Our college system is in crisis. As the Conservative government refuses to act, our communities pay the price. A substantial, permanent increase in operating grants is the only thing that will stabilize the sector and protect our economy. #OnPSE #onpoli
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"Childhood is sacred, children carry a quiet wisdom we too often miss, and the greatest gift we can offer is our presence."
- Dr. Jillian Roberts
This #CanadaDay, why not commit to learning more about our nation from some of Canada's leading scholars?
A woman cycling and smiling on a sunny day
First big ride of the season: Forest City Cycling Challenge.
Photo credit Bob Gentile
Aging isn’t a disease—it’s a journey. #WesternU researchers say we should focus on health span, not just lifespan, by optimizing how we age through connection, movement and mindset.
Read more in the @westernualumni.bsky.social Magazine: buff.ly/r2Ao3XI
Cover of the Handbook of Social Psychology 6th edition 2025
Since 1954, "The Handbook of Social Psychology" has been the field’s most authoritative reference work, and today is the launch of the 6th edition with 50 new chapters by 100 leading scholars. Best news? The HSP is now an open-access public resource—free to read, download, and share. the-hsp.com
- I want things to be different - *smashes everything* - oh no
I think about this comic at least once a week
You are not, under any circumstances, to use AI programs such as ChatGPT to author your work. The point of the work in this class is for you to learn how to think and write about the material we are learning, not how to use a computer program to mimic what it thinks is scientific writing. Your brain is the product of billions of years of physical and chemical processes occurring in the universe that we have yet to begin to grasp. Among the billions and billions of stars in the universe and billions and billions of planets orbiting those stars, it is unique to you and only you. I want to know what it thinks about the topics we are studying, I want to hear about your thoughts in your voice. If I want to know what a computer program has to say, with its extreme limitations in understanding, processing, and describing the world around it, I would ask it.
This is what I put in my syllabus. Best I can do for now.
I got the best teaching evals of my career for a large course last semester— along with three teaching awards— after rebuilding my intro class around in-class handwritten essays. I simply do not believe that this is unsolvable or that students don't care about actually learning to do their work.
