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Paralympic expert available to media to comment on 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games
March 8, 2018
On the eve of the PyeongChang Paralympic Winter Games, Laura Misener, Acting Director of Western University’s School of Kinesiology, is available to discuss the social impact of sports and major…
Major media coverage for International Centre for Olympic Studies
February 26, 2018
Michael Heine, Director of Western’s International Centre for Olympic Studies, was an influential voice over the past few weeks as a nation celebrated Canada’s success at the Winter Olympics in…
This Valentine’s Day: Can the heart be mechanically replaced?
February 12, 2018
Western University Professor Shelley McKellar explores the history of artificial hearts in new book William Schroeder lived for 620 days after his diseased heart was removed from his chest and…
Rate of earthquakes depends on volume of fluids in hydraulic fracturing operations – but the magnitude of the largest possible events does not
February 8, 2018
New findings published by the high impact journal Science show that the rate in which earthquakes are triggered or induced by fracking depends on the volume of the hydraulic fracturing…
Bone and Joint expert finds physiotherapy moves Canada during cross-country investigation
February 7, 2018
Dave Walton, considered one of Canada’s foremost authorities on musculoskeletal trauma and rehabilitation, traveled more than 12,000 kilometres this past summer in an effort to better understand how physiotherapists were…
Olympic expert available to media to comment on 2018 PyeongChang Winter Games
February 1, 2018
With the PyeongChang Olympic Winter Games just one week away, the director of Western University’s International Centre for Olympic Studies (ICOS) is available to discuss socio-cultural issues such as politics,…
Western scientists believe bright fireball event near Grand Bend dropped meteorites
January 26, 2018
A network of cameras directed by Western University observed a bright fireball across southern Ontario at 7:23 p.m. on Wednesday, January 24. Analysis of the video data by Western scientists…
The Donald Trump presidency – Analysis from Western University experts
January 18, 2017
Friday’s inauguration of US president-elect Donald Trump marks the start of a new American reality that will shape that nation’s political, economic and social discourse. The official beginning of Republican governance,…
Western University expert concerned about recommended legal age for smoking marijuana
December 14, 2016
The Task Force on Cannabis Legalization and Regulation, a body set up by the federal government, released a set of recommendations this week on how marijuana should be regulated in…
Western planetary scientist readies for Mars mission with exciting new surface images
December 1, 2016
The Mars Camera, officially known as CaSSIS (Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System), aboard the European Space Agency‘s ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter (TGO) captured its first high resolution images of…
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