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Broadcast Media Interviews: TV, Radio, PodCast, YouTube (34)

  1. Equity-seeking groups at the RI-MUHC: Spotlight on members of the 2SLGBTQIA+ community. Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), July 20, 2024  

  2. Dr. Henry brings us a provincial health update; two years of COVID-19 in B.C. CBC Radio: BC Today with Michelle Eliot, January 28, 2022 

  3. All of our tanks are on EMPTY: Discussing Tangible Mental Health Tools for Healthcare Providers with Dr. Jason Harley. The Gritty Nurse Podcast, June 10, 2021  

  4. Burden of Care, CTV W5, April 3, 2021. 

  5. Mental health challenges faced by healthcare workers, CBC Radio Daybreak [newscast segment], February 1, 2021 

  6. Mental health challenges faced by healthcare workers, CBC Montreal News [television], January 31, 2021 

  7. Research finds stress, anxiety climbing for health-care workers during COVID-19 pandemic. Global News, December 18, 2020 

  8. Quebec is imposing more COVID restrictions. How are you feeling? Radio Noon Quebec with Shawn Apel, CBC Radio, December 16, 2020. 

  9. There's no vaccine against health-care worker burnout, The Arlene Bynon Show, SiriusXM: Canada Talks, December 15, 2020. 

  10. How ‘pandemic fatigue’ could be leading to case surge, Global News, October 5, 2020 

  11. Pandemic fatigue, CTV National News, September 16, 2020 

  12. Dr. Jason Harley discusses their 2019 Educational Psychologist article, “Emotion Regulation in Achievement Situations: An Integrated Model. APA Division 15 podcast, June 26, 2020 

  13. Research to examine emotional well-being of physicians, nurses during pandemic, Global News, May 22, 2020 

  14. Anxiety, complacency, and public health officials’ projections, CBC Radio Daybreak, April 8th, 2020 

  15. Feeling anxious is normal: researcher, CBC Let's Go, April 1, 2020 

  16. Managing anxiety during a pandemic: A webcast with McGill experts, McGill Alumni News, March 26 2020 

  17. How to teach kids to hunt out fake news? With dinosaurs, of course. Global News, May 28, 2019 

  18. Artificial intelligence in the classroom. CBC Edmonton AM, August 27, 2018 

  19. Artificial intelligence in the classroom. The Alberta Morning News, CHED Radio, Global News, August 19, 2018.  

  20. Learning Edmonton’s LGBTQ history, CTV2 Alberta Primetime News, August 2, 2018, 

  21. The Edmonton Queer History App. CTV News, June 8, 2018 

  22. Friday roundtable: Pride, The Ryan Jespersen Show, CHED Radio, Global News, June 8, 2018.  

  23. A new queer history app, Sirius XM: Canada Talks, June 7, 2018.:  

  24. A new queer history app for Edmonton. CBC News, Edmonton AM, June 5, 2018.  

  25. LGBTQ’s history in Edmonton. City News TV, June 5, 2018.  

  26. Interactive app sheds light on Edmonton’s LGBTQ community. Global News at Six, June 4, 2018.  

  27. Pocket-size guide to Edmonton LGBTQ+ history. Global News at Noon, June 4, 2018. 

  28. Why people are so rude on the internet. CBC News, Edmonton AM, December 5, 2017. 

  29. Spotting fake news, CBC Edmonton AM, July 12, 2017 

  30. Les fausses nouvelles sous la loupe au Musée des beaux-arts de l'Alberta, Radio-Canada: Le Téléjournal. [Émission du mardi 11 juillet 2017: 16:55-19:21], July 11, 2017. 

  31. Why Instagram may make some people feel unhappy. Global News, May 26, 2017.  

  32. RCMP investigating apparent ‘fight club’. CTV News, May 17, 2017.  

  33. Edmonton queer history app being developed, Global News, January 15, 2017.  

  34. When news seems too outrageous to be true, CBC News, Edmonton AM, December 19, 2016.  

Print Media Interviews: Newspaper/Web story, & Magazine (53) 

  1. C-STARS: Studying mental well-being in space, Canadian Space Agency, October 28, 2025.  

  2. Canadian Space Agency unveils four new studies for International Space Station, Toronto Star, October 28, 2025 [features CSA-funded project I am a co-investigator on; PI interviewed] 

  3. UFV’s Jelena Brcic helps examine the effects of stress and isolation on astronauts, University of Fraser Valley’s UFV Today, October 28, 2025.  

  4. Space exploration another day on the job for astronauts: Brock prof. Brock University’s The Brock News, October 28, 2025.  

  5. The Golden Age of Health Professions Simulation Research at McGill has Arrived. Health e-News, McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences E-Newsletter. October 24, 2024. 

  6. Celebrating Pride Month with the first Pride in Research seminar, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre (RI-MUHC), July 20, 2023  

  7. Introducing gender marker X at McGill. McGill Reporter, October 13, 2022. 

  8. As Quebec launches new vaccination campaign, booster rate remains low. Canadian Press published in The Globe and MailCTVMontreal Gazette August 18, 2022.  

