Media Relations http://mediarelations.uwo.ca Western Media Relations acts as a link between the University and local, national and international media. Fri, 15 May 2026 17:43:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.19 These students are limiting their own smartphone, social media and tech use. Here’s why | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/gen-z-digital-minimalism-9.7188431?cmp=rss#new_tab Fri, 15 May 2026 17:43:21 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10769 The post These students are limiting their own smartphone, social media and tech use. Here’s why | CBC News appeared first on Media Relations.

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]]> Toronto is seeing an ‘explosion of pollen’ this allergy season. Here’s why | CTV News Toronto https://www.ctvnews.ca/toronto/article/toronto-is-seeing-an-explosion-of-pollen-this-allergy-season-heres-why/#new_tab Fri, 15 May 2026 17:39:20 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10767 The post Toronto is seeing an ‘explosion of pollen’ this allergy season. Here’s why | CTV News Toronto appeared first on Media Relations.

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]]> A Toronto man could become the 1st Canadian cured of HIV thanks to rare bone marrow treatment | CBC As it Happens https://www.cbc.ca/radio/toronto-man-hiv-cured-bone-marrow-transplant-treatment-9.7191692#new_tab Fri, 15 May 2026 17:35:49 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10765 The post A Toronto man could become the 1st Canadian cured of HIV thanks to rare bone marrow treatment | CBC As it Happens appeared first on Media Relations.

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]]> Experts available on impacts of wildfires as season gets underway http://mediarelations.uwo.ca/2026/05/15/experts-available-on-impacts-of-wildfires-as-season-gets-underway/ Fri, 15 May 2026 14:48:53 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10763 Experts can discuss impacts to property, health, and influence of climate change

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]]> With wildfire season beginning in Canada, Western University has the following experts available to discuss the various impacts of wildfires. 

Ecological impacts of wildfires

Robert Buchkowski
Assistant Professor, Biology 

  • Cumulative effects of fire on ecosystems 
  • Global change biology 
  • Ecosystem modelling 
  • Conservation biology 
  • Forest management 

Nicole Redvers
Associate Professor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Western Research Chair and Director of Indigenous Planetary Health 

  • Indigenous health  
  • Planetary health  
  • Impact of forest fires  
  • Climate change in Indigenous communities 

Douglas Woolford
Professor, Statistical and Actuarial Sciences 

  • Forest and wildland fire science  
  • Forest and wildland fire management  
  • Fire occurrence prediction  
  • Risk assessment  
  • Risk modelling 

Health effects of wildfire smoke

Dr. Anurag Bhalla
Assistant Professor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry 

  • Effect of wildfire smoke on asthma, COPD, bronchiectasis, airway infections 

Dr. Jorge Burneo
Professor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry; Jack Cowin Epilepsy Research Chair 

  • Health effects of air pollution 
  • Wildfires and neurological health 
  • Neuro-epidemiology 

Dr. Anna Gunz
Associate Professor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry 

  • Health effects of wildfire smoke 
  • Health monitoring of climate change 
  • Climate change as a health crisis 

Climate change and wildfires

Katrina Eyvindson
Associate Professor and Chair, Geography & Environment 

  • Climate change education 
  • Climate change and wildfires 
  • Climate change and water resources 
  • Drought 
  • Environmental change in alpine and arctic regions 

Alan MacEachern
Professor, History 

  • Lessons from the history of wildfires in Canada  
  • Environmental and climate history 

Gordon McBean
Professor Emeritus, Geography and Environment 

  • Climate change and wildfires 
  • Climate change science and policy  
  • Natural hazards-prediction and mitigation 
  • Weather and environmental prediction systems 

Evan Bowness
Assistant Professor and Canada Research Chair in Sustainability and Equity 

  • Climate adaptation 
  • Community food systems 
  • Environmental justice 

Wildfire response and mitigation

Laura Chasmer 
Associate Professor, Geography and Environment 

  • Fire fuels 
  • Post-fire recovery of ecosystems 
  • Community response 

Paul Kovacs
Executive Director, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction 

  • Wildfire-resilient construction 
  • Disaster safety and economic policy 
  • Disaster resilience and adaptation 

Glenn McGillivray
Managing Director, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction 

  • Wildfire mitigation 
  • Property insurance and risk 
  • Climate change adaptation 
  • Disaster resilience 

Reza Najafi
Associate Professor, Engineering 

  • Hydroclimatic extremes and climate change 
  • Drought  
  • Heatwaves  
  • Compound extreme events that can influence wildfire risk and conditions 

Maged Youseff
Professor, Engineering 

  • Structural fire engineering 
  • Sustainable structures and extreme events 
  • Effects of wildfires on structures  
  • Fire resiliency 

MEDIA CONTACT:
Sawyer Leeson, Media Relations Coordinator, Western University, (519) 280-3717, sleeson4@uwo.ca 

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]]> Rare 2,000-Year-Old Roman Shoes on Display in Toronto | Global News Morning https://globalnews.ca/video/11838996/rare-2000-year-old-roman-shoes-on-display-in-toronto/#new_tab Fri, 08 May 2026 14:58:25 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10760 The post Rare 2,000-Year-Old Roman Shoes on Display in Toronto | Global News Morning appeared first on Media Relations.

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]]> Opinion: How green energy can diminish the power of dictators and enhance global safety | Toronto Star https://www.thestar.com/opinion/contributors/how-adopting-green-energy-can-restrain-despots-and-dictators-and-make-the-world-safer/article_2fbe655d-7085-49c7-aeef-adbe83130ea6.html#tncms-source=login#new_tab Fri, 08 May 2026 14:54:44 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10757 The post Opinion: How green energy can diminish the power of dictators and enhance global safety | Toronto Star appeared first on Media Relations.

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]]> A medical use for mushrooms you haven’t heard about | Be Giant https://www.begiant.ca/stories/ideas/mushroom-mycelium-medical-gauze-western-university#new_tab Fri, 08 May 2026 14:49:17 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10754 The post A medical use for mushrooms you haven’t heard about | Be Giant appeared first on Media Relations.

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]]> Louise Arbour named Canada’s next Governor-General | The Globe and Mail https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-new-governor-general-canada-louise-arbour/#new_tab Fri, 08 May 2026 14:46:50 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10752 The post Louise Arbour named Canada’s next Governor-General | The Globe and Mail appeared first on Media Relations.

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]]> Roman Empire explored at new Bata Shoe Museum exhibition curated by Western prof https://news.westernu.ca/2026/05/unearthing-vindolanda/#new_tab Thu, 07 May 2026 16:47:25 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10750 Decades of research and leather shoes discovered at Vindolanda inspire walk through history

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]]> Western-Birds Canada partnership powers science birds and nature need to thrive https://news.westernu.ca/2026/05/birds-canada/#new_tab Thu, 07 May 2026 16:43:58 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10748 The post Western-Birds Canada partnership powers science birds and nature need to thrive appeared first on Media Relations.

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