December 3, 2021 by
A&S News
From the instant popularity of South Korean television series Hellbound to the feasibility of Canada transitioning from a constitutional monarchy to a republic, 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.
November 26, 2021
- Michelle Cho, an assistant professor in the Department of East Asian Studies, speaks on CBC Radio’s Q about the success of the South Korean television series Hellbound and the growing popularity of South Korean popular culture.
- Sajeev John, a University Professor in the Department of Physics, describes in Toronto’s CityNews and the Hindustan Times his research into the development of photonic crystals capable of trapping light for which he was awarded Canada’s top science prize.
- Frank Rudzicz, an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science, speaks in a Globe and Mail story examining the potential for artificial intelligence and machine learning to transform health care in a variety of ways.
November 27, 2021
- Department of Sociology professor and chair Scott Schieman writes a Toronto Star op-ed discussing possible factors that explain why workers have been quitting their jobs during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- An op-ed in The Guardian commends the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy for exposing the threats imposed on the privacy and digital rights of people all over the world by software developer NSO Group, makers of Pegasus spyware.
November 28, 2021
- A National Post op-ed further celebrates researchers the Citizen Lab for exposing a critical security flaw that left iPhones and other Apple devices vulnerable to infection with spyware.
- Dimitry Anastakis, a professor in the Department of History and the Rotman School of Management, comments in the Toronto Sun on empty lots at Toronto car dealerships due to global supply chain disruptions.
November 29, 2021
- Department of History and Caribbean Studies program associate professor Melanie Newton comments in The Guardian on the move by Barbados to remove England’s Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state and declare itself a republic.
- Department of Economics professor Loren Brandt speaks on NPR’s Morning Edition about efforts to increase the wealth of rural property owners in China.
- Paul Bloom, a professor in the Department of Psychology, writes an essay in Time exploring the benefits of struggle and suffering in return for a meaningful life.
- Department of Geography & Planning and School of Cities professor Matti Siemiatycki comments in CTV News on Toronto city council’s consideration to end the minimum parking space requirement for new condominium developments.
- Department of Political Science professor and Citizen Lab director Ronald Deibert comments in NBC News on the announcement by Apple that it will notify users whose iPhones and devices have been infected with spyware through state-sponsored hacking.
- Aurel Braun, a professor in the Department of Political Science and the Centre for European, Russian & Eurasian Studies at the Munk School, comments in Toronto’s CityNews on the restarting of discussions with Iran about its uranium enrichment program.
November 30, 2021
- Munk School associate professor Raji Jayaraman speaks in Toronto’s CityNews on Giving Tuesday about how to most effectively donate to charities.
- Department of Chemistry University Professor John Polanyi writes a Globe and Mail (paywall) op-ed calling for reason and cooperation among competing nations in choosing prohibition of nuclear weapons over further strengthening their might.
December 1, 2021
- Christopher Parsons, a senior research associate with the Citizen Lab comments in Global News on investments by Canadian telecommunications companies in equipment made by Huawei while the Canadian government delayed a decision on banning the Chinese company on national security grounds.
December 2, 2021
- Melanie Newton comments in Global News on the feasibility of Canada removing the queen or king of England as its head of state and becoming a republic.