Western University has the following experts available to media on a number of topics including Poland shooting down alleged Russian drones, a possible recession in Canada and the U.S., tariffs on electric vehicles from China and online violence in relation to the documentary, Unknown. Number.
Drones over Poland
Russian drones allegedly entered Poland airspace, a NATO partner.
Oleksa Drachewych
Assistant Professor, History
Areas of expertise: War in Ukraine, Russian foreign policy, Russian politics and interests, Russian relations with NATO.
Recession fears
Former Bank of Canada governor Stephen Poloz said Canada and the U.S. are headed towards a recession.
Cristián Bravo
Associate Professor, Statistical and Actuarial Sciences; Canada Research Chair in Banking and Insurance Analytics
Areas of expertise: Bank of Canada, BoC interest rate strategy, banking and financial institutions, credit scoring and credit risk, profit-driven business analytics.
Ending tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles
Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald says a decision to scrap tariffs on EVs from China is under review.
Gal Raz
Associate Professor, Ivey Business School
Areas of expertise: EV industry in Canada, supply chain management, supply chain contracting, environmental regulation.
“Unknown Number” and cyberbullying
The popularity of the Netflix documentary is raising questions about young people’s online interactions.
Kaitlynn Mendes
Professor, Sociology; Canada Research Chair in Inequality and Gender
Areas of expertise: Social media and online harms, tech-facilitated sexual violence, use of technology in harassment and bullying of youth, youth online violence.
For additional topics and experts please visit our Find an Expert page: https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/find-an-expert/
MEDIA CONTACTS: Justin Zadorsky, Media Relations Officer, Western University, 226.377.1673 (mobile), jzadorsk@uwo.ca.
