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Psychology professor Lindsay Bodell shared expert insights with CBC News on how body-shaming and body-positivity shape conversations around celebrity culture and weight loss. Read the full article here: www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
Once-curvy celebrities called 'unrecognizable' after weight loss. But why are we so mad about it? | CBC News
While society's obsession with female bodies is nothing new, a wave of celebrities who embraced their larger bodies are shedding pounds — often with the help of weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and M...
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November 13, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Psychology professor Lindsay Bodell shared expert insights with CBC News on how body-shaming and body-positivity shape conversations around celebrity culture and weight loss. Read the full article here: www.cbc.ca/news/world/c...
Meet Our Students: Celebrating Success Stories
Criminology student Sebastian Coia found purpose, leadership, and community after transferring to Western. Read how courage shaped his success:
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Criminology student Sebastian Coia found purpose, leadership, and community after transferring to Western. Read how courage shaped his success:
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November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Meet Our Students: Celebrating Success Stories
Criminology student Sebastian Coia found purpose, leadership, and community after transferring to Western. Read how courage shaped his success:
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#WesternU #SocialScience #Criminology
Criminology student Sebastian Coia found purpose, leadership, and community after transferring to Western. Read how courage shaped his success:
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#WesternU #SocialScience #Criminology
Political Science professor Matt Lebo joined 14 CBC Radio shows , including Afternoon Drive, to unpack the U.S. government shutdown and why eight Democratic senators sided with Republicans on the deal to end it. 🎙️🇺🇸
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November 13, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Political Science professor Matt Lebo joined 14 CBC Radio shows , including Afternoon Drive, to unpack the U.S. government shutdown and why eight Democratic senators sided with Republicans on the deal to end it. 🎙️🇺🇸
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Historian and Western grad Michael O’Hagan, MA’13, PhD’20, joined CBC Airplay in Yukon to discuss the internment of German POWs in Northern Ontario and Manitoba—a topic he explored in his MA and PhD at Western. Listen here: iqmediacorp.com/ExternalIfra...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Historian and Western grad Michael O’Hagan, MA’13, PhD’20, joined CBC Airplay in Yukon to discuss the internment of German POWs in Northern Ontario and Manitoba—a topic he explored in his MA and PhD at Western. Listen here: iqmediacorp.com/ExternalIfra...
London Live’s Mike Stubbs on AM980 interviewed DAN Management & Organizational Studies Prof. Geraint Harvey on how the U.S. government shutdown is affecting the airline industry. 🎧Listen here: iqmediacorp.com/ExternalIfra...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:29 PM
London Live’s Mike Stubbs on AM980 interviewed DAN Management & Organizational Studies Prof. Geraint Harvey on how the U.S. government shutdown is affecting the airline industry. 🎧Listen here: iqmediacorp.com/ExternalIfra...
Political science professor Matt Lebo joined CBC Here & Now to explain what triggered the U.S. government shutdown and what may happen after it ends. Listen here: iqmediacorp.com/ExternalIfra...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Political science professor Matt Lebo joined CBC Here & Now to explain what triggered the U.S. government shutdown and what may happen after it ends. Listen here: iqmediacorp.com/ExternalIfra...
Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies lecturer Anmol Dutta joined CBC London Morning to discuss her course that examines women in stand-up comedy through a scholarly lens. 🎧Listen to the full interview here: iqmediacorp.com/ExternalIfra...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies lecturer Anmol Dutta joined CBC London Morning to discuss her course that examines women in stand-up comedy through a scholarly lens. 🎧Listen to the full interview here: iqmediacorp.com/ExternalIfra...
History postdoc and Schulich historian in residence Eric Story spoke with CBC As It Happens about his research on WWI veterans George Hincks and Marshall McDougall, who hiked 2,000 km in 1923 to raise awareness for challenges facing disabled soldiers. www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
Decades before Terry Fox, these WW I amputees hiked from Alberta to Ontario on crutches | CBC Radio
More than 100 years ago, veteran amputees George Hincks and Marshall McDougall met in a Calgary military hospital and hatched a truly spectacular plan — to hike, on crutches, from Alberta to Ontario a...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:24 PM
History postdoc and Schulich historian in residence Eric Story spoke with CBC As It Happens about his research on WWI veterans George Hincks and Marshall McDougall, who hiked 2,000 km in 1923 to raise awareness for challenges facing disabled soldiers. www.cbc.ca/radio/asitha...
CBC Superior Morning spoke with Eric Story, history postdoctoral researcher and historian-in-residence at Schulich, about George Hincks and Marshall McDougall’s 1923 trek of 2,000+ km to raise awareness for issues facing disabled veterans. 🎙️ Listen here: iqmediacorp.com/ExternalIfra...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:58 PM
CBC Superior Morning spoke with Eric Story, history postdoctoral researcher and historian-in-residence at Schulich, about George Hincks and Marshall McDougall’s 1923 trek of 2,000+ km to raise awareness for issues facing disabled veterans. 🎙️ Listen here: iqmediacorp.com/ExternalIfra...
