COVID-19 has dramatically disrupted how courts conduct business – and now a new Western University-led research project will study the pandemic’s profound effect on people involved with Ontario’s family justice system. “The pandemic has forced courts and professionals...
Research & Innovation
How do social media and loss of sleep affect young people’s mental health?
How exactly does sleep influence mental health and how does social media play a role? Researchers at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry are working to understand the relationship in two recently published papers.
Northern Tornadoes Project verifies 77 tornadoes in Canada for 2020
Northern Tornadoes Project verified 77 tornadoes across Canada in 2020, increasing the verified count by a remarkable 166 per cent using advanced methods.
Expansion of parental benefits saved marriages
An expansion of parental benefits in Quebec 15 years ago revolutionized the province’s labour force – the intended outcome – but it also saved some marriages, a Western study has found. Using Statistics Canada data, sociology professor Rachel Margolis and her...
New research underscores the importance of the measles vaccine
As vaccines for COVID-19 begin to be distributed across the globe this week, new research from Western University underscores the importance of vaccination against the measles virus, another pathogen that has caused numerous outbreaks in the recent past as well....
Age of oldest child key to unlocking immigration mobility within Canada
With Canada moving to welcome more immigrants, and communities hoping to retain these new workers rather than see them move on, a Western University study reports that the age of a family’s eldest child is a key factor. Canada’s plan to support economic recovery from...
Molecule found in green tea may block negative effects of chronic cannabis use
Since the legalization of medical and recreational cannabis in Canada, experts have sounded the alarm on the negative effects of THC on adolescents’ developing brains. This main psychoactive ingredient in cannabis can have long-term cognitive and behavioural effects...
No pain, no gain for knee osteoarthritis
In the late 1970s, Jamie O’Donnell deked and dangled on the ice for the Mitchell Hawks. Big goals, big games: he has no trouble remembering his junior hockey glory days. But if he ever does, his knees won’t let him forget. O’Donnell, now 62, is not alone in his pain....
Vaccine and cure remain focus on World AIDS Day
Jimmy Dikeakos, PhD, understands why virologists like himself quickly pivoted their focus to COVID-19 when the global pandemic struck earlier this year: Vaccines and treatments were needed and the international research community responded. The issue, he said, is that...
Western student first to spot asteroid speeding past Earth
For as long as he can remember, Cole Gregg has been interested in space. Last week, the Western University graduate astronomy student had a night he’ll never forget as he spotted a previously undiscovered asteroid flashing through the night sky. Studying at home due...
Liver cancer ten times more likely in men with common genetic disorder haemochromatosis
Men who have haemochromatosis, one of the most common genetic disorders in North America, are ten times more likely to develop liver cancer, according to a new study. Led by a team at the University of Exeter in collaboration with Dr. Paul Adams from Western...
New interactive dashboard tracks COVID-19 cases in Ontario schools
An expert in global education, Prachi Srivastava investigates international development and equity in schools. She recently led a high-level policy brief for the T20 Task Force on the pandemic, which informed G20 world leaders, but her latest project is focused much...