June 16, 2023 by
A&S News
From the prospect of more interest hikes by the Bank of Canada to examining the state of masculinity in contemporary society, experts from a range of disciplines across the Faculty of Arts & Science are sharing their expertise on a variety of issues in the media.
Here’s some of what they had to say this week.
June 9, 2023
- Institute of Islamic Studies Director Anver Emon, who is also a professor in the Department of History, talks to CBC News online about his work researching alleged systemic bias against Muslim charities.
June 10, 2023
- Department of Geography & Planning PhD candidate Jeremy Withers comments for the Toronto Star (paywall) on the city’s condo market.
- Department of Economics Professor Emeritus Gustavo Indart writes in the Toronto Star (paywall) about future interest rate hikes.
- Department of Philosophy Professor Mark Kingwell writes in The Globe and Mail (paywall) about the possibility of AI as an existential threat.
- Department of Geography & Planning Professor and Infrastructure Institute at the School of Cities Director Matti Siemiatycki discusses with the Hamilton Spectator (paywall) the complex factors affecting the housing market and development.
- Department of Political Science and School of the Environment Associate Professor Jessica Green tells CBC News online about the importance of funding TransformTO, the city’s strategy to reach net zero by 2040.
June 12, 2023
- The School of Cities co-hosts a mayoral debate on housing, as featured on CBC News online.
- Director of the Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance at the School of Cities Enid Slack comments in The Globe and Mail (paywall) on Toronto’s mayoral election.
- Former Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources Director Anil Verma comments for CTV News online on how AI may impact skills and jobs.
- Department of Philosophy Professor Emeritus Wayne Sumner comments for CTV News online on freedom of expression and the controversial nature of some images used in anti-abortion materials.
- Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies Professor Emeritus Anthony Doob talks to the Toronto Star (paywall) about how federal corrections handles dangerous offenders.
- Citizen Lab Senior Researcher John Scott-Railton comments for the Wall Street Journal (paywall) on a false image likely made with generative AI.
June 13, 2023
- Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance Studies Assistant Professor David Rokeby talks to CBC News online about the BMO Lab’s use of AI in collaboration with artists.
- Book and Media Studies Associate Professor and Program Coordinator at St. Michael’s College Paolo Granata comments for CTV News online on a mayoral candidate’s use of AI to generate campaign images.
- Department of English Assistant Professor Deirdre Baker shares with the Toronto Star (paywall) a list of book recommendations for kids’ summer reading.
- Department of East Asian Studies Assistant Professor Michelle Cho talks to CNN about BTS fandom on the K-pop group’s tenth anniversary.
June 14, 2023
- Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources Director and Professor Rafael Gomez shares with The Walrus how the long-term trend of employers reducing on-the-job training has helped create a market for microcredentials.
- Centre of Criminology & Sociolegal Studies Professor Scot Wortley is a co-author of a new report entitled The Experiences of Racialized and Marginalized Populations with the School Resource Officer (SRO) Program at Edmonton Public Schools, highlighted by Global News.
- Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy fellow Aaron Moore comments for the Toronto Star (paywall) on advance voting turnout in Toronto’s mayoral election.
- Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics fellow Keir Rogers discusses in Bioengineer new research that may explain both the nature of invisible dark matter and the large-scale structure of the Universe known as the cosmic web.
June 15, 2023
- Anthony Doob comments in the Toronto Star on what candidates in the race to become Toronto’s next mayor are saying they would do about crime and public safety.
- Department of Sociology PhD student Jillian Sunderland contributes to an episode of CBC Radio’s Ideas examining the state of masculinity in contemporary society.