France
Faculty & Students
- 12 Western faculty members have received graduate or professional degrees from a university in France
- In 2016-17, 11 Western students travelled on exchange to France and 28 students from France came to Western.
- In 2016-17, 2 undergraduate student and 14 graduate students from France attended Western
Publications
Between 2012 and 2016, Western researchers co-authored and published 717 articles, meeting abstracts, reviews, proceeding papers, editorial materials, or book chapters with researchers at French institutions. Top five French institutions with which collaborations occurred:
- Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique CNRS
- University of Nantes Angers Le Mans
- University of Angers
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire D’Angers
- Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
Partner Institutions
- Aix Marseille Université
- ESSEC Business School Group
- ENSEA (École Nationale Supérieure de l’électronique et de ses applications)
- Grenoble École de Management
- Instate D’Études Politiques de Paris
- Institut de Mécanique des Fluides de Toulouse
- Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse
- Institut Polytechnique La Salle Beauvais
- Jean Moulin - Lyon 3 University
- Ontario/Rhone-Alpes (ORA) Exchange Program, consortium between Ontario and French universities
- Relms Management School (Neoma Business School)
- Rouen Business School (Neoma Business School)
- The University of the Mediterranean
- Université de Nice Sophia Antipolis
- University of Paris Diderot
- University of Tours
Alumni
- 101 Western alumni are living in France
Other Connections
- From 1917-1919, the No. 10 Canadian Stationary Hospital staffed by Western faculty members, alumni, students, and London residents, operated in Calais, France and treated more than 16,000 patients.
- Former Western President and Professor Emeritus, Paul Davenport, now lives in Tours, France and continues to teach a cycling course for Kinesiology students in the Loire Valley.
- On November 30, 2015, Western celebrated France Day with a delegation led by Marc Trouyet, Consul General, Consulate General of France in Toronto. The delegation included Scientific and Cultural Attachés along with University Exchange and Cooperation Officers.