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    • High School History Day 2025: Delete Search History?

      By Diana Corredor, Western Social Science, November 12, 2025

      More than 300 high school students from across Southwestern Ontario filled the Social Science Centre at Western University on Thursday, November 6, 2025, for High School History Day—a day that proved history is very much alive, relevant, and worth defending.

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    • Reflecting on reconciliation

      By Justin Zadorsky, Western News, October 30, 2025

      Indigenous studies and history professor Cody Groat reflects on the legacy of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, highlighting progress toward its 94 Calls to Action and the gaps that remain.

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    • Is the war in Ukraine nearing an end?

      CBC Radio, August 19, 2025, August 19, 2025

      History Professor Oleksa Drachewych joins Andrew Brown to share his view on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy's visit to Washington for high-stakes talks with Donald Trump and European leaders.

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    • What did Trump accomplish in his summit with Putin?

      By CBCNN, CBC Hanomansing Tonight , August 15, 2025

      Professor Dyczok comments on U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin concluding their summit in Alaska without a deal to end the war in Ukraine. Trump said there would be 'no deal until there is a deal.'

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    • Is There Any Hope for Peace From Trump’s Meeting with Putin?

      By CTV Your Morning , CTV , August 15, 2025

      History Professor Oleksa Drachewych joins CTV Your Morning host Lindsey Deluce to discuss what U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin each want out of their August 15 meeting in Alaska and if there is any hope of it resulting in peace for Ukraine.

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    • Western announces new Generative AI Teaching Fellows

      By Megan Stacey, Western News, June 16, 2025

      History Professor William Turkel has been announced as one of the three first-ever Western Generative AI Teaching Fellows, a new program that seeks to cultivate innovative projects and enhance the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in teaching and learning across campus. He will begin his two-year term in July 1, time during which he plans to create five open-access, customizable teaching modules to prepare students for future work alongside AI.

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    • Indigenous Leaders Meet With King Charles

      CTV Your Morning, May 17, 2025

      History and Indigenous Studies professor Cody Groat joined CTV Your Morning to discuss the significance of King Charles changing his itinerary to meet with three Indigenous leaders ahead of the throne speech.

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    • Notman Photographic Archives receives UNESCO Memory of the World Register distinction

      By Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press, May 17, 2025

      The Notman Photographic Archives, a collection of photographs described as a Canadian treasure, have been inscribed into UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. Cody Groat, a Western University professor and Chair of the Canadian commission for the UNESCO Memory of the World advisory committee, said the designation is granted to the most significant archival or documentary heritage collections in the world.

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    • Russia skips out on peace talks with Ukraine

      By CBC London Morning , CBC, May 15, 2025

      It was hoped that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy would take part in peace talks Thursday in Turkey with Russian President Vladimir Putin. But while Zelenskyy is there, Putin isn't, with Moscow instead sending a delegation of low-level officials. Western History Assistant Professor Oleksa Drachewych joined London Morning to share his take on what happens now.

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    • Court victory for McGill and Concordia not as sweeping as it might appear

      By Jeffery Vacante, The Toronto Star, April 29, 2025

      A court decision last week “is a less resounding victory for McGill and Concordia than one might assume,” writes Assistant Professor Jeffery Vacante. “By focusing on the (Quebec) government’s failure to provide sufficiently compelling evidence to back up its policies, rather than dealing with the claim that the policies violated the Quebec and Canadian Charter of Rights, Judge Éric Dufour has in effect upheld the underlying premise of the Quebec government’s policies.”

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    • Hudson's Bay looks to auction 1670 royal charter

      By Sarah Galashan, CBC Hanomansing Tonight , April 18, 2025

      Hudson's Bay Co, has asked a court to allow it to put the royal charter that launched the company 355 years ago on the auction block, along with its trove of art and historical artifacts. Cody Groat, a history professor at Western University in London, Ont., says this would be a mistake because of its 'political and cultural' significance.

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