October 14, 2025 by A&S News

From “forever chemicals” known as PFAS to concerns about what could go wrong with AI technology, 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.

October 3

  • Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy professor Timothy Snyder discusses U.S. president Donald Trump on MSNBC TV: Velshi and CBC Radio: Front Burner.
  • Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy affiliated faculty Franklyn Griffiths writes in The Globe and Mail (paywall) about how Canada could be annexed.
  • Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources professor and director Rafael Gomez explains labour negotiations with Alberta teachers to the Edmonton Journal.
  • Department of Philosophy professor Mark Kingwell gives Toronto Star (paywall) readers advice on how to deal with a mother’s well-meaning gift.

October 4

  • Department of Sociology professor Scott Schieman and PhD student Alexander Wilson write in the Toronto Star (paywall) about Canadian workers’ views on AI.

October 5

  • Department of Economics professor Joseph Steinberg talks to Global News about Prime Minister Mark Carney’s trip to Washington.

October 6

  • School of the Environment associate professor Teresa Kramarz explains direct lithium extraction to CBC online.

October 7

October 8

  • Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology assistant professor, teaching stream Danielle De Carle shares with the Times of India (paywall) her ancient leech fossil discovery.
  • Department of Geography & Planning professor and School of Cities Infrastructure Institute director Matti Siemiatycki writes in The Hill Times (paywall) about the need for evidence-based infrastructure project choices.

October 9

  • Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology associate professor, teaching stream Shelby Riskin and Department of Earth Sciences professor Sarah Finkelstein examine creatures buried in century-old soil, as reported by The Guardian.
  • Department of Computer Science University Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton explains what could go wrong with AI technology on The Weekly Show with Jon Stewart.
  • Department of Sociology PhD candidate Kayla Preston shares her research on far-right extremism with CBC Radio: Mainstreet NS.
  • Department of Earth Sciences and School of the Environment professor Miriam L. Diamond discusses on CTV: The Social the dangers of “forever chemicals” in everyday life.
  • School of Cities director and Department of Geography & Planning professor Karen Chapples shares a study on cities vulnerable to U.S. tariffs with the Toronto Star (paywall), CP24 online and CityNews online.
  • Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy professor emeritus and founding director Janice Stein, Munk School senior fellow Akaash Maharaj and Trinity College’s Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History senior fellow Jon Allen discuss the Israel-Hamas peace deal with CBC online, Radio-Canada online, CBC TV, CHCH TV, CBC Radio: Radio Noon Quebec and CBC: The National.
  • Department of Philosophy professor Mark Kingwell shares advice with Toronto Star (paywall) readers on whether or not it’s polite to correct others’ pronunciation.

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