July 28, 2023 by
A&S News
From new research that frames forgetfulness as beneficial for learning to the federal government cabinet shuffle, 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 21, 2023
- Department of History Professor David Wilson talks to iPolitics about the Orange Order of Canada.
July 22, 2023
- Centre for Industrial Relations & Human Resources Director and Professor Rafael Gomez comments for the Toronto Star (paywall) on negotiations between unions and automakers.
- Department of Psychology Professor Paul Frankland shares with Forbes (paywall) and Inc. his new research on the nature of forgetting, which is a functional and at times beneficial feature of the brain.
July 24, 2023
- Former Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics Director Bryan Gaensler talks about space discoveries on TVO: The Agenda Part 2 Part 3.
- Michael Higgins, Distinguished Fellow at the University of St. Michael’s College, writes in The Globe and Mail (paywall) about the governance style of Pope Francis.
- Department of Anthropology Professor Emeritus Marcel Danesi talks to iHeartradio: Newstalk1010 about his new book Politics, Lies and Conspiracy Theories: A Cognitive Linguistic Perspective.
- Department of Art History Associate Professor Georgiana Uhlyarik is featured in Inuit Art Quarterly as part of the 2023 Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award shortlist.
July 25, 2023
- Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology artist-in-residence Emily Chudnovsky talks to CityNews and CBC Radio: Metro Morning about the waterfront art installation she created with plastic waste and other objects collected by the U of T Trash Team.
- Archaeology Centre Associate and geologist Emily Hubbard is part of the Huqoq Excavation Project consortium that discovered a 400 A.D. mosaic in an ancient Roman synagogue in Huqoq, as highlighted by Artnet.
- Department of Geography & Planning Professor and Infrastructure Institute at the School of Cities Director Matti Siemiatycki comments for the Toronto Star (paywall) on the derailment of a car on the Scarborough Rail Transit, and for CBC News online on the shift in development plans for Markham’s Buttonville Airport.
July 26, 2023
- Marcel Danesi comments for The Atlantic (paywall) on Elon Musk’s use of the letter “X” as the new name and logo for Twitter.
- School of Cities Director and Department of Geography & Planning Professor Karen Chapple discusses on iHeartradio: Newstalk1010 Toronto’s rising office vacancy rate.
- Jeffrey Knockel, senior researcher at the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy reveals in The New York Times (paywall) an increase in online censorship in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine.
July 27, 2023
- Munk School Director and Department of Political Science Professor Peter Loewen and Political Science Professor Nelson Wiseman discuss with The Globe and Mail (paywall) and the Associated Press Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s cabinet shuffle.
- Department of Earth Sciences and School of the Environment Professor Miriam L. Diamond tells CBC News online that flame retardants mixed in with expanded polystyrene foams used for construction are a concern for health and the environment.