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April 2018
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Western In The News is an e-Newsletter that highlights stories with a Western focus that received significant media coverage. This service is provided by Western's media relations team.
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Following an extensive ground and aerial survey led by wind engineering experts at Western University, it was determined that the tornado outbreak of June 18th, 2017 in southern Québec was officially the largest recorded in the province’s history and, consequently, one of the largest ever recorded in Canada. The findings were covered by media across Canada including Radio Canada International, The Weather Network, Toronto Star and CTV News.
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Adrian Owen shared his expertise on consciousness in a vegetative state for stories about a Victoria, BC police officer with a traumatic brain injury which appeared in the Globe and Mail and Victoria Times Colonist. He was also sought after by CBC to discuss the importance of sleep and the risks of not getting enough.
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New research showed that images of the brain and how its outer surface is folded on itself, can help predict which high-risk patients will develop psychosis. Previously, there had been no way to examine young people before they become ill to reliably identify who will develop acute psychosis and who will not. The hope is that this information can then be used to begin early-intervention therapy with these patients before they develop illness. The study was covered by CBC, The London Free Press and Live Science.
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