History professor Jonathan Vance was featured in The Hamilton Spectator discussing a local architect’s work preserving WWII veterans’ memories. Vance will also share First World War-era documents at the Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society. Read more: www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...
The story of Uncle Sam, the pilot from Hamilton who never came home from the Second World War
Ever since he was a boy, the 64-year-old Hamilton architect has felt a deep connection to the uncle he never met.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
History professor Jonathan Vance was featured in The Hamilton Spectator discussing a local architect’s work preserving WWII veterans’ memories. Vance will also share First World War-era documents at the Head-of-the-Lake Historical Society. Read more: www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...
DAN Department of Management and Organizational Studies professor Geraint Harvey joined CBC’s All Points West to discuss U.S. flight cancellations caused by a shortage of air traffic controllers during the government shutdown.🎧 Listen here: iqmediacorp.com/ExternalIfra...
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November 11, 2025 at 5:50 PM
DAN Department of Management and Organizational Studies professor Geraint Harvey joined CBC’s All Points West to discuss U.S. flight cancellations caused by a shortage of air traffic controllers during the government shutdown.🎧 Listen here: iqmediacorp.com/ExternalIfra...
This #RemembranceDay, we remember two WWI amputees—George Hincks and Marshall McDougall—who hiked 2,000 km to challenge ableism and raise awareness for disabled veterans.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:28 PM
This #RemembranceDay, we remember two WWI amputees—George Hincks and Marshall McDougall—who hiked 2,000 km to challenge ableism and raise awareness for disabled veterans.
Read their story 👉 news.westernu.ca/2025/11/war-...
#WesternU #DisabilityRights #LestWeForget @westernuhistory.bsky.social
Read their story 👉 news.westernu.ca/2025/11/war-...
#WesternU #DisabilityRights #LestWeForget @westernuhistory.bsky.social
Tomorrow we honour Remembrance Day—a time to remember and reflect. History must not be deleted. Read about Western’s High School History Day 2025: www.ssc.uwo.ca/news/2025/in...
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November 10, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Tomorrow we honour Remembrance Day—a time to remember and reflect. History must not be deleted. Read about Western’s High School History Day 2025: www.ssc.uwo.ca/news/2025/in...
#WesternU #RemembranceDay #HistoryDay @westernuhistory.bsky.social
#WesternU #RemembranceDay #HistoryDay @westernuhistory.bsky.social
DAN Management and Organizational Studies professor Geraint Harvey joined CBC’s Afternoon Drive to discuss how the U.S. government shutdown could affect Canadian air travellers. Listen to the full segment here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:08 PM
DAN Management and Organizational Studies professor Geraint Harvey joined CBC’s Afternoon Drive to discuss how the U.S. government shutdown could affect Canadian air travellers. Listen to the full segment here: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
St. Thomas Today featured a Remembrance Day project led by History professor Jonathan Vance, showcasing displays of World War I postcards at local libraries and museums. A meaningful tribute connecting communities through history. 🇨🇦🕊️
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What’s good in St. Thomas and Elgin? A personal look at Canadian soldiers and their efforts in the First World War through postcards
A Western University history professor's First World War postcard project is being employed in communities, sc...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
St. Thomas Today featured a Remembrance Day project led by History professor Jonathan Vance, showcasing displays of World War I postcards at local libraries and museums. A meaningful tribute connecting communities through history. 🇨🇦🕊️
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History postdoc researcher Eric Story is uncovering the remarkable 1923 journey of George Hincks and Marshall McDougall — two disabled WWI veterans who hiked over 2,000 km to raise awareness of veterans’ challenges after the war. Featured by CTV Winnipeg: www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/art...
‘History that’s been overlooked’: The First World War amputees who walked across Canada
Nearly 60 years before Terry Fox’s famous cross-Canada journey, a pair of First World War veterans attempted a similar feat.
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November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
History postdoc researcher Eric Story is uncovering the remarkable 1923 journey of George Hincks and Marshall McDougall — two disabled WWI veterans who hiked over 2,000 km to raise awareness of veterans’ challenges after the war. Featured by CTV Winnipeg: www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/art...
The Hamilton Spectator highlights St. Marys Museum’s upcoming exhibit, “Between the Lines: Stories & Signals of World War I,” adapted from an original display created by history student Bailey Ashton. Read more here: www.thespec.com/news/canada/...
St. Marys Museum to open ‘Between the Lines: Stories & Signals of World War I’ Nov. 11
The St. Marys Museum will unveil a brand-new exhibit in its military gallery on Remembrance Day focused on communication during the First World War, both from the battle front and
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November 10, 2025 at 5:58 PM
The Hamilton Spectator highlights St. Marys Museum’s upcoming exhibit, “Between the Lines: Stories & Signals of World War I,” adapted from an original display created by history student Bailey Ashton. Read more here: www.thespec.com/news/canada/...
The Hamilton Spectator featured A Bow Forged in Ash, new poetry collection by Melissa Powless Day, PhD candidate in Indigenous education & chair of Western’s Indigenous Writers’ Circle, exploring cultural & physical reclamation through Indigenous language. www.thespec.com/news/canada/...
