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Spectrum News: Anxiety drives amygdala differences in autistic youth, July 27, 2022
Spectrum News: Anxiety drives amygdala differences in autistic youth, July 27, 2022
Western News: Neuroscience experts unlock mystery of autism-related anxiety, March 31, 2022
Western News: Neuroscience experts unlock mystery of autism-related anxiety, March 31, 2022
News Medical Life Sciences: “Study examines relationship between prenatal and postnatal stress, depression, and infant motor development during COVID”, February 2022
News Medical Life Sciences: “Study examines relationship between prenatal and postnatal stress, depression, and infant motor development during COVID”, February 2022
Spectrum News: “Amygdala development diverges in autism-specific anxiety”, February 2022
Global News (Radio) “Study finds majority of children under five are getting too much screen time”, February 2022
Global News: (National Television) “Children’s screen time doubles during pandemic”, January 2022
CTV News: (Local Television) Parents grappling with decision to send kids back to school or keep them home”, January 2022
CBC radio: Ontario syndication run, London, Windsor, Peterborough, Sudbury, January 10, 2022
CBC radio: National syndication run, live radio interviews in all 10 provinces and 2 territories.
Global News Radio - The cost of keeping kids out of class, January 7, 2022
CTV News (Live National Television) “Too much screen time for kids during the pandemic”, October 2021
“Kids' screen time shot up during the pandemic. But few thought it was this bad”, London Free Press, October 2021
Pandemic linked to significant jump in screen time for kids | CTV News, October 2021
CTV News (Live national television) “Eastern Ontario Schools to Reopen”, January 2021
CBC News “How worried should I be about my kids spending so much time online during the pandemic?”, January 2021
Globe and Mail “All that excess screen time parents were told not to worry about at the start of COVID-19? It’s time to worry”, October 29, 2020
US News “Fewer Painful Procedures Could Help Preemies' Brain Development: Study”, October 2020
CTV News “The toll online learning is taking on families is part of a new study”, June 2020
Western News “Study investigates virtual learning impact on families”, June 2020
CTV News: “Safe, normal and as comfortable as possible': LHSC beefs up precautions for expectant parents during COVID-19”, May 2020
London Free Press: “COVID-19: Western team probes how viral stress affects moms-to-be, newborns”, May 2020
​Media appearances (2019-2025)

Fox News (US) Study reveals certain types of screen time is more harmful than othershttps://www.ktvu.com/video/1650517, May 31, 2025
 
CrossWalk: Study Links Smartphone Use to Mental Health Crisis among Teens - Michael Foust
May 28th, 2025
 
Study Finds: Weekday Screen Time Can Quadruple Teens’ Risk Of Mental Health Problems
https://studyfinds.org/teen-screen-time-scrolling-mental-health-problems/ May 14, 2025
 
PsyPost: Passive scrolling linked to increased anxiety in teens, study finds, May 20th, 2025
 
Movie Guide (US): Want to Improve Your Teens’ Mental Health? Expert Says Do This… https://www.movieguide.org/news-articles/limiting-screen-time-to-2-hours-can-improve-mental-health.html, May 26, 2025
 
NBC 12 News Arizona (US) 'This is going to be a major problem': Arizona high school grad making 'Digital Dementia' her mission, May 19, 2025
 
NBC 12 News Arizona (US): Study: Excessive screen time fueling anxiety among teens, May 19, 2025
 
Times Now (India) This Common Phone Habit Among Teens Is Increasing Anxiety In Teens, May 15, 2025
 
Hindustan Times (Indi), Are you worried about your teen’s screen habits?, May 15, 2025
 
CBC radio, London Morning with Andrew, May 14, 2025
 
GlDevon Peacock, The Morning Show on AM980 (part 1, part 2), May 14, 2025
 
Western News, Passive scrolling linked to anxiety, other mental health concerns in teens, May 12, 2025
 
PsyPost: From likes to anxiety: Examining the psychological costs of social media among teens
March 14, 2025
 
The Western Gazette - Science behind: Brain rot, March 11, 2025
 
CBC Marketplace – Your kids' data could be for sale; new child-care funding: CBC's Marketplace cheat sheet, March 7, 2025
 
CBC Marketplace - Hey, parents: Advertisers could be using mobile games to build profiles about your kids, March 7, 2025
 
Montreal Gazette by Harry North, Debate by text: Should Quebec ban social media for teens?, December 13, 2024
 
Globe and Mail, Youth Violence is on the rise. Is social media to blame? By Naomi Buck, December 12, 2024
 
