February 12, 2021 by
A&S News
From the international response to the coup in Myanmar, to the history of racism and segregation in Ontario schools, 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 5, 2021
- Department of Political Science professor Jacques Bertrand comments in CBC News on the international response to the coup in Myanmar.
- In an ABC News story, Nelson Wiseman, a professor in the Department of Political Science, discusses criticism of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau over the vaccination of Canadians against COVID-19.
- Department of Political Science and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy professor Peter Loewen coauthors an op-ed in the Globe and Mail examining decision-making as to who receives COVID-19 vaccines.
- Frank Rudzicz, an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science, comments in the Globe and Mail on the potential for racial bias in the application of artificial intelligence in health care.
- John Scott-Railton, a senior researcher at the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, comments in ABC News on efforts to identify individuals pictured with an associate of former United States president Donald Trump ahead of a violent attack on the Capitol Building last month.
February 6, 2021
- Department of Geography & Planning postdoctoral fellow Nemoy Lewis comments in the Toronto Star (paywall) on the effects of private investment in property development.
February 7, 2021
- Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies PhD student Erick Laming speaks in the Globe and Mail about the use of force by police officers when making an arrest.
- Mark Kingwell, a professor in the Department of Philosophy, writes an op-ed in the Globe and Mail exploring hypocrisy, particularly in the context of politics in the U.S.
February 8, 2021
- Department of Economics assistant professor Michael Stepner coauthors an op-ed in the New York Times examining how the economic prosperity of Americans can be shaped by real-time access to information provided by digital tools.
- Dimitry Anastakis, a professor in the Department of History and the Rotman School of Management, is quoted in a National Observer op-ed about Alberta premier Jason Kenney.
- Department of Economics professor Michael Smart comments on payments distributed to Canada’s largest telecom companies through the Canada Emergency Wage Subsidy benefit program in a toronto.com story.
February 9, 2021
- Lynette Ong, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and the Asian Institute at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, comments in CBC News on China’s COVID-19 vaccine.
- An op-ed written by Department of History assistant professor Funké Aladejebi and reprinted in the National Post discusses the history of racism and segregation in Ontario schools.
February 10, 2021
- John Scott-Railton comments in the Washington Post (paywall) on the reliability of digital evidence in the prosecution of suspected anti-government activists in India.
February 11, 2021
- Department of Cell & Systems Biology PhD candidate Amir Arellano Saab speaks in CTV News about the development of a COVID-19 information website for the public that aims to dispel misinformation about emerging variants of the virus.
- Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies professor Scot Wortley comments in the Toronto Star (paywall) and Global News on a report examining anti-Black bias in policing and the criminal justice system in the GTA.
- Department of History professor Piotr Wrobel is quoted in a Globe and Mail op-ed discussing a verdict of a Polish court against Holocaust historians.