June 5, 2025 by
A&S News
From a new course on authoritarianism to public transportation costs, 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.
May 30, 2025
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy professor Timothy Snyder shares on CBC: The National and CBC Radio: Metro Morning (part two) details about his new course on authoritarianism.
- Department of History professor Steve Penfold is featured on CBC Radio: The Next Chapter, in a list of books to read about guilty pleasures.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy senior fellow Jon Allen shares insights with The Walrus and CBC News online on the joint statement from Canada, France and the U.K. about Israel’s military offensive.
- Department of Economics professor Joseph Steinberg talks to Bell Media radio about the ongoing tariff war.
- Department of History professor Heidi Bohaker examines a Métis rights claim, as covered by CKNX News.
June 2, 2025
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy professors Marci Shore, Timothy Snyder and Jason Stanley are noted in the Irish Times (paywall) for their move to Canada.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and Department of Political Science professor and Vice-President, International Joseph Wong tells Times Higher Education that student caps are hurting Canada’s reputation.
June 3, 2025
- School of Cities researchers publish a report on public transit construction costs, as highlighted in The Globe and Mail (paywall).
- Department of Geography & Planning professor and School of Cities Infrastructure Institute director Matti Siemiatycki comments for CTV online on concerns with Humber River Health’s building infrastructure.
June 4, 2025
- Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources professor Rafael Gomez comments for the Toronto Star (paywall) on challenges facing the Canada Post union.
June 5, 2025
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology students and Trash Team members Ashlyn Nance, Brenda Li and Ferny Solis talk to the Toronto Star (paywall) about leading clean-up efforts at Cherry Beach.
- Department of Philosophy professor Mark Kingwell advises Toronto Star (paywall) readers on the ethics of paying for arts services in cash.