  9. Voices from our 2SLGBTQ+ community: Jason Harley. McGill Reporter, May 17, 2022. 

  10. Stress in healthcare workers: a model to help us rethink challenges. MUHC News, May 3, 2022. 

  11. Using artificial intelligence in health sciences education requires interdisciplinary collaboration and risk assessment. Conversation Canada, March 16, 2022. [co-written with postdoc, Elif Bilgic, PhD] 

  12. MUHC uses artificial intelligence to train neurosurgery students, CTV News, February 26, 2022. [MSc student Ali Fazlollahi interviewed].   

  13. Artificial intelligence tutoring outperforms expert instructors in neurosurgical training, Eureka Alert! February 22, 2022. [MSc student Ali Fazlollahi interviewed].   

  14. Yes, pandemic fatigue is an issue, experts say. Will Omicron make it worse? CBC News, Dec. 18, 2021  

  15. Health-care workers are buckling under the strain as third wave of COVID-19 hits, CTV News, April 2, 2021. 

  16. Quebec actress dies while waiting for surgery delayed by COVID-19, Montreal Gazette, February 20, 2021 

  17. Pandemic: Healthcare worker burnout. McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, January 28, 2021. 

  18. Opinion: There's no vaccine against health-care worker burnout, Montreal Gazette, December 11, 2020 [co-written with postdoc, Nigel Mantou Lou, PhD] 

  19. Nurses, other health-care workers block bridge in Montreal and Quebec City in protest over work conditions, The Globe and Mail, October 19, 2020 

  20. SSHRC invests in McGill COVID-19 research, McGill Reporter, September 21, 2020 

  21. Questions et réponses sur la COVID-19 : Comment gérer la « fatigue pandémique », Salle de presse: Communications institutionnelles McGill/ McGill dans la ville, September 15, 2020 

  22. COVID-19 Q&A: Jason M. Harley on dealing with pandemic fatigue, Health e-News, McGill Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences E-Newsletter, August 26, 2020 

  23. COVID-19 Q&A: Jason M. Harley on dealing with pandemic fatigue, McGill Reporter, August 25, 2020 

  24. Pandemic fatigue is real, but there are ways to deal with it, prof says, Montreal Gazette, July 23, 2020 

  25. Most Quebecers believe first wave of COVID-19 is over, survey finds, CTV News, June 18, 2020 

  26. Research to examine emotional well-being of physicians, nurses during pandemic, Global News, May 22, 2020 

  27. 10 ways to manage anxiety during a pandemic: Two McGill University experts share tips to help your mental health, Healthy Brains-Healthy Lives, April 2, 2020 

  28. Deakin interviews author of "Fake News and Dinosaurs", Deakin Review, September, 2019 

  29. Dinos and fake news feature in Alberta prof’s graphic novel for kids. The Star, June 3, 2019 

  30. Dino detective story aims to help kids spot fake news. Folio: University of Alberta News, June 3, 2019 

  31. How to teach kids to hunt out fake news? With dinosaurs, of course. Global News, May 28, 2019. 

  32. 'It's an educational revolution': how AI is transforming university life. The Guardian, 2019, April 17 

  33. Robots won’t replace teachers—but they could help them. Folio: University of Alberta News, August 15, 2018.  

  34. Privacy commissioner's investigation brings us face-to-face with our technology fears, The Edmonton Journal, August 7, 2018 

  35. Edmonton Queer History App aims to fill gap left by textbooks, The Star, June 8, 2018. 

  36. New app explores LGBTQ history in Edmonton, The Gateway, June 8, 2018.  

  37. The future is friendly, Illuminate Magazine, June 6, 2018.  

  38. Application Explores Edmonton's Queer History, Vue Weekly, June 6, 2020  

  39. 'Queer History' app documents Edmonton's LGBTQ history, CBC News, June 5, 2018 

  40. New app shines spotlight on impact of Edmonton’s queer history, Folio, June 5, 2018  

  41. Teaching Edmonton’s queer history: App aims to fill gap in school curriculum, Global News, June 4, 2018.  

  42. Edmonton queer history app launches in time for Pride, The Edmonton Journal, June 3, 2018  

  43. How did we get where we are today? Edmonton Queer History App developed by researchers at the University of Alberta now available, The Edmonton Pride Guide (pp. 55), June 2, 2018. 

  44. Les fausses nouvelles sous la loupe au Musée des beaux-arts de l'Alberta, Radio-Canada, July 11, 2017 

  45. Why are we so rude on social media? Folio: University of Alberta News, December 1, 2017. 

  46. 5 tips on how not to behave badly online. Folio: University of Alberta News, December 1, 2017. 

  47. Fake News: Distinguishing Fact from Fiction, TEACH Magazine, (pp. 7-9), March 2017. 

  48. App in development for Edmonton LGBTQ history. The Gateway, February 9, 2017.  

  49. A pocket-size guide to local queer history. Illuminate Magazine, January 10, 2017.   

  50. Trustworthy advice for a post-truth world. University of Alberta News, January 9, 2017.  

  51. Year in Review: Recapping the most memorable social media moments. Edmonton Journal, December 25, 2016.   

  52. What the gamer/psychologist wants for the holidays. University of Alberta News, December 9, 2016. 

  53. A.I. invasion or A.I. in education? Perihelion Science Fiction, 5(3). [Invited, commissioned], March 2016. 

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