September 19, 2025 by
A&S News
From pollution in Lake Ontario to Prime Minister Mark Carney’s bilateral trade meeting with the president of Mexico, 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.
September 12
- Ecology & Evolutionary Biology associate professor Chelsea Rochman and the U of T Trash Team talk to The Weather Network about pollution in Lake Ontario.
September 14
- School of Cities adjunct professor Carolyn Whitzman comments in the Globe and Mail on the establishment of a new federal agency tasked with accelerating the construction of non-market homes in Canada.
September 15
- Department of French assistant professor, teaching stream Sophia Bello tells The Globe and Mail (paywall) that she encourages students to use AI tools responsibly, with mention of the Centre for Teaching Support & Innovation.
- Department of English professor Ian Williams is longlisted for the 2025 Giller Prize for his novel You’ve Changed, as reported by CBC online.
September 16
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy professor Jason Stanley discusses on MSNBC the killing of Charlie Kirk.
- Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies professor Scot Wortley talks to CBC Radio: Metro Morning about youth violence.
- Department of History professor emeritus Robert Bothwell comments for the Associated Press on Chrystia Freeland’s exit from the federal cabinet.
September 17
- Jason Stanley describes in HuffPost the authoritarian playbook he believes U.S. president Donald Trump and his administration are following.
September 18
- Department of Political Science professor emeritus Nelson Wiseman comments in an Associated Press story on Prime Minister Mark Carney’s visit to Mexico to meet with President Claudia Sheinbaum about trade and other matters.