August 8, 2024 by
A&S News
From the energy resource promise of hydrogen buried beneath Earth’s surface to teenage girls as the leading drivers of language change, 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.
August 1, 2024
- Aurel Braun, affiliated faculty at the Centre for European & Eurasian Studies (CEES) at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, comments in CHCH News on the exchange of prisoners between the United States and Russia.
August 2, 2024
- Department of Political Science professor emeritus Nelson Wiseman comments in Global News on Ontario premier Doug Ford’s refusal to redraw electoral riding boundaries in the wake of changing population levels across the province.
August 3, 2024
- Barbara Sherwood Lollar, a University Professor in the Department of Earth Sciences, describes on CBC Radio’s Quirks & Quarks how geologic hydrogen found beneath Earth’s surface could be a significant energy resource.
- Department of Linguistics professor and chair Sali Tagliamonte explains in Australia’s ABC News how language change is driven most by teenage girls.
August 4, 2024
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy senior fellow Jon Allen joins a discussion on CBC Radio’s The Sunday Magazine examining fears of a broader conflict in the Middle East.
August 5, 2024
- Michelle Alexopoulos, a professor in the Department of Economics, co-authors a Globe and Mail op-ed examining the impact of labour productivity on the wages of Canadian workers.
August 6, 2024
- Department of English professor Ian Williams describes for CBC Radio’s Ideas how civic and civil discourse has deteriorated, and how he will explore the topic at the 2024 CBC Massey Lectures this fall.