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National and International Media Highlights (2021-2024)

  1. Media Interview Medscape Medical News (Gwendolyn Rak):  Discussing Pain Exposure Limits Brain Development https://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/pain-exposure-hinders-brain-development-preterm-infants-2024a10005mu?form=fpf Published March 22, 2024. 
  2. Media Interview: CTV National Live Interview:  Discussing 2024 International Happiness Report (First broadcast 6pm March 20, 2024) 
  3. Media Interview: CBC Toronto News Live Interview:  Discussing York University supporting youth in science through the York Region Science and Technology Fair  (First broadcast 6pm and 11pm April 1, 2023) https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2189001283617 
  4. Social Media Interview: Coffee Up First with Jennifer and Georgia Valentyne (@motherdaughterdate). A conversation about building resilience  (First streamed January 16, 2023) https://www.instagram.com/tv/Cnfx3yvvVvD/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link  
  5. Media Interview: CTV News Morning News Live with Michelle Dubé Blue Monday. How can Canadians cope?  (First televised January 16, 2023) 
  6. Book Interview: When Children Feel Pain: From Everyday Aches to Chronic Conditions (Harvard University Press). Rachel Rabkin Peachman and Anna C. Wilson (authors). Book published August 2022 
  7. Media Interview: CBC Toronto News (Alison Chiason) Managing Vaccination Pain (First televised July 28, 2022) 
  8. Media Interview: CITYTV/CP24 News Managing Pain in Babies (First televised July 29, 2022) 
  9. Media Interview: CTV National News Vaccines for Babies and Toddlers Comfort https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2492547 (First televised July 28, 2022) 
  10. Media Interview: CTV News Morning Live Ottawa with Leslie Roberts How to talk to your children about Texas School Shooting. (First televised May 26, 2022) 
  11. Media Interview: 580 CFRA Radio Ottawa at Work How to talk to your children about Texas School Shooting. (First broadcast May 26, 2022) 
  12. Media Interview: CBC Kids News  Understanding the Events of Uvalde Texas (May 26, https://www.cbc.ca/kidsnews/post/what-canadian-kids-should-know-following-deadly-shooting-at-a-texas-school ). 
  13. Media Interview: Nature Careers (Chris Woolston). Rethinking the Academic CV. (April 5, 2022) https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00928-4
  14. Media Interview: Toronto Star (Nadine Yousif)  With Mask Mandates Lifting, How Do You Persuade Your Kids to Keep Wearing a  Mask.  (March 21, 2022) https://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2022/03/21/with-mandates-lifting-how-do-you-persuade-your-kids-to-keep-wearing-a-mask.html
  15. Media Interview: CTV News with Merella Fernandes Blue Monday During the Pandemic (first televised January 18, 2022). https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=2363878
  16. Media Interview: CBC Politics and Power with David Cochrane. Ontario unveils plan to get kids back in classrooms on Monday  (first aired January 12, 2022). https://www.cbc.ca/listen/cbc-podcasts/123-power-and-politics/episode/15888791-ontario-unveils-plan-to-get-kids-back-in-classrooms-on-monday
  17. Media Interview: The Big Story Podcast (in partnership with CityNews National Network) with Jordan Heath-Rawlings. What is virtual learning doing to Canadian kids?  (national release January 11, 2022; released by 10 different cities CityNews [Halifax, Ottawa, Toronto, Kitchener, Montreal, Winnipeg, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver]). https://thebigstorypodcast.ca/2022/01/11/what-is-virtual-learning-doing-to-canadian-kids/
  18. Media Interview: CP24 National – Live at Noon with Jennifer Hsuing Protecting Children’s Mental Health During Online School (first televised January 5, 2022).
  19. Media Interview: Globe and Mail (Brianna Bell). Kids growing up in the pandemic have a different view of the world. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/article-kids-growing-up-in-the-pandemic-have-a-different-view-of-the-world/ (January 3, 2022)
  20. Media Interview: CTV National Morning News (Weekday Edition) with Jennifer Burke Holiday Stress during the Pandemic (first televised December 22, 2021).
  21. Media Interview: CTV National Morning News (Weekend Edition) with Andrea Baint Mental Health and Pandemic Fatigue (first televised December 19, 2021).
  22. Media Interview: Global Morning News with Paul Haysom How to Prepare your Child for Vaccination (first televised November 29, 2021).
  23. Media Interview: CBC Radio Fresh Air (Julianne Hazlewood) Reducing Vaccine Pain in Kids, (first aired November 28 2021)
  24. Media Interview: CBC Radio Syndicate (5 cross-Canada radio station interviews) on Reducing Vaccine Pain in Kids, November 16, 2021
    1. CBC Mainstreet with Jeff Douglas (Halifax)
    2. CBC On the Go with Jane Adey (St. John’s)
    3. CBC Radio West with Sarah Penton (BC) 
    4. CBC Afternoon Edition with Garth Materie (Saskatchewan)
    5. CBC Airplay with Dave White (Whitehorse)
  25. Media Interview:  CBC Kids News. Freaked out by Needles? How to Prepare for the COVID-19 Vaccinehttps://www.cbc.ca/kidsnews/post/freaked-out-by-needles-how-to-prepare-for-the-covid-19-vaccine  November 25, 2021
  26. Media Interview: CTV National News How to Make Needles as pain-free as possible (first televised November 16, 2021)
  27. Media Interview: Globe and Mail How to Make Needles for Kids as Painfree as Possible  (Erin Andersen; Front Page feature)  https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-how-to-make-needles-for-kids-as-pain-free-as-possible/  November 15, 2021
  28. Media Interview: CTV National News. Needleless Vaccination Robot (Pauline Chan) November 4, 2021 (first televised November 4, 2021)
  29. Media Interview: National Geographic - Family. Helping Kids overcome a fear of shots (Amy McKeever).https://www.nationalgeographic.com/family/article/helping-kids-overcome-a-fear-of-shots.  October 29, 2021
  30. Media Interview: Nature Index.  Promoting the value of unofficial academic mentorship.(Kendall Power). https://www.natureindex.com/news-blog/promoting-the-value-of-unofficial-shadow-academic-mentorship  October 19, 2021
  31. Media Interview: Fairchild Television. Reducing Child Distress During Vaccination (Steve So; First Aired September 7, 2021) https://www.fairchildtv.com/newsarchive_detail.php?n=28&topic=1515&episode=3249
  32. Media Interview: VeryWell Health What you Say To Your Child Minutes After Vaccination Can Calm Them(Kayla Hui). (First Aired July 22, 2021) https://www.verywellhealth.com/child-vaccination-distress-5193640
  33. Media Interview: YTV ‘The Zone’ Segment  Covid and Mental Health (Spencer Litzinger). (First Televised June 28, 2021)
  34. Media Interview: Radio Canada. (Anne-Marie Trickey, June 5, 2021) Recevoir son vaccin contre la COVID-19 malgré une peur des aiguilles https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1799176/peur-phobie-aiguilles-vaccination-covid
  35. Media Interview:  CBC News. Want to get a COVID-19 vaccine but have a needle phobia? There’s help, experts say (Karina Zapata, May 26, 2021) https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/experts-needle-phobias-covid-19-vaccinations-1.6037531?fbclid=IwAR12-sHSpifIRtEVUv5SD0owSztt3O5wYJVfBKG-zF1irqdkzhqrRAEDFTc