February 13, 2025 by
A&S News
From U.S. trade wars to foreign interference, 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.
February 7, 2025
- Department of East Asian Studies assistant professor Michelle Cho talks to CBC Radio: Commotion about the thriving cultural output of some countries amid U.S. dominance.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy senior fellow Brian Lewis writes for TVO online about Ontario premier Doug Ford’s economic record.
- University Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton of the Department of Computer Science is noted in The Telegraph (paywall) for criticizing Google for prioritizing profits over safety.
- Matti Siemiatycki, professor in the Department of Geography & Planning and director of the Infrastructure Institute at the School of Cities, discusses with CBC News online and CP24 online Ontario premier Doug Ford’s proposed plan to build a tunnel under Highway 401.
February 9, 2025
- Department of Political Science professor and Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert talks to CBC Radio: Sunday Magazine about his new book, Chasing Shadows, which describes how countries are vulnerable to cyber-espionage.
- School of Environment assistant professor Teresa Kramarz talks to the Toronto Star (paywall) about the tariff war.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and Department of Political Science professor Mark Manger shares with CBC Radio: Sunday Magazine, CTV News online and Global News how Canada can turn this moment of trade uncertainty into opportunity.
- Department of Political Science professor emeritus Nelson Wiseman tells Global News that youth disengagement in politics is a global issue.
- PhD candidate Elaine Hoan and Professor Geoff MacDonald’s Department of Psychology study where they found that single women are happier than single men is highlighted in the Guardian.
February 10, 2025
- University Professor Janice Stein of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy discusses with Vox the trade wars between Canada, the U.S. and Mexico.
- Department of Economics PhD student Hugo Cordeau writes in The Globe and Mail (paywall) about how Canada should approach a trade retaliation with the U.S.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy’s Citizen Lab research associate Emile Dirks, senior researcher Noura Aljizawi, senior legal advisor Siena Anstis, and Department of Political Science professor and Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert argue in The Globe and Mail (paywall) that the inquiry into foreign interference missed an opportunity to tackle transnational repression.
- The Citizen Lab is expected to release a report on the discovery of Paragon spyware on WhatsApp, as reported by The Guardian.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy distinguished fellow Peter Warrian explains to CBC News online the impact of U.S. president Donald Trump’s latest tariff plans.
February 11, 2025
- Department of Economics professor Michelle Alexopoulos is appointed to the Bank of Canada, as reported by Bloomberg (paywall) and the Canadian Press.
- Department of Political Science professor and Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert discusses his new book, Chasing Shadows, on The Globe and Mail podcast: Machines Like Us.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy senior fellow Jon Allen shares analysis on U.S. president Donald Trump’s threats to takeover Canada with the National Post (paywall).
- University Professor Janice Stein of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy discusses on TVO: The Agenda U.S. president Donald Trump’s “madman” style of politics.
- Citizen Lab senior research fellow Bill Marczak discovers an issue with Apple’s latest iOS update, as reported in the Times of India, Economic Times, NDTV online and Forbes (paywall).
- Department of History professor emerita Margaret MacMillan comments for El País on the political tensions between the U.S. and Canada.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and Department of Political Science associate professor Diana Fu argues in South China Morning Post that distinguishing between “foreign influence” and “foreign interference” is crucial in a robust democracy.
February 12, 2025
- Department of Political Science assistant professor Eric Merkley tells La Presse that political polarization and negative perceptions of opposing parties have significantly increased from 1989 to 2019.
February 13, 2025
- Citizen Lab researchers discover Paragon spyware on WhatsApp, as reported by the Associated Press.