February 28, 2025 by
A&S News
From food insecurity to police corruption, 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 14, 2025
- Department of Philosophy professor Mark Kingwell advises readers in the Toronto Star (paywall) on workplace attractions and spousal income disparity.
- Department of Earth Sciences and School of the Environment professor Miriam L. Diamond shares research with ELLE Australia, finding that one in five products tested from fast-fashion retailers had dangerous chemical levels.
- School of Cities urbanist-in-residence Lanrick Bennett Jr. talks to the Toronto Star (paywall) about his love of winter cycling.
February 16, 2025
- School of the Environment assistant professor, teaching stream Michael Classens discusses in the Toronto Star (paywall) household food insecurity in Toronto, with mention of research out of the PROOF lab.
- Department of Economics associate professor Joseph Steinberg comments for CBC News online and the Financial Post (paywall) on the U.S.’s trade deficit with Canada and reciprocal tariffs.
February 17, 2025
- Department of Political Science professor emeritus Nelson Wiseman suggests in The Globe and Mail (paywall) that the Oshawa riding is an easy win for Doug Ford’s PCs.
February 18, 2025
- Department of Sociology assistant professor Joanna Pepin shares with The Globe and Mail (paywall) her research on mothers as the family breadwinner.
- Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies assistant professor Patrick Watson writes in the Toronto Star (paywall) about police officers under investigation for corruption offences.
February 19, 2025
- Citizen Lab researchers of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy investigate digital threats against activists in Italy, as reported in The Guardian.
February 20, 2025
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy experts tell Hill Times (paywall) the estimated cost of building the Toronto-Quebec City rail network.
- Matti Siemiatycki, professor in the Department of Geography & Planning and director of the Infrastructure Institute at the School of Cities, comments for CBC News online on a new report detailing traffic congestion solutions for Toronto.
- Department of History professor Dimitry Anastakis discusses with the National Post (paywall) how auto tariffs would impact Canadians.
- Matti Siemiatycki, professor in the Department of Geography & Planning and director of the Infrastructure Institute at the School of Cities, comments for the Toronto Star (paywall) on Ontario premiere Doug Ford’s Highway 401 tunnel plan.
February 21, 2025
- Acceleration Consortium affiliate researcher Andrew White is highlighted as one of a few U of T changemakers in Canadian business by The Globe and Mail (paywall).
- Victoria College Academic Programs Director Ira Wells argues in The Globe and Mail (paywall) that we can give ourselves permission to tune out U.S. president Donald Trump.
February 22, 2025
- Department of Political Science associate professor Olga Chyzh writes in The Guardian about the U.S.-Russia peace talks over Ukraine.
- Department of Sociology associate professor Jooyoung Lee tells CBC News that the majority of crime guns in Canada originate from a small number of U.S. states with lax gun laws.
February 24, 2025
- Department of Economics professor emeritus Gustavo Indart writes in the Toronto Star (paywall) about how Canada can move forward following U.S. president Donald Trump’s tariff threats.
February 25, 2025
- Department of Psychology associate professor Amy Finn shares with BBC online her research on how people visualize foreign languages through colours and patterns.
- Department of Geography & Planning professor and School of Cities director Karen Chapple shares with CBC News data highlighting strong downtown recovery in Halifax.
- Human Biology Program sessional lecturer Kerry Bowman discusses on CBC Radio: The Early Edition, CBC News online and iHeartRadio the ethics of FIFA requesting priority health-care access for athletes.
- Department of East Asian Studies assistant professor Michelle Cho explains on CBC Arts: Commotion a de facto ban on Korean movies, music and cultural products in China.
- University College affiliated faculty Nancy Olivieri writes in the Hamilton Spectator (paywall) that Ontario premier Doug Ford has harmed health care in Hamilton.
February 26, 2025
- Matti Siemiatycki, professor in the Department of Geography & Planning and director of the Infrastructure Institute at the School of Cities, explains on CTV: Your Morning how tariffs may impact Canada’s housing industry.
- Citizen Lab fellow Mona Wang talks to CBC News about security risks of the RedNote app.
- Department of Geography & Planning PhD candidate Roxana Escobar Ñañez shares with CBC News online her research on the urban spatial practices of Afro-Peruvian women.
- AI-powered self-driving labs at the university like the Acceleration Consortium are mentioned in Forbes to demonstrate the importance of interdisciplinary research.
- Department of Political Science PhD candidate Steven Loleski comments in Le Devoir on Canada-U.S. trade tensions.
February 27, 2025
- David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics associate professor, teaching stream Michael Reid explains to the Toronto Star (paywall) how to view the planetary parade.
- Department of Philosophy professor Mark Kingwell advises readers in the Toronto Star (paywall) on roommate dynamics and breakups.
- Department of Political Science professor and Citizen Lab director Ron Deibert is highlighted in the Waterloo Region Record (paywall) for his book on cyber espionage.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy lecturer Shoaib Rahim and professor Ed Schatz write in The Globe and Mail (paywall) about Trump’s strategy on Ukraine.
- Department of Political Science assistant professor Semra Sevi comments for Reuters and the Guardian on the Ontario election results.