With the campaign for the 43rd Canadian federal election set to begin, the following political experts from Western University are available to speak with the media. Robert (Bob) Andersen, Dean, Faculty of Social Science, 519-661-2053, [email protected] Areas of...
With news breaking that the head of Japan's Olympic Committee is being formally investigated in France for alleged corruption in the awarding of the 2020 Games to Tokyo, Michael Heine, the director of Western University’s International Centre for Olympic Studies...
With cannabis officially legal in Canada today the following multidisciplinary experts from Western University are available to speak with the media. Liliana Alvarez Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences 519 661-2111, ext. 88957, [email protected] Areas of...
A newly published article in the prestigious New England Journal of Medicine raises ethical questions and challenges for organ donation in cases where a patient has elected Medical Assistance in Dying (MAID), also known as voluntary euthanasia. Written by Dr. Ian Ball...
Norma Coates, associate professor in Western University’s Don Wright Faculty of Music, is available today to discuss the legacy of singer Aretha Franklin, who died at the age of 76. “There can be no argument that Aretha Franklin was the great singer of the postwar...
Gordon “Oz” Osinski, Director of Western University’s Centre for Planetary Science and Exploration (CPSX), is available to comment on today’s historic announcement that a team of European scientists is claiming evidence of liquid water on Mars buried beneath a glacier...
With the 42nd Ontario general election set for June 7th, the following political experts from Western University are available to speak with the media. Cameron Anderson Associate Professor, Department of Political Science Co-Director, Political Behaviour Research...
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 sporting events, disability sport, legacy of events, physical activity...
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 PyeongChang, South Korea. Serving as an academic expert for a number of...
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 replaced with an artificial heart. In the first moments after he emerged...
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 operations. But the magnitude of the triggered events is not capped - contrary to a...
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 rehabilitating injured Canadians and amplifying...
