July 23, 2021 by
A&S News
From the acoustics of architecture to the potential impact of increased remote work on labour laws, 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.
July 16, 2021
- A new book from Department of Art History assistant professor Joseph Clarke examining the place of sound and acoustic spaces in architecture, is listed among 13 recommended reads by Metropolis magazine.
July 17, 2021
- Renée Hložek, an assistant professor in the David A. Dunlap Department of Astronomy & Astrophysics and the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, argues in the Toronto Star against sending humans to the Moon for further exploration.
- Department of Political Science professor emeritus Donald Forbes speaks on CBC Radio’s The House about the 50th anniversary of Canada’s official policy on multiculturalism.
July 18, 2021
- Marcel Danesi, a professor in the Department of Anthropology, comments in Global News on the importance of communicating about the COVID-19 vaccine to youth on their preferred channels.
- Kevin Edmonds, an assistant professor in the Caribbean Studies program at New College, speaks in Toronto’s CityNews about connections between foreign intervention in Haiti and the current political crisis in the country.
July 19, 2021
- 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, co-authors an op-ed in the Washington Post exploring the political importance of hosting the Olympics.
- The debut novel from Department of East Asian Studies associate professor Linda Rui Feng — a story set against the backdrop of China’s Cultural Revolution that follows a father’s quest to reunite his family before his daughter’s twelfth birthday — is among ten Daily Hive recommendations of books from Asian-Canadian authors.
- Department of Earth Sciences professor Miriam Diamond comments in the Toronto Star on reduced air quality in southern Ontario due forest fires in northwestern Ontario.
- Analysis by researchers at the Citizen Lab at the Munk School is cited in Time, CNN, The Guardian, The Washington Post (paywall) and many more outlets, reporting on the use of digital spyware by numerous countries around the world to monitor activity of journalists, activists, and government officials among others.
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology PhD student Jaime Grimm, along with University of Toronto Mississauga associate professor Andrea Olive, co-authors an op-ed first published in The Conversation and reprinted in The Narwhal examining the effect of Canada’s environmental laws on protecting biodiversity.
July 20, 2021
- Anver Emon, director of the Institute of Islamic Studies and a professor in the Department of History and the Faculty of Law, co-authors an op-ed in the Globe and Mail examining the Canadian government’s commitment to combatting Islamophobia.
- Renée Hložek discusses the space race among global billionaires on CBC Television’s The National.
July 21, 2021
- Mohamed Shaaban, a PhD student at the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, comments in The Guardian on a telescope project designed to capture images of space while attached to football stadium-sized balloon floating 40 km above Earth’s surface.
- Department of Geography & Planning and School of Cities professor Matti Siemiatycki comments in the Toronto Star on the list of developers and architects who will compete for the opportunity to redevelop the Quayside district on Toronto’s waterfront.
- Analysis of rental housing affordability in Toronto by Julie Mah, a postdoctoral fellow at the Institute on Municipal Finance & Governance at the Munk School, is cited in the Globe and Mail.
- Anna Shternshis, a professor in the Department of Germanic Languages & Literatures and the Centre for Diaspora & Transnational Studies and director of the Anne Tanenbaum Centre for Jewish Studies, comments in Fashion magazine on the use of anti-Semitic slurs in a recent episode of fashion industry podcast The Cutting Room Floor.
July 22, 2021
- Anver Emon speaks in Global News following a Government of Canada-led summit on Islamophobia.
- Department of Sociology associate professor Jooyoung Lee writes an op-ed in the Globe and Mail examining Canadian and American policies for fighting gun violence.
- Centre for Criminology & Sociolegal Studies PhD student Erick Laming comments in the Toronto Star on the mandate of Ontario’s Special Investigations Unit and the likelihood of justice for families of people killed by police officers.
- Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources and Department of Economics professor emeritus Morley Gunderson comments in the Toronto Sun on possible changes to labour laws due to the increase in remote work spurred on the COVID-19 pandemic.