April 19, 2024 by
A&S News
From the new federal budget to why midges matter, 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.
April 12, 2024
- Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies Assistant Professor Patrick Watson comments for CBC News online on transparency around Toronto police officer suspensions.
- The Winnipeg Sun highlights data visualization lead Jeff Allen’s research examining how many jobs can be reached within a 20-minute drive.
- Department of Earth Sciences and School of the Environment Professor Miriam L. Diamond tells Global News that the federal government should take measures to ensure that the country’s water is safe from toxic chemicals.
- School of Cities data shows that St. Louis’s downtown recovery post-pandemic is the lowest reported in the U.S., as highlighted by FOX News online.
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Associate Professor Doug Currie talks to CTV News online about the resurgence of midges, a type of mosquito.
- Department of History Professor Emeritus Mark McGowan discusses in the Toronto Star the city’s 100-year ban on the St. Patrick’s Day parade.
April 13, 2024
- Department of Psychology PhD candidate Elaine Hoan shares with Men’s Journal and Mississippi Sun Herald (paywall) her research on the links between personality traits and relationship status.
- Department of Anthropology Professor Emeritus Marcel Danesi talks to W Radio about the significance of the kiss.
- Department of Earth Sciences and School of the Environment Professor Miriam L. Diamond tells
- CBC News online that tires contain toxic compounds and leach into the water over time.
April 14, 2024
- Department of Political Science Professor Emeritus Nelson Wiseman discusses with Global News the federal budget and foreign interference in elections.
- Department of Economics Assistant Professor Clémentine Van Effenterre comments for Radio-Canada on the wage inequality between men and women in Canada.
- School of Cities Director and Department of Geography & Planning Professor Karen Chapple comments for CityNews on a report revealing that 18 per cent of office space in Toronto was vacant during the first quarter of 2024.
April 15, 2024
- Department of Anthropology Assistant Professor Nisrin Elamin discusses on NPR: All Things Considered her research on Sudan.
- Department of Economics PhD student Hugo Cordeau writes in La Press (paywall) about potential solutions for Canada’s housing crisis.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy senior fellow Jon Allen writes in The Globe and Mail (paywall) about Iran and Israel.
- Aurel Braun, affiliated faculty at the Centre for European, Russian & Eurasian Studies at the Munk School, discusses with CTV News online and Global News Iran and Israel.
- Department of Political Science and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy University Professor Janice Stein talks to CBC: The National about Iran and Israel
April 16, 2024
- Department of Anthropology Assistant Professor Nisrin Elamin is noted by Al Jazeera for her work related to the war in Sudan.
- Department of Political Science PhD candidate William O’Connell writes in The Globe and Mail (paywall) about the Canadian budget’s tax changes on corporations.
- Department of Political Science Professor Emeritus Nelson Wiseman comments for the Associated Press on the changes to taxes as part of the federal budget.
April 17, 2024
- Department of Geography & Planning Assistant Professor Ty Redden comments for CBC News online on RAC zoning as a solution to car-centric development.
- Department of Economics Professor Michael Smart and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy senior fellow Tyler Meredith discuss with the Canadian Press how capital gains taxation is changing.
- Innis College sessional lecturer Simon Lewsen writes in The Walrus about Canadian singer-songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen.
April 18, 2024
- Department of Political Science PhD candidate Riley Yesno explores on CBC Radio: Ideas the role of Indigenous youth in reconciliation.