July 11, 2024 by
A&S News
From the relationship between technology and language evolution to the personality traits of cryptocurrency investors, experts 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.
July 4, 2024
- Department of Linguistics Professor Sali Tagliamonte discusses on ABC Radio (Australia) the relationship between technology and language evolution.
- Jack Cunningham, program director of the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History and fellow at Trinity College, discusses on Global News Radio the Canadian withdrawal from Afghanistan (audio: starts at 58:20 minute mark).
- Aurel Braun, affiliated faculty at the Centre for European & Eurasian Studies (CEES) at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, talks to Channel News Asia about the Beijing-led collective defence organisation Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy postdoctoral fellow Shane Littrell shares research with El País (paywall) and the Daily Mail on the personality traits of cryptocurrency investors.
- Department of Sociology Professor Scott Schieman shares with CityNews Radio his research on how people perceive workplace stress.
- Department of Computer Science University Professor Emeritus Geoffrey Hinton comments for The New York Times (paywall) on the likelihood of AI machines exceeding human intelligence.
July 5, 2024
- School of Cities urbanist-in-residence Lanrick Bennett Jr. comments for Global News online on the cost of electric bikes.
- Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources Director and Professor Rafael Gomez discusses with the Toronto Star (paywall) the LCBO workers’ strike.
July 7, 2024
- Department of Psychology Professor Nicholas Rule shares research with CNBC Indonesia on how facial expressions can convey social class.
- Aurel Braun, affiliated faculty at the Centre for European & Eurasian Studies (CEES) at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, discusses with the Canadian Press the NATO summit and the French election.
July 8, 2024
- School of the Environment instructor Keith Stewart writes in the Hill Times (paywall) about oil companies and their green claims.
- Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy senior fellow Brian Lewis writes in TVO online about the future of Ontario’s manufacturing sector.
July 9, 2024
- John Scott-Railton, senior researcher at the Munk School’s Citizen Lab, comments for the Washington Post (paywall) on Russia’s use of AI bots for propaganda.
- Department of Geography & Planning Professor and School of Cities Infrastructure Institute Director Matti Siemiatycki comments for CBC News online and CBC News online on rising costs of major infrastructure projects and higher fines for drivers.
- Department of Earth Sciences student Lucas Perreault participates in a Thunder Bay groundwater sampling project led by the Ontario Geological Survey, as reported by CBC News online.
July 10, 2024
- Department of Geography & Planning Professor and School of Cities Infrastructure Institute Director Matti Siemiatycki comments for the Financial Post (paywall) on the importance of supporting family-centric residential buildings.
- University of St. Michael’s College distinguished fellow Michael Higgins writes in The Globe and Mail (paywall) about U.S. President Joe Biden’s relationship with his Catholic faith.