Global News Radio, Morning Show with Devon Peacock, Australia Bans Social Media for Teens, December 5, 2024
 
CBC Tik Tok News with Ashely Fraser, Watching videos at double speed and the influence on attention spans, December 4, 2024
 
Newswire, Women's Brain Health Day to raise funds for research on the impact of social media and device misuse on the developing brain, Dec 2, 2024
 
CTV News (TV) Toronto with Pauline Chen, “Research into role of social media on brain health”, Women’s Brain Health Initiative, December 2, 2024
 
CBC Radio (Day 6) with Brent Bambury, Australia Bans Social Media for teens under 16, November 30, 2024
 
Alex Pierson Shown on Global News Radio, Australia’s social media ban for teens, November 29, 2024
 
Radio Canada (print media), Le Canada devrait-il interdire les réseaux sociaux aux jeunes? Des experts s’expriment, by Jessia Chen, November 29, 2024
 
CBC News (TV) Canada Tonight with Travis Dhanraj, Australia Bans Social Media, November 28, 2024
 
Global News (TV) - Tik Tok lawsuits, October 7, 2024
 
John Oakley Show on Global News Radio - rises in teen violence, October 4, 2024
 
Connect with Sarah Crosbie on QR Calgary (part 1, part 2) (Radio), October 11, 2024

CBC The National segment about the search for two missing children with autism. September 22, 2024
 
CTV News Network Instagram adding new privacy settings for teens, September 17, 2024
 
 Global News Toronto (16:35) - Instagram and privacy settings for teens, September 17, 2024
 
CBC Edmonton article about a call by Unplugged Canada to delay giving cellphones to children. 
 
London Live with Mike Stubbs on AM980 (part 1, part 2) - cellphone bans in schools, September 3, 2024
 
CBC Ottawa - cellphone bans in schools, September 3, 2024
 
CTV Kitchener – “How Waterloo Region students are adapting to new classroom cellphone ban”
September 4, 2024
 
“Montreal man wants to sue social media platforms for being too addictive”, with Kelly Greig, Montreal CTV News, August 1, 2024
 
US Surgeon General calls for warnings on social media like labels on tobacco products “CBC Newsroom” with Andrew Nichols, June 17, 2024
 
“Dumbphones' are helping young people break the toxic cycle of social media addiction” CBC News, Arfa Rana, June 17, 2024

Tackling Teen Tech Addiction, The Catalyst, Conversations on Mental Health, by Christine Sismondo, June 2024

“Excessive screen time less common for rural youth: study” Canadian Affairs, by Nick Naylor, June 12, 2024

“Has the time come to ban social media for kids?”, 630 CHED, with Courtney Theriault, Edmonton, May 30th, 2024

“Social media lawsuit: Why school boards are raising red flags over use” Global News TV National with Eric Stober, May 29th, 2024

“Social Media Battle” CTV News National with Heather Wright, May 29th 2024
Mental Health Month, Tuffs City Radio, Tofino https://soundcloud.com/cameron-dennison

“Quebec premier says he’s open to limiting social media use as CAQ debates age limits” City News (TV), Montreal, May 27th, 2024

Radio 580 CFRA with CTV Ottawa with Kristy Cameron

CTV National News, “Concern over dangerous trend” Interviewed by Tony Grace, April 21, 2024
 “Social media can alter children's brains and impact mental health: neuroscientist” CTV News (online and broadcast), March 29, 2024
 
CBC The National, “TikTok, Snapchat respond to Ontario school boards' social media lawsuit” Interviewed by Thomas Daigle, March 30, 2024

CBC Toronto (online and broadcast) “Young brains are especially vulnerable to social media: experts” March 29, 2024CBC

Radio-Canada International
(English and French), “Schools say kids are compulsively using social media. But experts say they learned from the best”

CBC’s The Early Edition with Stephen Quinn, April 1, 2024

Global News Radio - Kelly Cutrara Show on Global News Radio, March 28, 2024

CBC’s The Current with Matt Galloway, April 4, 2024

CBC’s London Morning with Andrew Brown,  April 3, 2024

CBC’s Ontario Today with Amanda Pfeffer, April 9, 2024

Globe & Mail “Social media is designed to be addictive – and it is threatening our children’s well-being” by Brain Canada CEO Dr. Viviane Poupon, April 10, 2024

Placenta’s Role in Brain Development Linked to Child Cognition, Neuroscience News, February 27, 2024

MRI reveals placental oxygenation levels may be linked to fetal brain development, Health Imaging, February 24, 2024

