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December 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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Western’s expertise in space research & exploration was seen across the country with several high-profile media stories. Western’s president Amit Chakma penned an opinion piece for the Globe and Mail asking if Canada will boldly join the international Lunar Gateway project being coordinated by NASA. Planetary Geologist Gordon Osinski provided comment to Maclean’s on the same topic. Peter Brown spoke with the Washington Post about the upcoming Taurid meteor showers. Also in December, a team from Western’s Centre for Planetary Science & Exploration made the news for its part in capturing images of NASA’s Insight lander on Mars using the HiRISE camera monitoring the planet.
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
The Globe and Mail
| Maclean's
| Washington Post
| London Free Press
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A new report from the Canadian Domestic Homicide Prevention Initiative with Vulnerable Populations was released in December. Titled One is Too Many: Trends and Patterns in Domestic Homicides in Canada 2010-2015, was a joint effort by Peter Jaffe, Academic Director of Western’s Centre for Research & Education on Violence Against Women & Children, and Myrna Dawson, Director of the Centre for the Study of Social and Legal Responses to Violence at the University of Guelph. Coverage appeared in the Globe and Mail, CBC News and CTV News.
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
The Globe and Mail
| CBC News
| CTV News
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A new study Western’s Arthur Labatt Family School of Nursing and Faculty of Information & Media Studies in partnership with the University of British Columbia found that respectful, inclusive practices in primary care clinics can significantly improve the health of low-income, marginalized people who may have previously experienced trauma or discrimination in society. Coverage included the Vancouver Sun, CTV News and the London Free Press.
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
Vancouver Sun
| CTV News
| London Free Press
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Using MRI to study the brains of young female athletes has helped researchers at Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry develop an objective way to monitor a concussion injury. Researchers, led by Kathryn Manning and Ravi Menon, were able to identify three unique signatures – one that shows acute brain changes after an athlete has suffered a concussion, another that can identify persistent brain changes six months after the concussion, and a third that shows evidence of concussion history. The news was covered by Global News, CBC News, CTV News and the London Free Press.
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
CTV News
| CBC News
| London Free Press
| Global News
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