August 5, 2022 by
A&S News
From reflections on the ripple effects of colonization to new research on whale evolution, 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.
July 30, 2022
- Department of Economics professor emeritus Gustavo Indart writes in the Toronto Star (paywall) that fighting today’s inflation is not a job for the Bank of Canada, but is the government’s responsibility.
- Mark McGowan, a professor in the Department of History and interim principal and vice-president of St. Michael’s College, describes to the Toronto Star (paywall) the significance behind moments during Pope Francis’s visit to Quebec City, on day five of the Pope’s tour through Canada to apologize for the role Catholics played in running residential schools.
- Associate professor in the Department for the Study of Religion and at St. Michael’s College Reid Locklin talks to CTV online about criticism of the Pope’s apology and the responsibility that Canadian Catholics have in reconciling with Indigenous Peoples.
July 31, 2022
- School of Cities director and Department of Geography & Planning professor Karen Chapple shares her work with CTV News online and CP24 online that measures the level of economic and social activity in downtown cores using signals from cellphone towers.
August 1, 2022
- Department of Anthropology professor David Begun comments for NBC online and Smithsonian Magazine on new research about a 10-million-year-old extinct panda found in Hungary.
- Jillian Sunderland, Department of Sociology PhD student, writes in CBC online about the ripple effects of colonization and the difference between how she and her father connect with their Barbadian roots.
August 3, 2022
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology graduate Sarah Dungan shares her new research with Hakai Magazine, where reconstructing the visual proteins from whales’ early ancestors suggests they were deep-sea divers.
- Department of Computer Science University Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton is highlighted in Forbes (paywall) as the inspiration behind the autonomous manufacturing company Dataprophet.
- Department of Anthropology PhD candidate Stephanie Mayell comments for Radio-Canada on the mental health session for migrant workers proposed by the Consul of Mexico in Leamington, Ontario.
- Wesley Wark, professor emeritus in the Department of History and at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, comments for The Globe and Mail (paywall) on Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly not receiving intelligence reports regarding threats against Kyiv embassy staff.