Next week thousands of students across Ontario will head back to school, a time that can be both exciting and challenging for many families. Western University has the following experts available to comment on topics related to the transition back to school. Barbara...
Ukrainians mark Independence Day on Wednesday, Aug. 24, which is also the six-month anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Western University has the following experts available to speak on a range of topics related to the war. Oleksa Drachewych Associate...
Recently, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature added the migratory monarch butterflies to its Red List of Threatened Species. Western University has the following experts who can comment on the decline of monarch butterflies: Jeremy McNeil Professor,...
Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine has been approved by Health Canada for children under five, the first vaccine approved for that age group in Canada. Western University has the following experts available to comment: Dr. Michelle Barton-Forbes Associate Professor, Schulich...
World Refugee Day, an international day designated by the United Nations (UN), will be marked this year on Monday, June 20, and comes at a time when the world is seeing record numbers of people displaced from their home countries as a result of war and conflict....
Monkeypox cases are being reported in Quebec, Ontario, Alberta, and British Colombia. Dr. Sameer Elsayed is an infectious diseases physician and professor in the Departments of Medicine, Pathology & Laboratory Medicine, and Epidemiology & Biostatistics at...
As Finland and Sweden both now formally asked to join the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and much emphasis tp-date has been placed on Russia’s anti-NATO position and the goals of the United States. However, as Western University and King’s University...
Leading up to Ontario’s provincial election on June 2, the following experts from Western University are available to speak to media on a wide range of topics including voting attitudes, health policy, COVID-19 response, economy and finance, housing and public...
The second set of data from Canada’s 2021 census is promising to show fascinating population trends. Michael Haan, director of the Statistics Canada Research Data Centre at Western University, is available for comment following Wednesday’s release from Statistics...
Economic analysts expect the Bank of Canada to announce a significant interest rate increase today in an attempt to ease inflation and provide some relief to the soaring housing market. Economist and Western University expert Mike Moffatt is available to comment. He...
The Federal Budget is set to be released on April 7. Western University experts are available to media on a wide variety of topics related to the budget including a National Dental Care Program, climate spending, military spending and budget development. Tima Bansal...
Western University experts are leading two panel discussions on Friday, March 25, about the ramifications and issues brought up during the trucker convoys and rolling blockades. (https://news.westernu.ca/2022/03/trucker-protest-forum/) The following experts are among...
