Media Relations http://mediarelations.uwo.ca Western Media Relations acts as a link between the University and local, national and international media. Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:33:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.21 Ebola outbreak in Congo deemed fastest-spreading on record | CBC The National https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.7305472#new_tab Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:33:47 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10978 The post Ebola outbreak in Congo deemed fastest-spreading on record | CBC The National appeared first on Media Relations.

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]]> Has there been an increase in big earthquakes worldwide this year? | Global News https://globalnews.ca/news/12023905/earthquakes-intensity-2026/#new_tab Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:25:46 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10975 The post Has there been an increase in big earthquakes worldwide this year? | Global News appeared first on Media Relations.

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]]> Canadian businesses feel pain and fear of U.S. tariff threat despite Trump’s three-day pause | Toronto Star https://www.thestar.com/business/trumps-new-50-per-cent-tariff-already-hurting-canadian-businesses--before-it-takes-effect/article_2a59993a-7fc9-4895-818b-7b12498c5c25.html#new_tab Mon, 24 Aug 2026 15:19:54 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10971 The post Canadian businesses feel pain and fear of U.S. tariff threat despite Trump’s three-day pause | Toronto Star appeared first on Media Relations.

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]]> Experts available on October municipal elections http://mediarelations.uwo.ca/2026/08/21/municipal-election-experts-western-university/ Fri, 21 Aug 2026 11:00:33 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10967 Local government, AI data centres, cost of living, voting security and more

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]]> Voters head to the polls in municipal elections on Oct. 17 in British Columbia and Oct. 26 in Ontario.

Western University has experts available to comment on local government, various topics of concern for voters, the security of electronic voting and more.

Local government  

Joseph Lyons
Assistant Professor, Political Science; Director, Local Government Program

  • Local government
  • Multilevel governance
  • Special purpose bodies

Zack Taylor
Associate Professor, Cross-Appointed, Political Science and Geography & Environment (previously worked as an urban planner)

  • Municipal campaigns and elections
  • Local public finance
  • Political geography
  • Immigration policy and politics

AI and data centres

Mark Daley
Chief AI Officer; Professor, Computer Science

  • AI data centres
  • Regulation of AI
  • Responsible use of AI

Joanna Redden
Associate Professor, Faculty of Information & Media Studies

  • AI and datafication
  • Government use of AI
  • Political implications of AI
  • Data harms

Cost of living

Danielle Battram
Associate Professor, Director, Brescia School of Food and Nutritional Sciences; registered dietitian

  • Cost of living
  • Household economics
  • Food behaviours and practices

Peggy O’Neil
Assistant Professor, Brescia School of Food and Nutritional Sciences

  • Cost of living
  • Health policy
  • Food systems
  • School nutrition programs
  • Housing and homelessness

Abe Oudshoorn
Associate Professor, Nursing; member of the Centre for Research on Health Equity and Social Inclusion

  • Homelessness
  • Housing
  • Poverty
  • Community health

Transportation 

Jinhyung Lee
Associate Professor, Geography & Environment

  • Public transportation
  • Intersection of public transportation and climate change
  • Climate resilience and social equity in urban transportation

Demographics 

Kate Choi
Associate Professor, Sociology; Director, Centre for Research on Social Inequality

  • Housing
  • Immigration
  • Population aging
  • Family policy

Michael Haan
Associate Professor, Sociology; Director, Statistics Canada Research Data Centre at Western

  • Demographics
  • Education
  • Labour force
  • Immigrant and refugee settlement

Treatment of candidates 

Kaitlynn Mendes
Professor, Sociology

  • Incivility/harassment of candidates (particularly women and racialized candidates),
  • Social media and online harms

Electronic voting security 

Aleksander Essex
Associate Professor, Electrical and Computer Engineering; Director, Whisper Lab

  • Election technology in Canada
  • Cybersecurity aspects of municipal elections

MEDIA CONTACT: Jacquelyn Mitchell, Media Relations Officer, Western University, (226) 386-9683, j.mitchell@uwo.ca

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]]> Finding Canada’s secret tornadoes | Be Giant https://www.begiant.ca/stories/ideas/tornadoes-canada#new_tab Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:45:45 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10963 The post Finding Canada’s secret tornadoes | Be Giant appeared first on Media Relations.

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]]> How Japan reduced deaths from a major quake | New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/world/asia/japan-earthquake-kumamoto-preparation.html#new_tab Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:40:29 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10961 The post How Japan reduced deaths from a major quake | New York Times appeared first on Media Relations.

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]]> Mastering the mind | Globe and Mail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-mastering-the-mind-neuroscientist-adrian-owen-on-why-everyone-should/#new_tab Fri, 14 Aug 2026 13:30:42 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10959 The post Mastering the mind | Globe and Mail appeared first on Media Relations.

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]]> Electric fields offer new hope against aggressive brain cancer, Western researchers find https://news.westernu.ca/2026/08/electric-therapy-brain-cancer/#new_tab Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:46:08 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10957 Technique developed for treating Parkinson's disease also disrupts growth of glioblastoma

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]]> Expert explainer: What ultra-processed foods mean for heart health https://news.westernu.ca/2026/08/ultra-processed-foods-cardiovascular-disease/#new_tab Wed, 12 Aug 2026 13:49:45 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10953 Schulich Medicine & Dentistry's Dr. Saverio Stranges examines the evidence linking ultra-processed foods to cardiovascular disease 

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]]> Expert insight: Should you tell a date you’re using Ozempic? The GLP-1 disclosure dilemma https://news.westernu.ca/2026/08/glp1-disclosure-dating-ozempic/#new_tab Tue, 11 Aug 2026 18:51:07 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10951 Debating privacy versus openness amid fatphobia and stigmatizing cultural beliefs

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