Brazil

Faculty & Students

13 Western faculty members have received graduate or professional degrees from a university in Brazil
In 2015-16, 1 undergraduate student and 28 graduate students from Brazil attended Western.

Publications

Between 2012 and 2016, Western researchers co-authored and published 278 articles, meeting abstracts, reviews, proceeding papers, editorial materials, or book chapters with researchers at Brazilian institutions. Top five institutions with which collaborations occurred:

Universidade de São Paulo

Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais

Universidade Federal de São Paulo UNIFESP

Universidade Estadual de Campinas

Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro

Partner Institutions

Escola de Administraçao de Empresas de Sao Paulo da Fundaçao Getulio Vargas
Federal University of Pernambuco
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro
Federal University of Santa Catarina
National Institute for Space Research
Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
Universidade Estadual de Campinas
Universidade Federal da Bahia
University of São Paulo

Alumni

Approximately 40 Western alumni are living in Brazil

Other Connections

Western Sociology professor Ted Hewitt is the Canadian co-chair of the Canada Brazil Joint Committee for Cooperation on Science, Technology and Innovation, a member of the board of the Brazil-Canada Chamber of Commerce, and was named commander of the Order of Rio Branco by Brazil’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 2002.
Schulich Dentistry’s Dr. Walter Siqueira has collaborated with multiple institutions in his home country of Brazil. He accepts many students from Brazil through the RISE Globalink Research Internship Program.