April 11, 2025 by
A&S News
From housing as an election issue to teaching about climate change, 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.
April 4, 2025
- School of Cities adjunct professor Carolyn Whitzman talks to CBC Radio and The Tyee about housing as an election issue.
- Incoming professor Jason Stanley and professors Marci Shore and Timothy Snyder receive continued coverage for joining the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, with comments from university professor Janice Stein, as seen in CTV: Your Morning, CTV online, Boston Globe (paywall), Deutsche Welle, The New York Times (paywall), Al Jazeera, the Washington Post (paywall) and the Toronto Star (paywall).
- Department of Sociology assistant professor, teaching stream Yukiko Tanaka writes in University Affairs about the purpose of administrate postdoctoral positions.
- Department of Geography & Planning and Department of Earth Sciences professor Joseph Desloges comments for the Toronto Star (paywall) on ice storms affecting rural areas.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy senior fellow Brian Lewis writes in TVO online about the state of Canada’s finances leading up to the federal election.
- Department of Economics associate professor Joseph Steinberg comments for the Toronto Star (paywall) on U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs.
April 5, 2025
- David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics and St. Michael’s College assistant professor Adam Hincks and and Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics and department associate professor Renée Hložek share with CityNews and CBC: Metro Morning how they captured photos of the universe’s infancy.
- Department of English professor emeritus Rosemary Sullivan writes in The Globe and Mail (paywall) about the idea of a country.
- School of the Environment assistant professor, teaching stream Michael Classens talks to CBC: What on Earth online about an experiential learning course he teaches on climate change.
April 7, 2025
- The university receives a donation to launch the Wolf Scholars Program at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy as highlighted in The Globe and Mail (paywall) with comments from university professor Janice Stein of the Munk School and mentions of president-designate Melanie Woodin, dean of Arts & Science, and professor, teaching stream Nina Srinivasan Rathbun of the Munk School.
- Department of East Asian Studies assistant professor Michelle Cho talks to CBC Radio: Commotion about The White Lotus season finale.
- School of Cities adjunct professor Carolyn Whitzman writes in the Toronto Star (paywall) about Canada’s housing challenges.
- Victoria University professor Kathleen Wynne shares her perspective with TVO online on the Canada-U.S. relationship.
April 8, 2025
- Department of Geography & Planning professor and School of Cities Infrastructure Institute director Matti Siemiatycki comments for CityNews online and Global News online on bike lane removals in Toronto and Doug Ford’s Highway 401 tunnel project.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy professor Drew Fagan discusses on TVO: The Agenda whether Canada should retaliate against U.S. tariffs.
- Department of Earth Sciences and School of the Environment professor Miriam L. Diamond tells The Globe and Mail (paywall) that there are thousands of different types of PFAS chemicals and several are already restricted in Canada.
April 9, 2025
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy professor Ayelet Shachar discusses on CBC Radio: Ideas human migration patterns driven by climate change.
- Department of Geography & Planning professor and School of Cities Infrastructure Institute director Matti Siemiatycki talks to iHeartRadio about Ontario premier Doug Ford’s plans to ease traffic in the GTA.
- Department of Political Science and School of the Environment professor Jessica Green discusses with Bloomberg (paywall) Prime Minister Mark Carney’s climate action plans.
- Department of History professor Dimitry Anastakis writes in the Toronto Star (paywall) about the impact of Trump’s tariffs on Canadians.
- Department of Economics associate professor Joseph Steinberg comments for CBC News online (paywall) on comments on stock market instability following tariff news.
- Department of Political Science PhD candidate Amelie Tolvin discusses in Foreign Policy (paywall) the violent culture within the Russian military contributing to high casualties and brutality in Ukraine.
- Department of Political Science and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy associate professor Seva Gunitsky comments for CBC News online on the punk rock group Pussy Riot’s role in raising Western awareness of Russian dissent, despite their diminished influence in Russia.
April 10, 2025
- Department of Philosophy professor Mark Kingwell offers advice in the Toronto Star (paywall) on handling offensive remarks from family members.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy professor Drew Fagan discusses on iHeartRadio the international impacts of U.S. tariffs.
- Department of Statistical Sciences professor Jeffrey Rosenthal comments for the Toronto Star (paywall) and NOW Toronto on polls and ballot protests leading up to the federal election.