Revolutionary Study Links Placental Oxygenation to Fetal Brain Development and Childhood Cognition, Medriva, February 28, 2024

Newstalk 580 CFRA, Ottawa, Kristy Cameron, January 26, 2024

Global news Radio, Toronto, Ben Mulroney, November 19, 2023

CBC News “Social media gets teens hooked while feeding aggression and impulsivity, and researchers think they know why”. November 16, 2023

iHeart radio Ottawa “Teens are addicted to Social Media and it's hurting their mental health” November 16, 2023

Global news Radio Ben OHara-Byrne, A little more conversation, November 16, 2023

CBC News - Metro Morning Toronto, Jill Dempsey, November 17, 2023

Global news Live Radio - Kelly Cutrara, November 17, 2023

CTV News, ON Akshay Tandon - live national television November 17, 2023      

CTV news, NFLD “New Canadian research points to link between scrolling and anxiety, depression in children”, November 17, 2023

CP24 Toronto (live television) “Canadian study links scrolling and anxiety in kids”, Nov 17, 2023

CTV Montreal, “Challenge invites children to go offline for a day”

CTV News Weekend, MediaView (tveyes.com), November 18, 2023

The National (CBC News): What social media scrolling is doing to kids’ brains

CBC News : Is too much screen time harming children? Western study finds link to anxiety, depression, August 13, 2023

CBC London Radio: Screen time and children’s mental health. Interview by Allison Devereaux, August 8, 2023

Alex Pierson Show (radio): Screen time and children’s mental health. August 15, 2023

London Free Press: More screen time, higher depression levels for kids: Western study, August 10, 2023
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Western News: Two Western research projects among four recipients of Canada Brain Research Fund grants
 
London Free Press: Western University researchers get $2.5M to study brain health

CBC London: Western researchers land nearly $2.8M in funding to boost brain health research
 
Blackburn News: Two Western brain research projects receive over $2.5M in grants
 
CTV London: Two Western University research projects receive Canada Brain Research Fund grants
 
Spectrum News: Anxiety drives amygdala differences in autistic youth, July 27, 2022
 
Western News: Neuroscience experts unlock mystery of autism-related anxiety, March 31, 2022
 
News Medical Life Sciences: “Study examines relationship between prenatal and postnatal stress, depression, and infant motor development during COVID”, February 2022
 
Spectrum News: “Amygdala development diverges in autism-specific anxiety”, February 2022
 
Global News (Radio) “Study finds majority of children under five are getting too much screen time”, February 2022
 
Global News: (National Television) “Children’s screen time doubles during pandemic”, January 2022
 
CTV News: (Local Television)  Parents grappling with decision to send kids back to school or keep them home”, January 2022
 
CBC radio: Ontario syndication run, London, Windsor, Peterborough, Sudbury, January 10, 2022
 
CBC radio: National syndication run, live radio interviews in all 10 provinces and 2 territories.
 
Global News Radio - The cost of keeping kids out of class, January 7, 2022
 
CTV News (Live National Television) “Too much screen time for kids during the pandemic”, October 2021
 
“Kids' screen time shot up during the pandemic. But few thought it was this bad”, London Free Press, October 2021
Pandemic linked to significant jump in screen time for kids | CTV News, October 2021
 
CTV News (Live national television) “Eastern Ontario Schools to Reopen”, January 2021
 
CBC News “How worried should I be about my kids spending so much time online during the pandemic?”, January 2021
 
Globe and Mail “All that excess screen time parents were told not to worry about at the start of COVID-19? It’s time to worry”, October 29, 2020
 
US News “Fewer Painful Procedures Could Help Preemies' Brain Development: Study”, October 2020
 
CTV News “The toll online learning is taking on families is part of a new study”, June 2020
 
Western News “Study investigates virtual learning impact on families”, June 2020
 
CTV News: “Safe, normal and as comfortable as possible': LHSC beefs up precautions for expectant parents during COVID-19”, May 2020
 
London Free Press: “COVID-19: Western team probes how viral stress affects moms-to-be, newborns”, May 2020
 
Global News: “Coronavirus: Canadian researchers seek 200K participants to study impact of stress on pregnancy”, May 2020
 
Radio Western: “News cast” May 20th 2020
 
Western News “Brain clue signals anxiety, depression in some kids” Paul Mayne, November 2019
 
Spectrum News “Enlarged amygdala may forecast anxiety, depression in autistic children” Nicholette Zeliadt, October 2019

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