April 8, 2022 by
A&S News
From the importance of frog-friendly infrastructure to the cultural critique of a binge-worthy Netflix drama, scholars 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 1, 2022
- Department of Statistical Sciences professor Jeffrey Rosenthal explains to CBC Sports that the FIFA draw’s sequential method doesn’t give equal weight to all possible team combinations heading into this year’s World Cup tournament in Qatar.
- Alberta Views references research from Michael Baker, professor in the Department of Economics and the Centre for the Study of the United States at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, who studies cognitive outcomes of children in Quebec’s childcare program.
- Undergraduate student Nicole Regimbal and adjunct professor Jonathan Ruppert of the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology share their research with CityNews broadcast and online about how eco-friendly infrastructure mitigates frog mortality in the GTA.
April 2, 2022
- Department of English professor and vice-dean, undergraduate of the Faculty of Arts & Science Randy Boyagoda debates casting decisions and representation on the popular Netflix series Bridgerton with CBC News online.
April 5, 2022
- For the Toronto Star (paywall), Department of Political Science and Munk School University Professor Janice Stein analyses Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s speech to the UN Security Council.
- CityNews online and CP24 share a report by the Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance at the Munk School on housing costs and the role of municipalities.
- The Citizen Lab at the Munk School discovers a new mobile phone hack using NSO Group software, as reported by the Associated Press and The Guardian.
- Assistant professor in the Department of Economics Clémentine Van Effenterre talks to CBC Radio: The Current about productivity and revenue in the context of a four-day work week.
- Distinguished Munk School fellow Mel Cappe comments on Scotland’s proposal of a second independence referendum in the National Post (paywall).
April 6, 2022
- The Waterloo Region Record (paywall) highlights recent results from researchers at the Rochman Lab, led by Ecology & Evolutionary Biology assistant professor Chelsea Rochman, about the effectiveness of washing machine filters.
- Mariana Valverde, professor emerita at the Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies, writes in The Hill Times (paywall) about how assessment of infrastructure needs must be objective. Department of Geography & Planning and School of Cities professor Matti Siemiatycki also comments.
- Citizen Lab senior researcher John Scott-Railton explains to CBC News online how unprecedented access to information and footage of the war in Ukraine makes it more difficult for propaganda to take hold.
April 7, 2022
- In The New York Times (paywall), Lynette Ong, associate professor in the Department of Political Science and the Munk School’s Asian Institute, discusses the effect of Shanghai’s lockdown on China’s leadership.
- Munk fellow Mark Kersten writes in Al Jazeera and the Toronto Star (paywall) about the International Criminal Court and funding for its probe in Ukraine.
- In CBC News, Anthony Doob, professor emeritus at the Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies, shares his research on the effect of isolation on Canadian prison inmates.