Poet examines cultural, physical reclamation through Indigenous language
Part of Melissa Powless Day’s reclamation journey is her language, which she sprinkles throughout her newest poetry collection A Bow Forged in Ash.
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November 10, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The Hamilton Spectator featured A Bow Forged in Ash, new poetry collection by Melissa Powless Day, PhD candidate in Indigenous education & chair of Western’s Indigenous Writers’ Circle, exploring cultural & physical reclamation through Indigenous language. www.thespec.com/news/canada/...
Ahead of Remembrance Day, Eric Story, history postdoc spoke with Sarah Crosbie on QR 770 Calgary about George Hincks and Marshall McDougall, amputees who walked across Canada after losing limbs in the Great War. 🎖️
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November 10, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Ahead of Remembrance Day, Eric Story, history postdoc spoke with Sarah Crosbie on QR 770 Calgary about George Hincks and Marshall McDougall, amputees who walked across Canada after losing limbs in the Great War. 🎖️
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Sociology professor Laura Huey shared expert insight in a front-page National Post story on the flow of fentanyl from Canada into the U.S. The article has since been republished across Postmedia outlets nationwide. Read more: nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
'Manufactured crisis': Fentanyl seized at Canadian border by U.S. authorities plummets
After a brief spike in the volume of fentanyl seized in April and May, the numbers have plummeted to their lowest level since 2023.
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November 10, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Sociology professor Laura Huey shared expert insight in a front-page National Post story on the flow of fentanyl from Canada into the U.S. The article has since been republished across Postmedia outlets nationwide. Read more: nationalpost.com/news/canada/...
Political Science professor Matt Lebo shared his insights with Global National on the outcomes of recent U.S. state and local elections, offering context on what the results could mean moving forward. Watch the full story here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9wA...
Global National: Nov. 5, 2025 | Floor-crosser hints more Conservative MPs could defect to Liberals
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November 10, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Political Science professor Matt Lebo shared his insights with Global National on the outcomes of recent U.S. state and local elections, offering context on what the results could mean moving forward. Watch the full story here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9wA...
CTV News shared a Canadian Press story featuring insights from DAN Management professor Geraint Harvey on how U.S. government shutdown–related flight cancellations could affect Canadian travellers. ✈️🇨🇦
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Canadian travellers to feel effect of U.S. flight cuts caused by government shutdown
Some Canadian travellers bound for America will see cancelled flights and delayed itineraries as the U.S. government shutdown puts pressure on the country’s aviation network, prompting regulators to s...
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November 10, 2025 at 3:42 PM
CTV News shared a Canadian Press story featuring insights from DAN Management professor Geraint Harvey on how U.S. government shutdown–related flight cancellations could affect Canadian travellers. ✈️🇨🇦
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Meet Our Students: Celebrating Success Stories
BMOS student Macayla Silver shines as a leader in DAN Management and the Social Science Soph Team, inspiring peers through involvement, advising, and community.👉https://ssc.uwo.ca/meetourstars/celebrating_student_stories_macayla_silver.html
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BMOS student Macayla Silver shines as a leader in DAN Management and the Social Science Soph Team, inspiring peers through involvement, advising, and community.👉https://ssc.uwo.ca/meetourstars/celebrating_student_stories_macayla_silver.html
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November 7, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Meet Our Students: Celebrating Success Stories
BMOS student Macayla Silver shines as a leader in DAN Management and the Social Science Soph Team, inspiring peers through involvement, advising, and community.👉https://ssc.uwo.ca/meetourstars/celebrating_student_stories_macayla_silver.html
#WesternU
BMOS student Macayla Silver shines as a leader in DAN Management and the Social Science Soph Team, inspiring peers through involvement, advising, and community.👉https://ssc.uwo.ca/meetourstars/celebrating_student_stories_macayla_silver.html
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Sociology professor Patrick Denice shared insights with The Washington Post on why more U.S. students are pursuing double majors. A strategy to boost job security and stand out in a competitive market. Read the full story here: www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
More students are double-majoring out of fear they won’t be able to get jobs
Having two majors “gives you a competitive edge,” undergrads say.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Sociology professor Patrick Denice shared insights with The Washington Post on why more U.S. students are pursuing double majors. A strategy to boost job security and stand out in a competitive market. Read the full story here: www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
CBC London reported on City Council’s vote in favour of a proposed pay raise, noting that Political Science professor Martin Horak, King’s EDID Advisor Jennifer Slay, and USC Government Services Manager Dane Ferry served on the Compensation Task Force. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
London councillors vote for 35% pay raise for next term | CBC News
City politicians have voted to increase pay for councillors starting next term, a nod to an increased workload as London's population continues to grow.
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November 5, 2025 at 6:53 PM
CBC London reported on City Council’s vote in favour of a proposed pay raise, noting that Political Science professor Martin Horak, King’s EDID Advisor Jennifer Slay, and USC Government Services Manager Dane Ferry served on the Compensation Task Force. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...