July 30, 2021 by
A&S News
From digital spyware and surveillance technology to an astronomical telescope carried into Earth’s upper atmosphere by a giant balloon, 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 23, 2021
- Department of Political Science professor Ron Deibert, director of the Citizen Lab at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy, comments in the Times of Israel on the flourishing market for digital spyware and surveillance technology.
- John Scott-Railton, a senior researcher at the Citizen Lab at the Munk School, joins an episode of Slate’s What Next: TBD podcast to explain how spyware infects mobile phones.
July 24, 2021
- Mohamed Shaaban, a PhD student at the Dunlap Institute for Astronomy & Astrophysics, comments in BBC’s Newsround on a telescope project designed to capture images of space while attached to football stadium-sized balloon floating 40 km above Earth’s surface.
July 25, 2021
- Eric Merkley, an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science, comments in PsyPost on research that showed people with anti-intellectual attitudes were less likely to wear masks and socially distance during the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic.
- Department of Economics professor Michael Smart explains in CBC News why governments should abandon efforts to achieve a balanced budget in the current economic climate.
July 26, 2021
- Michael Smart comments in a Globe and Mail story examining income inequality in Canada and loopholes that obscure the rising incomes of the country’s wealthiest people.
July 27, 2021
- Centre for Ethics research associate Christopher Smith comments in Maclean’s on the release of the first studio album from Prince since the musician’s death in 2016.
- Department of Earth Sciences professor Miriam Diamond comments in a Globe and Mail story examining the recent recall of machines used to treat sleep apnea over concerns that disintegrating foam particles may be inhaled or ingested by users.