February 25, 2022 by
A&S News
From in-depth analysis of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine to everything you ever wanted to know about statistics, 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 18, 2022
- Department of Psychology professor Morgan Barense explains in the Toronto Star how travel influences the abilities to encode and retrieve memories.
- Raquel Urtasun, professor in the Department of Computer Science, has built a virtual simulation to speed-up the self-driving vehicle industry, as covered by MIT Technology Review.
February 19, 2022
- In the Toronto Star, Donald Jackson, professor in the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, discusses his research that found road salt causes negative impacts on aquatic habitats in Toronto’s rivers.
- Department of Political Science and Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy university professor Janice Stein talks about what New Zealand can learn from Canada’s handling of the trucker protests in Stuff.
February 20, 2022
- On CBC: The National, Janice Stein explains why Russia wants to invade Ukraine now and what a potential war could look like.
- Nelson Wiseman, political science professor emeritus, tells the Associated Press that the trucker protests have reflected negatively on both the Conservative and Liberal parties of Canada.
- In the Toronto Star, School of Cities director and professor in the Department of Geography & Planning Karen Chapple comments on Toronto’s uneven growth.
February 21, 2022
- Department of Statistical Sciences professor Jeffrey Rosenthal answers the internet's burning questions about statistics for Wired.
- On CTV News, Jack Cunningham of the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History at Trinity College discusses Russian president Vladimir Putin’s decree on Eastern Ukraine.
February 22, 2022
- Aurel Braun, professor of political science and the Centre for European, Russian & Eurasian Studies at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, explains the Russia-Ukraine conflict in CTV News online and CBC News online, and continues commentary later in the week about the threat to Canada’s security for CTV News and Yahoo! News Canada.
- Department of English professor and vice-dean, undergraduate of the Faculty of Arts & Science Randy Boyagoda reviews Norwegian author Jon Fosse’s Septology novels for The New York Times.
- In The Globe and Mail, Anthony Doob, professor emeritus at the Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies, shares insights from his research and his time as part of the Sentencing Commission on how discrimination plays into parole eligibility.
- Geography & Planning and School of Cities professor Matti Siemiatycki talks about how road safety is a systemic issue in the Toronto Star.
February 23, 2022
- For the National Observer, Department of Philosophy's Professor Emerita Ingrid Leman Stefanovic writes about kindness during the pandemic, and that evolution has relied on the strength of collaboration.
- In an op-ed for The Globe and Mail, Aurel Braun writes that NATO states have failed to deter Russia and thereby have failed Ukraine.
- Ron Deibert, director of the Citizen Lab at the Munk School and political science professor, discusses the spyware attacks his team uncovered on TVO: The Agenda.
- Department of Earth Sciences professor Miriam Diamond’s research on hazardous chemicals in nail salons is featured in Workers Health and Safety news.
- Department of History professor Andres Kasekamp, explains the effect of new sanctions against Russia for Global News.
- History’s Professor Emerita Margaret MacMillan comments on Putin’s vision for Russia in The Globe and Mail.
February 24, 2022
- In the Hamilton Spectator, Mark Manger, associate professor at the Munk School says that limited trade between Canada and Russia dilutes the impact of sanctions.
- Tina Park, junior fellow at the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History at Trinity College, and Jack Cunningham discuss the effectiveness of new sanctions against Russia on CityNews and CBC News Network.