Tag: King’s University College
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Islamophobia affecting mental health of London youth: Researcher
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Incidents of Islamophobia are commonplace in the London region, leading to lasting negative impacts on the mental health of the community, including its youth, a King’s University College researcher says. “In Ontario there has been an increase in Islamophobia (incidents) of 250 per cent from 2012 to 2016,” said Siham Elkassem, a Muslim professor, social…
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King’s university students step out of classroom, onto battlefields of Europe
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‘The war was a very small part of their story. They also had their careers and their lives.’
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Local university students profile soldiers who fought at Dieppe, Normandy
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History students in a London university class are profiling soldiers who took part in both the Dieppe raid and the D-Day invasion during the Second World War for a Juno Beach Centre exhibit marking the raid’s 80th anniversary.
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3% dip in Western University applicants ‘not unusual’: Official
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Applications from high school students to attend Western University this fall fell slightly, even as those applications increased at almost all other universities in Ontario.
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Q+A: First Indigenous co-ordinator at Western University’s affiliate colleges
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The grandson of Walpole Island’s first graduate of Huron University College, Sean Hoogterp now has the job of overseeing Indigenous initiatives at that school and Brescia and King’s university colleges.
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University, school board helping parents cope with COVID burdens
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Isolation. Anxiety. And lots and lots of guilt. With the COVID-19 pandemic taking a heavy toll on many parents, King’s University College and Thames Valley District school board are teaming up to help. The university is offering virtual help to parents “managing stress, anxiety and burnout,” said Emily Corrothers, a campus and community social worker.…
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University social work students offer free counselling to local families
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A free virtual counselling program run by social work students at King’s University College has opened to parents and caregivers at all schools in the Thames Valley area after a successful rollout at a handful of schools. The Students Assisting Families Electronically (SAFE) program will also add free webinars, podcasts and online workshops in the…
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King’s University College sets $1M fund for in-house research projects
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King’s University College announced $1 million in research grants Wednesday that it says will fund projects that align “with their mission as a liberal arts college.”