March 13, 2025 by
A&S News
From Canada’s new Liberal party leader to the ‘Blood Moon,’ 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.
March 7, 2025
- Department of History professor Dimitry Anastakis discusses with the Hamilton Spectator (paywall) Canada’s auto sector and the Smoot-Hawley tariffs from the 1930s.
- Department of Physics professor Aephraim Steinberg explains to BBC online his research findings on “negative time.”
- Department of Psychology PhD candidate Elaine Hoan discusses with the Toronto Star (paywall) her study revealing that single women are happier than single men.
- Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics public outreach, communications & events strategist Ilana MacDonald answers questions about air quality on CBC Radio: Quirks & Quarks.
- Department of Sociology associate professor Jooyoung Lee discusses with the National Post (paywall) the issues of illegal smuggling of guns from the U.S. into Canada.
- Department of Political Science professor emeritus Nelson Wiseman comments for the Associated Press on new Liberal party leader Mark Carney.
- Department of Political Science assistant professor Semra Sevi talks to MSNBC about Conservative party leader Pierre Poilievre’s campaign messaging.
- Department of Earth Sciences and School of the Environment professor Miriam L. Diamond comments for CBC News online on the government’s decision to list PFAS in the toxic substance list.
- School of Cities adjunct professor Carolyn Whitzman discusses with The Globe and Mail (paywall) the Canadian real estate market.
- Department of Economics and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy associate professor Peter Morrow talks to the Toronto Star (paywall) about a potential agreement to get rid of the tariffs imposed by U.S. president Donald Trump.
- Department of History professor Dimitry Anastakis talks to The Logic (paywall) about how Japanese automakers, once targeted by Canada’s protectionist policies, have become the top auto producers in Ontario.
March 8, 2025
- Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources and Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies associate professor Padraic X. Scanlan writes in The Globe and Mail (paywall) about the lasting impacts of the Irish Great Famine.
- Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies professor emeritus Anthony Doob shares with Reuters research showing that Indigenous people are more likely than white people to be denied full parole.
March 9, 2025
- Department of Political Science assistant professor Semra Sevi comments for the Toronto Star (paywall) on the Ontario provincial election results.
- Department of Political Science professor emeritus Nelson Wiseman comments for CTV News online and the Hindustan Times on the possible scenarios for the term of the next Liberal leader in Canada.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy professor Drew Fagan comments for Reuters and France24 on the Liberals’ decision to announce Trudeau’s successor during the U.S. trade war.
March 10, 2025
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology professor Chelsea Rochman and the U of T Trash Team collect nearly 175,000 pieces of plastic from the Toronto Harbour, as highlighted by CTV News online and Radio-Canada online.
- Department of Political Science and School of the Environment professor Jessica Green writes in The Hill Times (paywall) about what’s next for climate policy.
- Department of Computer Science associate professor David Duvenaud will advise federal policymakers on AI safety, as noted by The Logic (paywall).
- Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics assistant professor Laurie Rousseau-Nepton shares with The Globe and Mail (paywall) her research journey as Canada’s first Indigenous woman to earn a PhD in her field.
- Department of History professor Dimitry Anastakis comments for The New York Times (paywall) on new Liberal leader Mark Carney’s political profile.
- Department of Art History associate professor SeungJung Kim writes in Korea JoongAng Daily about the origins of the Cinderella motif in Greek folklore.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy senior fellow Jon Allen comments for the National Post (paywall) on how the U.S. annexing Greenland and Panama would be seen as a direct violation of international law under the United Nations’ Charter.
- Department of History professor emeritus Robert Bothwell comments for the Associated Press on the European leaders backing up Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
- Department of History professor Dimitry Anastakis comments for the Financial Times (paywall) on Mark Carney replacing Justin Trudeau as Canada’s Prime Minister.
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology graduate student Thomas Dudgeon is highlighted by Fast Company for creating a 3D model of a Corythosaurus skull.
March 11, 2025
- School of Cities research on traffic violations results in new measures by the city to improve congestion on King Street, as reported by CTV News online.
- Victoria College academic programs director Ira Wells writes in The Walrus about the decline of educational programming for children.
- University Professor Janice Stein of the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy and Department of Political Science and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy associate professor Seva Gunitsky discuss on TVO: The Agenda how Canadian foreign policy can become independent from the U.S.
- Department of Political Science professor and Trinity College fellow John Kirton comments for Al Jazeera and China Daily on Mike Carney’s claim that he’ll keep Canada’s counter-tariffs in place until all of Trump’s tariffs are lifted.
- Department of Computer Science professor Raquel Urtasun discusses in MIT Technology Review Waabi’s use of virtual simulation to prove the safety of its driverless trucks.
- Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics public outreach, communications & events strategist Ilana MacDonald talks to the Toronto Star (paywall) about the “blood moon” — the first total lunar eclipse visible from Ontario in nearly three years.
March 12, 2025
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy distinguished fellow Peter Warrian talks to CBC News about the tariff deadline on steel and the aluminum industry.
March 13, 2025
- Department of East Asian Studies assistant professor Michelle Cho talks to CBC Arts about how the new Bong Joon Ho film has been received.