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May 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 bioarchaeologist and mummy expert Andrew Nelson led an investigation that used micro-CT scans to determine that a 'hawk mummy' at Maidstone Museum UK is in fact a stillborn male human. The discovery caught the attention of news organizations across Canada and around the world including Newsweek, The Mirror, National Geographic Spain and Popular Mechanics.
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
Newsweek
| The Mirror
| National Geographic Spain
| Popular Mechanics
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Western political scientists were sought out by local, regional and national media for their expertise and perspective on the Ontario election campaign. Coverage included the Hamilton Spectator, CTV News, TVO’s The Agenda and The Globe and Mail.
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
Hamilton Spectator
| CTV News
| The Agenda
| The Globe and Mail
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The Conversation is an independent source of news and views, from the academic and research community, delivered direct to the public. Western researchers work with editors at The Conversation to unlock their knowledge for use by the wider public. This month, Javeed Sukhera, an assistant professor in Western’s Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry published a piece in The Conversation dealing with Starbucks' anti-bias training that was then picked-up and published by the National Post, Houston Chronicle and led to an appearance on CBC’s The Current.
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
National Post
| Houston Chronicle
| The Current
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Western’s Vladimir Hachinski – past president of the World Federation of Neurology and a world-renowned stroke expert – was named a 2018 Killam Prize winner for health sciences by the Canada Council for the Arts. This prestigious program, administered by the Canada Council, is funded by a private endowment supporting creativity and innovation through research and higher learning. Five Canadian researchers receive $100,000 each in recognition of their exceptional career achievements in humanities, engineering, natural sciences, social sciences, health sciences, and interdisciplinary studies within these fields. Coverage appeared in the Globe and Mail, CBC News, and the London Free Press.
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MEDIA COVERAGE:
The Globe and Mail
| CBC News
| London Free Press
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Additional Coverage
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