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  • Studying the past to challenge, change narratives about disability and the environment

    By Keri Ferguson, Western News, December 15, 2023

    PhD student Kenny Reilly’s research on blind interactions with nature brings ableism to light

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  • Escape to Uncertainty

    By Ania Bessonov, CBC News, November 26, 2023

    When Russia looks for troops to sustain its war on Ukraine, it is more likely to turn to regions that are home to ethnic minorities.

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  • Ukraine Calling

    By Megan Stacey, Western Alumni Magazine, November 14, 2023

    Marta Dyczok, travelled to Ukraine to research the role of social media in war,

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  • You've got mail ... from the First World War

    By Mac Christie, The Hamilton Spectator, November 10, 2023

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  • 'The text message of WW I': Western University history class sends wartime postcards to original addresses

    By Isha Bhargava, CBC News, October 30, 2023

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  • If a WWI soldier once lived in your home, you might be getting a postcard

    By Heather Rivers, The London Free Press, October 28, 2023

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  • From studying at Western to directing the UNHCR, alumna Diane Goodman shares her story

    By Danielle Paul, Western Gazette, October 20, 2023

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  • Marta Dyczok Interview with Ukrainian soldier Maksym Sviezhentsev: You have to accept that you can die, and this acceptance makes you stronger

    By Marta Dyczok, Hromadske Radio, September 23, 2023

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  • Professor Shatzmiller speaks with CTV News about Morocco losing thousands of people and a major part of its history to the earthquake

    By Natasha O'Neill, CTV News, September 13, 2023

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  • Alan MacEachern elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada

    By RSC-SRC , Press Release, September 05, 2023

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  • Interview with Dr Marta Dyczok: This horrible war has had one positive side effect

    By Andriy Kulykov, Hromadske Radio, August 29, 2023

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  • Putin's Control 'Weakening Significantly' - Comments From Professor Oleksa Drachewych

    By CTV News, June 26, 2023

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  • Oleksa Drachewych, the 2023 receipt of the Faculty of Social Science Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching

    Western Social Science, June 19, 2023

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  • More than a year into the escalated war finds Ukraine with a stronger voice in Western media

    By Marta Dyczok, Forum For Ukranian Studies, June 16, 2023

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  • Scientists map medieval town that's been buried beneath the sea for 661 years

    By Sheena Goodyear, CBC Radio, June 08, 2023

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  • Why Netflix’s ‘Queen Cleopatra’ Has Egypt up in Arms

    By History PhD Candidate Sara Khorshid, Foreign Policy, May 24, 2023

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  • Francophone minorities should worry about the Liberals’ language plans

    By The Globe and Mail, May 24, 2023

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  • Germany pledges biggest military aid package to Ukraine as Zelenskyy visits country

    By Global News, May 14, 2023

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  • Naming schools to honour people may be ending for one London, Ont. area school board

    By Gerry Dewan, CTV News London, May 11, 2023

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  • 'I think people are excited': Coronation anticipation ahead of King Charles' historic day

    By Chris Campbell, CTV Windsor, May 11, 2023

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  • Fact check: Image shows fabricated CNN tweet about Ukrainian 'mass migration'

    By Hannah Hudnall, USA TODAY, May 11, 2023

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  • Charlottetown honours individuals, organizations for preserving city's heritage

    By SaltWire, May 11, 2023

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  • Future of 173-year-old Elgin Hall residence to be decided

    By Sean Irvine, CTV News, May 10, 2023

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  • The Battle for Crimea: Why it could be ‘the missing piece in the puzzle’

    By Allan Woods, Toronto Star, May 10, 2023

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  • Public history students honoured for work on Labatt Memorial Park

    By Western News, May 09, 2023

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  • What Conversations Coronation Sparked

    CBC Radio, May 08, 2023

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  • From London, Ont., to London, England to see the coronation of the King

    By Rebecca Zandbergen, CBC News, May 05, 2023

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  • Canadian Indigenous leaders to meet with King Charles on Thursday

    By Daniel Otis, CTVNews.ca, May 02, 2023

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  • Monarchy Critiques and Indigenous Relations

    By Allison Devereaux, CBC Radio, May 02, 2023

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  • Western project documents historic neighbourhood in heart of London, Ont.

    By Rob Rombouts, Western News, April 06, 2023

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  • Vatican rejects Doctrine of Discovery, a move Indigenous people have long urged

    By Kelly Geraldine Malone and Stephanie Taylor, The Toronto Star, March 30, 2023

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  • Ukraine’s Missing Children: Slipping into a Life of War Crime

    By Vivian McAlister, Geopolitical Monitor, March 30, 2023

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  • History professor Michelle Hamilton and Public History master’s student Jessica Hugh also joined CBC London Morning to discuss the project

    By Rebecca Zandbergen, CBC London Morning, March 29, 2023

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  • Students spent 2 years searching for untold stories in SoHo. Here's a look at what they found

    By Michelle Both, CBC News, March 28, 2023

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  • The Rage Against Amira Elghawaby What the Elghawaby controversy says about Bill 21

    By Jeffrey Vacante, McGill Daily, March 27, 2023

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  • The Erosion of Official Bilingualism - The potential consequences of Bill C-13

    By Jeffrey Vacante, The McGill Daily, March 20, 2023

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  • Holocaust survivor Elly Gotz returns to speak at Western

    By Cat Tang, Western Gazette, March 13, 2023

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  • Radical Politics on the Wane in Northern Ireland

    By Dr. Vivian McAlister, Geopolitical Monitor, March 08, 2023

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  • Lessons from History: Leading Historians Tackle Australia’s Greatest Challenges

    By Francine McKenzie, Australian Institute of International Affairs, March 02, 2023

    A book review by Dr. Francine McKenzie

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  • Is Canada Doing Enough to support Ukraine? – Comments from Professor Marta Dyczok

    CTV News, February 25, 2023

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  • Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: Reflecting on a year of war and atrocities

    By Justin Zadorsky, Western News, February 23, 2023

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  • Ottawa urged to expel Russian diplomats as Ukraine war anniversary nears

    By Aaron D'Andrea, Global News, February 22, 2023

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  • Calls for peace in Ukraine a year after Russia’s full-scale invasion are unrealistic

    By Oleksa Drachewych, The Conversation, February 16, 2023

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  • New course on Russia-Ukraine war offered at Western

    By Mathieu Pare, The Gazette, February 15, 2023

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  • Western University course helps students contextualize the war in Ukraine

    By Alea St. Jacques, The Charlatan, January 30, 2023

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  • Ukraine and The War Over History

    By Brian Whitmore , Power Vertical, January 29, 2023

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  • Why descendants of Black settlers in Ontario fought to keep a controversial road name

    By Mary Baxter, Broadview, January 24, 2023

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  • Global News - Search of Kenora former residential school site turns up 171 potential gravesites - Quotes from Professor Cody Groat

    By Shallima Maharaj, Global News, January 18, 2023

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