February 10, 2023 by
A&S News
From the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria to plastic pollution in Toronto harbour, 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.
February 3, 2023
- Michael Higgins, distinguished fellow at the University of St. Michael’s College, writes in The Globe & Mail (paywall) about whether the legacy of non-profit organization L’Arche can overcome the abuses that have recently come to light.
- Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics student Peter Ma and project scientist Cherry Ng share with Popular Mechanics and The Verge their research that uses AI to search for extraterrestrial intelligence.
February 4, 2023
- School of Cities Director and Department of Geography & Planning Professor Karen Chapple shares with CTV News Toronto online her research on cities bouncing back — or not — from the economic downturn of the pandemic.
February 5, 2023
- Department of Psychology Professor Morgan Barense explains to the Toronto Star (paywall) the neuroscience-informed HippoCamera app she and colleagues developed to improve memory recall.
- Department of Geography & Planning Professor and Infrastructure Institute at the School of Cities Director Matti Siemiatycki comments for The New York Times (paywall) on the Toronto housing shortage and why there is an uproar over the location of new homes.
- Director of the Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy Enid Slack tells CBC News online that Toronto fiscal problems can be traced back to legislation crafted in the 1840s.
- Institute for the History & Philosophy of Science & Technology and Department of Philosophy Assistant Professor Karina Vold comments for Yahoo! News Finance on ChatGPT and claims of AI sentience. Later in the week she talks to CBC News online about its influence on the world of work.
- Department of History Professor Dimitry Anastakis explains to Global News online why prices are falling in the used car market.
February 6, 2023
- Department of English Professor Sebastian Sobecki shares new research with the New Yorker (paywall) that sheds light on the reputation of Canterbury Tales author Geoffrey Chaucer.
February 7, 2023
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology Assistant Professor Chelsea Rochman and her Trash Team share their work with CBC News online, CP24, CTV News online, Toronto Star (paywall), Toronto Sun (paywall) and blogTO on recovering nearly 95,000 pieces of plastic from Toronto harbour. Rochman also comments for CBC News online on solutions to overflowing city garbage cans.
- Book and Media Studies Associate Professor and Program Coordinator at St. Michael’s College Paolo Granata shares with Maclean’s why he created a course on the popular show Squid Game.
- Department of Political Science Professor Emeritus Nelson Wiseman comments for ABC News online on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s health care deal.
- Department of Earth Sciences Professor Russell Pysklywec comments for Global News online on the earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria.
- Department of Economics Professor Michael Smart tells the National Post (paywall) that the government’s net revenues from resource extraction in Indigenous land north of Lakes Huron and Superior is $12.7 billion.
February 8, 2023
- School of the Environment Assistant Professor Teresa Kramarz talks to CBC: The Current about Canada’s desire to play a leading role in the critical mineral supply chain.