August 4, 2023 by
A&S News
From what movies and television get right — and wrong — about space travel and the cosmos, to eye-catching course posters, 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.
July 28, 2023
- Professor Rafael Gomez, director of the Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources, speaks in Canadian Business about pointing to inflation and the rising cost of living when asking for a raise at work.
- Department of Geography & Planning professor Matti Siemiatycki, director of the Infrastructure Institute at the School of Cities, comments in CBC News on the shift in development plans for Markham’s Buttonville Airport, and in the Montreal Gazette on the hopes and promise of the new REM automated electric light-rail transit system.
- In the Toronto Star, Jessica Green, professor in the Department of Political Science and the School of the Environment, suggests actions that people can take at the individual level to mitigate climate change.
- School of the Environment senior lecturer emeritus Beth Savan in CBC News comments on how some Canadian cities are making it easier for cyclists and pedestrians to get around during the summer.
- Professor Bryan Gaensler, director of the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, joins a panel discussion on TVO’s The Agenda examining the portrayal of outer space, space travel and the cosmos in film and television.
July 30, 2023
- For Politico, Department of Anthropology professor emeritus Marcel Danesi explains how some people are susceptible to believing lies and conspiracy theories, particularly in the context of political rhetoric.
July 31, 2023
- Marcel Danesi speaks further on MSNBC’s Morning Joe about how language used by autocratic and populist politicians can shape and reinforce thoughts and beliefs.
- Department of Psychology professor Gillian Einstein describes in Chatelaine how sleep affects brain health and memory.
August 1, 2023
- Jean-Bernard Caron, associate professor in the Departments of Earth Sciences and Ecology & Evolutionary Biology (EEB), describes in Newsweek the discovery of a previously unknown species of ancient jellyfish that lived more than 500 million years ago.
August 2, 2023
- Jean-Bernard Caron and EEB PhD candidate Joe Moysiuk speak further about identifying the world’s oldest swimming jellyfish in CBC News, CNN and The Guardian.
- Department of Political Science professor emeritus Nelson Wiseman comments in the New York Times on the separation of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau from his wife Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau.
August 3, 2023
- Andrew Chang, a PhD student in the Department of English, shares on CBC Radio’s Metro Morning why and how he produces eye-catching posters to illustrate undergraduate course descriptions.