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What are students saying about Ontarioā€™s #Bill23? On Friday December 9, @westernsogs organized a large public demonstration on #WesternUā€™s campus as part of our effort to spread community awareness of the Bill and what it means for the housing and climate crises. A recap šŸ§µ Image
If you donā€™t know me, Iā€™m the 1st Sustainability Coordinator at SOGS. I advocate on behalf of grad studentsā€™ environmental rights. Iā€™m the Chair of an advisory committee for the City of London dedicated to environmental stewardship & climate action. Iā€™m also working on a PhD!šŸ¦šŸŖŸ Image
Two weeks ago, @westernsogs endorsed a letter condemning #Bill23 and educating our membership about what is at stake in Ontarioā€™s housing and climate crises. You can read the statement in full here:
sogs.ca/bill-23 Image
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Please encourage newcomers to #WesternU to consider voting in the upcoming #ldnont municipal election. Student turnout for these elections is historically low, yet students will be affected by many decisions to be made by the next local government. Alsoā€¦
westerngazette.ca/news/everythinā€¦
If you wanna get informed about the election, check out accounts like @ThrivingLdnOnt & @london_votes. Watch online recordings of debates hosted by @ULLdn to find out how local candidates stack up on issues. There are good summaries available to make your research really simple!
Electing representatives who follow science and base decisions on evidence is an impactful #climateaction we can easily undertake. @CityofLdnOnt declared a climate emergency, but itā€™s up to the next municipal council to oversee implementation of the Climate Emergency Action Plan
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Popularly regarded as Canadaā€™s first ā€˜noise bandā€™, the Nihilist Spasm Band was established in London, Ontario in 1965. Three band members play various modified instruments in a we
Not dissimilar to From Remote Stars, the band was brought to fruition by Greg Curnoe; he co-founded the Nihilist Spasm Band to produce a soundtrack for his 1965 film, ā€œNo Movieā€.
Their unique sound comes from their handmade instruments and improvisation; the late band member Hugh McIntyre says that their music is loud and that their records ā€œshould be played at [a] high volumeā€.
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ā€œThe only freedoms they care about giving us are the ones you can exercise in a cell... numbers are easier to manage when they donā€™t have their own liberty...ā€

-Harry Wade, expelled from university engineering program for taking a principled stand.

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ā€œWhen you become a number ā€” and we donā€™t have to look that far back to find out what happens when we treated people as numbers ā€” I think weā€™re already there, and thatā€™s the tragedy.ā€ 2/3

ā€œIā€™m inviting people to wake up, and start using your conscience again, and start asking relevant questions, simple as, if your vaccine works, who is in danger? And if your vaccine doesnā€™t work, why do I need it?ā€ 3/3

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Just finished a very intense 3 day @CFREF_APOGEE review of @Brains_CAN. So many positive and interesting discussions, and really good food for thought going forward. The present and future of #neuroscience @WesternU looks very bright to me.
The best part for me was seeing our @BrainsCAN @WesternU community engaging so enthusiastically in the process and really doing the business to show off the fantastic work going on here.
We have been working under extremely challenging conditions for over a year. We're all exhausted. Doing a review over webex is hard. But the brilliance and enthusiasm of our community shone through very clearly.
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What does social disruption and physical distancing mean for our mental health and for our personal safety during the #COVID19 pandemic?

Here's our Q&A with @ccdickey (@schulichmeddent) and Barb MacQuarrie (@learntoendabuse) šŸ‘‡
Thank you to @asksarahdawson and @westernuAlumni for hosting this live #COVID19 Q&A with our #WesternU research experts. #purpleandproud
Dr. Chandlee Dickey (@SchulichMedDent) is an internationally renowned expert in psychiatric education. She's especially focused on #mentalhealth for all and effective ways to stay calm and manage your well-being during these uncertain times. schulich.uwo.ca/psychiatry/peoā€¦ Dr. Chandlee Dickey
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