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January 2019
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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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A new study led by Western’s Dr. Blayne Welk found that women who require more surgery for complications after a mesh-based sling procedure have an increased risk of depression and self-harm behaviour. The study received widespread attention from media including CTV health reporter Avis Favaro and the Canadian Press, which was published by outlets such as CTV News Online, Toronto Star and the Hamilton Spectator.
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
CTV National News
| CTV News
| Toronto Star
| Hamilton Spectator
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The Northern Tornadoes Project, led by Western Engineering professor Gregory Kopp, received solid media attention in January. The initiative is the most comprehensive analysis of these natural disasters ever undertaken in Canada and aims to identify and collect every tornado that has happened from coast to coast each year to better understand sever weather, improve early detection, mitigate against damage and model future implications for climate change. Coverage appeared in London Free Press, Blackburn News, CTV News and Daily Commercial News.
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
London Free Press
| Blackburn News
| CTV News
| Daily Commercial News
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A new Western University study of more than 750 pairs of adult twins found that loneliness, for some, is more than just a feeling. It’s actually part of a person’s genetic makeup. However, environment still plays a much larger role in our feelings of connectedness than our own DNA. Researcher Julie Aitken Schermer, from Western’s DAN Department of Management and Organizational Studies, was interviewed for stories from CBC News, CTV News, Blackburn News and the Daily Mail.
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
CBC News
| CTV News
| Blackburn News
| The Daily Mail (UK)
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Canadian history professor Alan MacEachern’s analysis of Canadian newspapers from the late 1800s discovered that Canada came very close to celebrating ‘Bear Day’ on February 2. While the bear was favoured by Canadians, it slowly succumbed to the groundhog by the early 1900s as our American neighbours dubbed February 2 Groundhog Day. MacEachern’s work was covered twice by The Ottawa Citizen (with help from biology's Jim Staples), the London Free Press and a series of interviews with CBC radio stations across Canada.
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
Ottawa Citizen
| London Free Press
| Ottawa Citizen
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Additional Coverage
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