In a London Free Press article, Dr. Don Kerr, Professor of Sociology, analyzes the demographic changes that could occur in London as Statistics Canada predicts the influx of new Canadians and their children will drive the country’s population growth during the next two decades.FacebookTwitterLinkedin
Shawna Lewkowitz, Lecturer of Social Justice and Peace Studies, spoke to the London Free Press, about the increase in women running for London city council in the upcoming election but stressed the importance of also electing women and racialized candidates.FacebookTwitterLinkedin
King's students living in residence expressed their appreciation for the safety measures in place for OWeek, including education and training, as part of an article in the London Free Press.FacebookTwitterLinkedin
Western News has published a profile on King's Political Science student Nour Habliza, focusing on his auto sales and repair business and desire to attend law school.FacebookTwitterLinkedin
King's student-athletes, Shona Branton (swimming) and Gavin Eldridge (wrestling), were featured in a wrap-up of summer exploits by Western Mustangs, posted to the Western News website.FacebookTwitterLinkedin
Dr. Don Kerr, Professor of Sociology, spoke to CBC Radio Vancouver about how the high cost of living may be deterring women from starting families in British Columbia, which has the lowest fertility rate of any province in Canada.FacebookTwitterLinkedin
Dr. Alison Meek, Associate Professor of History, contributed her expertise on conspiracies to a CBC article about a London-based cricket factory that finds itself at the heart of an international conspiracy theory.FacebookTwitterLinkedin
There are fewer candidates in this October's municipal election than in the past. In speaking with AM 980, Dr. Jacquetta Newman, Professor of Politics and International Relations, suggests the stress of being in public view and financial concerns may play a role and that less competition will impact communities.FacebookTwitterLinkedin
Dr. Don Kerr, Professor of Sociology, was featured in Nikkei News, one of Japan's top news sources, explaining how Canada's immigration system changed in the 1960s and 1970s and how the country became a culturally diverse immigrant society.FacebookTwitterLinkedin
King’s alumnus Sean Brennan '08, has one of six plays included in London Community Players’ new season. Brennan’s Finding Hyde won a Brickenden Award for best original script in April and will premiere at the Palace Theatre Arts Commons.FacebookTwitterLinkedin
"Perhaps tattoos are not as detrimental and they once seemed," says Assistant Psychology Professor Alexandra Zidenburg. Professor Zidenburg speaks to London Morning on CBC Radio on the perception of tattoos in the workplace.FacebookTwitterLinkedin
Sharing the voices of Sean Hoogterp of the Walpole Island First Nation, Bkejwanong Territory and Indigenous Initiatives Coordinator for King’s, and Liz Akiwenzie, Indigenous Knowledge Keeper on the papal apology.FacebookTwitterLinkedin
As Pope Francis arrives in Canada, Dr. Robert Ventresca, Interim Academic Dean and papal scholar, discusses in a Toronto Star article if the pope will renounce a C15th Doctrine of Discovery used as the legal basis to colonize territories inhabited by non-Christians. “Popes are keepers of an office that is very, very slow to change,” says Dr. Ventresca.FacebookTwitterLinkedin
Dr. Rick Csiernik, Professor in the School of Social Work, appeared on Rogers TV's Invisible: Breaking Through the Stigma of Addiction to discuss how addiction and substance use affects all areas of society.FacebookTwitterLinkedin
Dr. Don Kerr, Professor of Sociology, told the London Free Press that while the number of Londoners earning less than $20,000 a year dropped between 2015 and 2020, income inequality will increase without government support.FacebookTwitterLinkedin
In an article about lab leaks on OpenMind.org, Dr. Alison Meek, Associate Professor of History, discusses how people wanting "easy answers to complex questions" about topics like COVID, turn to conspiracy theories, especially if governments aren't transparent about lab leaks.FacebookTwitterLinkedin
Dr. Andrea Lawlor, Associate Professor of Politics and International Relations, appeared on CBC's Windsor Morning with Nav Nanwa to speak about the naming of two bridges in Chatham-Kent.FacebookTwitterLinkedin
In a Chatelaine article on how medical debts have led some Canadians to consider medical assistance in dying, Dr. Jeff Preston, Assistant Professor of Disability Studies, says that Canada needs "a sea change in attitudes" and to grant people with disabilities the right to the resources they need. FacebookTwitterLinkedin