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History
Experts available to comment on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation
In 2021, the Government of Canada designated September 30 as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation in direct response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Call to Action #80. Western University has the following experts available to speak on topics...
This Valentine’s Day: Can the heart be mechanically replaced?
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...
Western students unearth 150-year-old headstones at local cemetery
Five Western students working on a tombstone archeology project at Woodland Cemetery have discovered as many as 60 stone markers, some dating back to Canada’s Confederation. “We knew the stones had been placed somewhere near the east part of the cemetery when...
Western researcher and acclaimed Civil War historian wins major book award
The connection between war, society and medicine is and always will be an important and rich field of study for researchers like Shauna Devine. A Visiting Research Fellow at Western University's Schulich School of Medicine and Dentistry and a Civil War and...
Western experts available to speak about First Nations issues
Western University has experts from a wide range of academic disciplines including First Nations Studies, History, Law and Sociology available for interviews.