January 8, 2021 by
A&S News
From answering some of Canada’s most burning science questions, to violence at the United States Capitol building, 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.
January 2, 2021
- Department of Physics professor Stephen Morris and David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics PhD student Heidi White contribute answers to CBC Radio’s Quirks & Quarks Listener Question Show.
January 3, 2021
- Dimitry Anastakis, a professor in the Department of History and the Rotman School of Management, writes an op-ed in the Toronto Star (paywall) calling for more investment in the automotive manufacturing sector in Ontario.
- A report on the use of solitary confinement in Canadian prisons authored by Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies professor emeritus Anthony Doob is examined in the Vancouver Province.
January 4, 2021
- Matti Siemiatycki, a professor in the Department of Geography & Planning and interim director of the School of Cities, comments in a Toronto Star story examining the development of smart cities.
- Department of Earth Sciences University Professor Barbara Sherwood Lollar comments in the Toronto Star on suggestions that the billion-year-old water she discovered in Northern Ontario might help in understanding the possibility of life on Mars.
- Philip Lipscy, an associate professor in the Department of Political Science and director of the Centre for the Study of Global Japan at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, comments in a South China Morning Post story about diplomatic challenges surrounding oil exploration in the South China Sea.
January 5, 2021
- Department of Political Science and Munk School professor Peter Loewen co-authors a Globe and Mail op-ed suggesting that the COVID-19 vaccine will only be effective if enough people receive it.
January 7, 2021
- Ryan Hurl, a lecturer in the Department of Political Science and the University of Toronto Scarborough, comments in a Global News story about violence at the U.S. Capitol building during the certification of November’s presidential election.
- Department of Political Science professor Nelson Wiseman comments in a Toronto Star story examining the arrival into Canada of international travellers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Shira Lurie, a fellow in early American history at University College, writes an op-ed in the Toronto Star exploring the historical roots of the violence at the U.S. Capitol building.
- Peter Loewen comments in the Toronto Star on discussions about removing U.S. president Donald Trump from office.