Media Relations http://mediarelations.uwo.ca Western Media Relations acts as a link between the University and local, national and international media. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:38:35 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.19 Western launches Ontario’s first graduate-level physician assistant program https://news.westernu.ca/2026/06/western-physician-assistant-grad-program/#new_tab Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:38:35 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10839 New program at Schulich Medicine & Dentistry responds to growing demand for team-based health care

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]]> Canada considers social media ban for kids under 16 | Global News Morning https://globalnews.ca/video/11896213/canada-considers-social-media-ban-for-kids-under-16/#new_tab Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:05:29 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10837 The post Canada considers social media ban for kids under 16 | Global News Morning appeared first on Media Relations.

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]]> What happens when we lose gathering spaces | TVO’s The Rundown https://www.tvo.org/video/what-happens-when-community-spaces-vanish#new_tab Fri, 12 Jun 2026 17:02:41 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10835 The post What happens when we lose gathering spaces | TVO’s The Rundown appeared first on Media Relations.

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]]> Tofino, B.C., tsunami study points to hundreds dead, $1B in losses | CBC Science https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/tofino-cascadia-tsunami-9.7224249#new_tab Fri, 12 Jun 2026 16:49:07 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10833 The post Tofino, B.C., tsunami study points to hundreds dead, $1B in losses | CBC Science appeared first on Media Relations.

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]]> Experts available on Canada’s national food security strategy http://mediarelations.uwo.ca/2026/06/11/experts-available-on-canadas-national-food-security-strategy/ Thu, 11 Jun 2026 17:11:57 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10831 Supply chains, nutrition, sustainability and more

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]]> The Prime Minister’s Office announced it will unveil “new measures to build a stronger, more resilient, more affordable food system for Canadians” on Thursday. The following experts are available to media for comment on the strategy and on the broader food landscape in Canada.

Jason Gilliland

Director of Western’s Urban Development Program and Professor, Geography & Environment, Schulich Medicine & Dentistry and Health Studies

  • School food programs
  • Food environments
  • Food waste
  • Children and nutrition
  • Public health

Jury Gualandris

Associate Professor, Operations Management, Sustainability, Ivey Business School

  • Regenerative and circular supply chains
  • Sustainability
  • Food systems

Peggy O’Neil

Assistant Professor, Brescia School of Food and Nutritional Sciences

  • Health policy
  • Food systems
  • National food and nutrition programs
  • Food management
  • Food law

Jamie Seabrook

Professor, Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, Brescia School of Food and Nutritional Sciences

• Nutritional epidemiology and public health
• How macro-level policies, socio-demographic factors and environments dictate population diet quality and health outcomes

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

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]]> Experts available on anticipated online harms bill http://mediarelations.uwo.ca/2026/06/10/experts-canadian-youth-social-media-ban/ Wed, 10 Jun 2026 13:35:02 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10679 Implications of a social media ban for youth under 16 in Canada

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]]> The federal government is expected to table online harms legislation on Wednesday, June 10. This follows months of discussion surrounding a potential social media ban for kids under 16. The following experts are available to media for comment.

Emma Duerden
Associate Professor, Education

  • Screen time and mental health
  • Cognition and behaviour
  • Social media and child development

Christopher Dietzel
Postdoctoral fellow, Sociology

  • Benefits, risks, and possibilities associated with everyday digital platform
  • Digital safety among youth
  • Tech-facilitated sexual violence

Kaitlynn Mendes
Professor, Sociology

  • Social media and online harms
  • Tech-facilitated sexual violence
  • Youth online violence

Luke Stark
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Information and Media Studies

  • Historical, social, and ethical impacts of social media platforms and artificial intelligence technologies
  • Technologies mediating social and emotional expression

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

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]]> Latest updates from the Northern Tornadoes Project https://www.uwo.ca/ntp/blog/index.html#new_tab Tue, 09 Jun 2026 18:53:43 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10819 The post Latest updates from the Northern Tornadoes Project appeared first on Media Relations.

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]]> Expert insight: How can FIFA World Cup host cities protect children? https://news.westernu.ca/2026/06/fifa-world-cup-host-cities-protect-children/#new_tab Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:18:05 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10826 The post Expert insight: How can FIFA World Cup host cities protect children? appeared first on Media Relations.

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]]> Experts available on the broader impacts of the FIFA World Cup http://mediarelations.uwo.ca/2026/06/08/experts-available-on-the-broader-impacts-of-the-fifa-world-cup/ Mon, 08 Jun 2026 14:14:20 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10817 Ethics, Canadian identity, social impacts and more

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]]> The FIFA World Cup runs June 11 to July 19, jointly hosted by Canada, Mexico and the U.S. The following experts are available to media for comment on the wider impact of the games.

Adam Ali
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology

• Human rights and sport
• Racism, sexism and sport
• Sportswashing
• Sport and colonialism
• Sport and geopolitics
• Sport and Canadian identity

Oğuzhan ‘Ozzy’ Keleş
PhD candidate, Kinesiology

• Historical and cultural dimensions of soccer in the Middle East, Europe, United States and Canada
• Development of soccer in North America
• Sportswashing

Laura Misener
Frank Hayden Endowed Research Chair in Sport and Social Impact; Director and Professor, Kinesiology

• Social impact of mega sporting events
• Sport events and social change
• Sport governance
• Global sport leadership
• Safe sport practices

Angela Schneider
Director, International Centre for Olympic Studies; Professor, Kinesiology

• FIFA and ethics
• Athletes’ rights
• Sport medicine ethics
• Genetic doping in sport

Georgia Teare
Assistant Professor, Kinesiology

• Social impact of sports
• Demonstration effect (spectators being inspired by elite sport to participate themselves)

Noah Eliot Vanderhoeven
PhD Candidate, Political Science

• Sport and nation building
• Sport and social justice causes
• Sportswashing
• Sport and politics

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

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]]> A tiny Canadian bird tracker is unlocking the mysteries of migration | Be Giant https://www.begiant.ca/stories/ideas/birds-canada-motus-wildlife-tracking-system#new_tab Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:55:40 +0000 https://mediarelations.uwo.ca/?p=10815 The post A tiny Canadian bird tracker is unlocking the mysteries of migration | Be Giant appeared first on Media Relations.

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