive changes to the mental health system and create positive, long-term outcomes for those affected by mental illness. She is channeling this passion into her Global Minds Summer Institute experience and spending three weeks in Kenya working with a team of students and faculty from Western University and Kenya.
May 26, 2017 Working to innovate new mental health solutions, Michelle Quaye, a member of the Schulich Medicine Class of 2020, aims to use her experience with the Global MINDS Summer Institute in Kenya to inform her future practise as a physician. As a way of applying her learnings back home in Canada, Quaye hopes to identify if there are any similarities between the Kenyan and Canadian mental health care systems.
May 22, 2017 Congratulations to Michelle Quaye and Gunjan Mhapankar, Medicine Class of 2020, on being chosen as two of the 10 Western University students taking part in the first ever Global MINDS Summer Institute in Machakos Town, Kenya.
