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.
Western criminology professor Michael Arntfield provided expert comment to media across Canada reporting on the Barry and Honey Sherman case and the Bruce McArthur serial killer case. Arntfield was sought after by media looking for a better understanding of how these investigations might unfold and the psychology of those who commit these crimes. Coverage appeared in the Toronto Star, The Current, The Fifth Estate, CBC News and The Washington Post.
Research from Western's Michael Strong and Alex Moszczynski discovered a link between athletes who suffer severe concussions and people living with ALS - a degenerative nerve disorder. The discovery provides new avenues in treating both conditions. The study was covered by CBC News, CTV News, London Free Press, and Global News.
Western announced the creation of Ontario's first network of Indigenous health training, aimed at allowing Indigenous people a stronger hand in not only participating in health research but directing it in ways that will benefit their local communities. It will link the efforts of 13 universities and 70 researchers across Ontario with much of the work centered at Western's London campus over the next five years. Coverage appeared in The London Free Press, CBC News and Global News.
