Media Relations http://mediarelations.uwo.ca Western Media Relations acts as a link between the University and local, national and international media. Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:54:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.19 Experts available on Liberal national convention and federal by-elections http://mediarelations.uwo.ca/2026/04/10/liberal-national-convention-federal-by-elections/ Fri, 10 Apr 2026 19:54:13 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10715 The federal Liberals are holding a national convention in Montreal this weekend as three byelections are set to take place Monday. The developments coincide with Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu crossing the floor to join the Liberals, adding to a busy stretch in federal politics. 

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]]> The federal Liberals are holding a national convention in Montreal this weekend as three byelections are set to take place Monday. The developments coincide with Conservative MP Marilyn Gladu crossing the floor to join the Liberals, adding to a busy stretch in federal politics.

The following experts from Western University are available for interviews:

Laura Stephenson
Professor and Chair, Political Science
•     Political behaviour
•     Elections
•     Public opinion
•     Democratic engagement

Mathieu Turgeon
Professor, Political Science
•     Political behaviour
•     Elections
•     Public opinion
•     Political psychology
•     Political participation

Sam Routley
PhD Candidate, Political Science
•     Canadian politics
•     Political culture and Conservatism
•     Political leadership

Noah Vanderhoeven
PhD Candidate, Political Science
•     Political psychology
•     Gender politics
•     Sports and politics

For additional topics and experts please visit our Find an Expert page: https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/find-an-expert/

Expert commentary reflects the perspective and scholarly interest of Western faculty members and is not an articulation of official university policy on issues being addressed.

MEDIA CONTACT: Jeff Renaud, Media Relations Consultant, 519-520-7281 (mobile), jrenaud9@uwo.ca

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]]> Canadian scientists on the cusp of a cure for HIV | Toronto Star https://www.thestar.com/life/health-wellness/local-scientists-say-theyre-on-the-cusp-of-a-made-in-canada-hiv-cure--priced-to-be-accessible-to-all/article_9d802360-cc4c-4e39-a97f-46649f3f102e.html Fri, 10 Apr 2026 16:55:03 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10710 The post Canadian scientists on the cusp of a cure for HIV | Toronto Star appeared first on Media Relations.

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]]> Expert insight: How the Artemis II crew learned to see the Moon like geologists https://news.westernu.ca/2026/04/artemis-ii-moon-geology-training/ Thu, 09 Apr 2026 19:55:27 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10701 Western professor Gordon Osinski helped train astronauts to understand the surface of the Moon

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]]> Vegetative patients may be more aware than we knew | The New York Times Magazine https://www.nytimes.com/2026/04/09/magazine/vegetative-states-conscious-aware.html Thu, 09 Apr 2026 16:55:57 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10712 The post Vegetative patients may be more aware than we knew | The New York Times Magazine appeared first on Media Relations.

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]]> Greg Thorn: The mycologist on how two chance discoveries reveal how little we know about fungi | Canadian Geographic https://www.pressreader.com/canada/canadian-geographic/20260406/page/15 Mon, 06 Apr 2026 16:52:30 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10708 The post Greg Thorn: The mycologist on how two chance discoveries reveal how little we know about fungi | Canadian Geographic appeared first on Media Relations.

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]]> Experts available on Artemis II’s historic lunar mission http://mediarelations.uwo.ca/2026/04/06/artemis-ii-lunar-flyby/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 15:28:30 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10698 Artemis II astronauts will eclipse the Apollo 13 mission, going beyond 248,655 miles from Earth, on Monday, April 6.

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]]> Artemis II astronauts, including Jeremy Hansen from the Canadian Space Agency, are expected to make an historic moon flyby today.

The following experts are available to media for comment on eclipsing the Apollo 13 mission, going beyond 248,655 miles (400,171 kilometres) from Earth, and what’s still to come for humanity’s return to the Moon.

Peter Brown
Professor, Faculty of Science
• Space surveillance
• Meteorite origins and cosmochemistry
• Meteoroid impact effects on planetary atmospheres and surfaces

Sarah Gallagher
Director, Institute for Earth and Space Exploration and Professor, Faculty of Science
Former Science Advisor to the President of the Canadian Space Agency (2018-2022)
• Space governance and policy
• Extragalactic astrophysics, including galaxies, quasars and supermassive black holes
• Philosophy of astrophysics

Catherine Neish
Associate Professor, Faculty of Science
Co-Investigator, NASA Dragonfly
• Lunar exploration
• Orbital radar observations of planetary surfaces
• Impact cratering

Valerie Oosterveld
Professor, Faculty of Law
• Space law
• Space mining
• State responsibility in space
• Armed conflict in space

Gordon Osinksi
Professor, Faculty of Science
Member of the first Artemis Lunar Surface Science Team
• Lunar exploration
• Planetary geology
• Astrobiology
• Economic geology
• Impact cratering

Philip Stooke
Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Social Science
• History of lunar exploration

For additional topics and experts please visit our Find an Expert page: https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/find-an-expert/

Expert commentary reflects the perspective and scholarly interest of Western faculty members and is not an articulation of official university policy on issues being addressed.

MEDIA CONTACT: Jeff Renaud, Media Relations Consultant, 519-520-7281 (mobile), jrenaud9@uwo.ca

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]]> Expert insight: Western prof witnesses historic Artemis II liftoff https://news.westernu.ca/2026/04/artemis-ii-launch-western-professor-historic-liftoff/ Thu, 02 Apr 2026 22:57:20 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10696 Earth sciences professor Gordon ‘Oz’ Osinski reflects on 'thrilling, but stressful' launch of Artemis II

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]]> Western reshapes children’s hearing care with custom AI-driven earmolds https://news.westernu.ca/2026/04/ai-custom-earmolds-children-hearing-aids/#new_tab Thu, 02 Apr 2026 19:11:30 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10694 The post Western reshapes children’s hearing care with custom AI-driven earmolds appeared first on Media Relations.

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]]> Your brain after two weeks without an iPhone | CNN’s the Whole Story https://www.tiktok.com/@cnn/video/7624172284323843342 Thu, 02 Apr 2026 16:51:25 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10707 The post Your brain after two weeks without an iPhone | CNN’s the Whole Story appeared first on Media Relations.

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