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By Communications Staff
Thursday, October 15, 2009
October 15, 2009
Where’s the bus?
You
can now track the exact location of city buses through the London Transit
Commission new website. The result: less waiting time at bus stops. The
WebWatch link off the homepage is a new service that
pinpoints the location of buses by GPS using real-time maps and
up-to-the-minute estimated arrival times. For example, select a city bus route,
such as the 6 Richmond, then a location to get aboard. The tool indicates when
the bus will arrive, estimated to the minute. It is particularly helpful in
off-peak periods when the time between buses (and the wait) can be longer. www.ltconline.ca/webwatch/
Under a spotlight
Members of the Senate Standing Committee on Social
Affairs, Science and Technology have held their first hearings for an in-depth
study of post-secondary education in Canada. “Our recent hearings on urban
poverty have shown us that post-secondary education is one of the most
important factors for a more prosperous future for Canadians,” says Committee
Chair Senator Art Eggleton. “Two-thirds of the jobs in the next few years
will require a post-secondary education,” notes Senator Catherine S. Callbeck,
member of the committee, and sponsor of the study in the Senate. “As a committee,
we plan to make recommendations that will have a real impact on the future of
this country.”
Fill the Hill
Organizers expect several busloads of students to travel to Ottawa on Oct. 24 to mark Climate Day. Dubbed “Climate Day: Fill the Hill”, the objective is to promote legislative change on climate change prior to the UN Climate Conference in Copenhagen in December. Those planning to attend are encouraged to visit www.climateday.ca.
Faculty Mentor Program
"Challenges in the Academic Life: Strategies for Successful Coping
and Taking Control" is the topic of a presentation Oct. 16, 2-3:30 p.m.,
Room 122, Weldon Library. Program details and registration available at www.uwo.ca/tsc
Cuba Day features ambassador
Western will be
marking Cuba Day on Oct. 19. The event, sponsored by Vice President (Research)
Ted Hewitt, and the Department of Sociology, will feature a visit from
Cuban Ambassador Teresita Vicente Sotolongo, and the Cuban Consul-General to
Canada Jorge Soberón. The day begins with a roundtable featuring
Cuban researchers at Western (11 am-12:30 pm) followed by a luncheon and
address by the ambassador. At 2:15 pm there will be a lecture by Nelson Valdes,
University of New Mexico, on "Contemporary developments in Cuba." The
following day, Valdes will speak on "What Fidel Castro can teach Max Weber
about Charisma." The public lecture will be held from 12:30-1 p.m. in room
9420 of Social Science Centre.
New website
Robarts Research
Institute has a lively new website. The design features the popular multiple
billboard format that provides rotating dominant images at the top that take
readers immediately to core strengths of the institute.www.robarts.ca
News becomes history
Lovers of newspapers and history are in their
glory as two million digitized pages of 19th
century UK newspapers have gone online. Now where you live will not be an issue
for genealogists,
researchers and academics who can pore over 49 national and regional UK titles
at the click of a button. Organizers offer examples such as first-hand
reporting of the Siege of Paris in The Graphic, the first FA cup match in 1872
or even articles by Dickens and Thackeray. The papers are available at http://newspapers.bl.uk/blcs/.
Movies and Canada
The Retired
Academic Group is tackling the Hollywood North phenomenon Oct. 16 when Film
Studies Chair Chris Gittings will discuss Canadian films. 2.p.m, Huron
University College. www.uworag.com
Exhibition
The Going Back Home exhibition runs Oct. 28-30 at Elborn College, Room
1549. The opening takes place Oct. 28, 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. Through black and white
photographs, the exhibit explores the experiences of Brazilian psychiatric
patients who had been living in confined wards for several decades and finally
were released to their communities after mental health reforms in Brazil in
2001. Information: Lilian Magalhães, 519-661?2111 ext. 80476.
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