Julia O’Sullivan welcomed the start of the school year with news that children who don’t read well by the end of Grade 3 are at risk of dropping out or failing to graduate high school.
The dean of the Faculty of Education spoke to The Globe & Mail, The Toronto Star, TV Ontario, Canadian Press, the Roy Green Show, CBC Radio Metro Morning, Ontario Morning and Ontario Today. O’Sullivan, long passionate about early childhood literacy, conducted research on behalf of Canadian Education Statistics Council, a partnership between the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada, and Statistics Canada.
Dr. Carol Herbert, Dean of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry, was in The Globe and Mail discussing in-vitro fertilization (IVF), and why the expert panel on which she served, set a cut-off age of 42 for those wanting government-paid treatment.
Lorne Campbell, a psychology professor who hosted a symposium on ‘The Science of Couple,’ was interviewed about relationships for two of Canada’s most heavily watched news programs: CTV’s Canada AM and Global National with Kevin Newman. Campbell was also featured by National Post, the London Free Press, A News and Rogers Television.
Gordon McBean, Director of Policy Studies of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, delivered findings from research completed with his former graduate student Dan Hemstra for the Adaptation to Climate Change Team (ACT) to media at an event held at Western’s Insurance Research Laboratory for Better Homes. CBC National News, the London Free Press, A News and Rogers Television covered the event while many other outlets including the Vancouver Sun and the Ottawa Citizen reported the results about how Canadian communities must adapt to increasingly extreme weather conditions. Western professor Greg Kopp, who leads the “Three Little Pigs Project” was also extensively quoted.
Schulich’s Dr. Gideon Koren made national headlines exposing how codeine for pain relief after a tonsillectomy could be fatal for some toddlers. The story was carried by CTV National, United Press International, Canadian Press, Canwest News Services, London Free Press, A News and Rogers First Local.
Travel medicine expert Dr. David Colby of the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry was in the Ottawa Citizen and other Canwest newspapers, telling travelers that the pandemic is no reason to cancel their plans.
Is yawning contagious? Mel Goodale, director of the Centre for Brain and Mind, answered this question for CBC Radio’s Quirks and Quarks, The Toronto Star and the London Free Press after his findings were published in the journal, Cognitive, Affective, & Behavioral Neuroscience. Goodale, the Canada Research Chair in Visual Neuroscience, was also featured by The Globe & Mail and A News for his study that shows how those blinded by brain injury may still be able to ‘see.’ The research was released in a recent issue of the prestigious Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
Dr. Kellie Leitch who carries cross appointments at the Schulich School of Medicine & Dentistry and the Richard Ivey School of Business was featured in The Toronto Star explaining the concept of the Ivey Centre for Health Innovation and Leadership.
The groundbreaking ceremony for the new $100-million facility for the Richard Ivey School of Business was featured in Financial Times online, Globe and Mail, London Free Press, A-News London, Rogers Television, myFM Radio News online (Strathroy) and Canadian Architect
Chris Piper, associate professor of operations at the Richard Ivey School of Business, was interviewed by the New York Times, CBC Radio and the National Post about Magna winning the Opel battle. He also commented on CBC Radio News about the Ford Canada/ CAW talks.